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President Barack Obama announced yesterday that a coalition of stakeholders have voluntarily pledged to reduce health care costs over the next ten years. The president unveiled the plan to cut national healthcare spending up to $2 trillion and \u201csave a typical family an average of $2,500 on their health care costs in the coming years.\u201d Obama stated Monday, that the coalition of six interest groups including doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, drug makers, and one union, have put forward a proposal that is compatible with his comprehensive healthcare reform plans. Although it is not yet clear how costs will be reduced, the President stated that his plan to reform the health care system will uphold three basic principles including cost reductions, the ability to choose your own doctors, and affordability. He also stated that having health care costs under control is \u201cessential\u201d to getting the economy back on track. David Sirota with the Campaign for America\u2019s Future is critical of yesterday\u2019s announcement. According to him, \u201cEither you appease the health industry and preserve the status quo they are making big bucks off of, or you take on the health industry and make real change.\u201d Meanwhile a new study by Commonwealth Fund found that working women are worse off than men with respect to health care costs. The study reported that women are less able to afford health care including filling prescriptions, seeing a specialist, or getting a medical test, than men. <\/p>\n