The average kid would spend his 11th birthday eating cake and ice cream but not Marcelas Owens. He spent it testifying before Congress for Health care reform.

The Seattle resident lost his 27-year-old mother in 2007 to pulmonary hypertension because she couldn’t afford health insurance. Marcelas’ mother, Tifanny, missed so much work because of illness that she lost her job, and with it, her health insurance. She didn't have the money to continue treatment and succumbed to the disease, leaving her three children without a mother.

"She ended up passing away because she didn't have the equal rights to health care as some people with more money," Owens said.

The health care debate has no signs of dying down. The legislation faces a final series of votes in Congress in the next several weeks and President Barack Obama is making emotional pitches to the public for support, as interest groups get set for a showdown. It’s likely to heat up to volcanic temperatures before it dies down. What do you think? Is a health care revamp necessary and on the horizon, or will it die out?

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