Pressuring Obama to Make the Right Decision on Health Care is AlterNet's Top Campaign of the Week

Although pressure for a public health care option continues to emanate from all corners of America (72 percent of citizens now support a public option; 85 percent agree that our system needs a radical overhaul), it's still unclear whether the Obama administration will use its immense political capital to do what's necessary.

It's clear that the only thing standing in the way of meaningful reform is a bloated lobby -- one accustomed to steering the conversation in whatever direction it deems fit.

Allowing this monopolistic control to continue is not just financially unsustainable -- it contradicts our country's claims that democratic consensus overrides elite interests.