Obama's Fairy Tale Health Care.

The article covers various issues in the U.S. as of May 18, 2009. President Barack Obama and leaders of the health care industry promised to reduce the annual increase in costs of medical care over the next ten years. A $100 billion funding request for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was sent to the Congress by the president. The administration is preparing a plan to modify compensation practices across the financial services industry.