One of the best ways that the Department of Health and Human Services is helping with the health care reform is by offering millions of dollars in grants every year. These grants are applied for by various state governments and employers as a way of making a difference. It is also a test to see if the money, when applied correctly, makes a difference. These health insurance grants are designed to help lower health costs and thus health insurance.

Many of the health insurance grants given to employers, focus on ways to keep employees healthier. This includes providing tobacco-free campuses, offering healthier options inside of the cafeterias, flexible times to promote physical activity throughout the work day and lifestyle counseling and coaching.

It is the hopes of the federal government that these various grants can create a healthier work environment, a healthier style of living and ultimately - healthier Americans. The healthier everyone is, the less it will cost for insurance because less people will be getting Diabetes, dealing with obesity, cancer from smoking and many other diseases that people have control over simply by changing their lifestyle.

There are also grants offered to the different states, which allow many of the states in the country to have a very unique healthcare system. Some offer online training, others offer incentives for quitting smoking and even others have spent the federal grants to open low income health clinics for their various populations.

It can be seen that there is a direct correlation between the improvement of the Americans who reside in the states with federal grants and those that don't. These improvements are slowly starting to show different state governments what are and are not effective. It is for this reason that many states are also looking to take the healthcare control out of the hands of the federal government.

As the federal grants are captured by different employers and states, the reform is taking form into a better, healthier America. The only problem is that not all states are gaining the same privileges because they are not winning the grants.

Ultimately, the federal grants are helping the US health care reform along, just not at a pace that is fast enough for most Americans, especially if they aren't residing in a state that has benefited so significantly from the various federal grants.

The 2012 election may bring about a change in the way that federal governments are distributed. This will either increase the grants so that the health care reform gathers momentum and spreads across the country or comes to a screeching halt because funding is pulled. Only time will tell.