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With health care topping the list among voters' concerns for November, a new coalition has formed to make sure that whoever ends up in the White House doesn't somehow "forget" to focus on affordable health insurance.

Too often promises made on the campaign trail fall by the wayside once that candidate finds their way into political office. But according to an article at RedOrbit.com, a coalition of "unions, think tanks , and other groups" intend to spend a considerable amount of time and money ensuring that some form of affordable health insurance comes out of the 2009 elections.

Health Care for America Now has situated itself on Washington's infamous "K" Street, where aggressive lobbyists set up camp.

Their main claim is that the government should guarantee all Americans some form of affordable health insurance, whether it be public or private, as a "basic, fundamental right."

They want to force regulation upon the insurance industry, controlling things like how much a company can charge for deductibles, not allowing discrimination based on pre-existing conditions, and disallowing the dropping of coverage when someone gets sick.

They plan to spend $1.5 million to campaign and advertise, with the ultimate goal of $40 million.

It's good to see that public participation in the health care system is taking on a grass-roots type of organization -these kinds of movements tend to get things done, and with luck there will be some kind of affordable health insurance plan available to all American citizens in the near future.