In politics there are players and playmakers. In 2022 Senator Dean Hart and President Tom Hall are the players but there are powerful unseen forces operating in the shadows who are pulling the strings. Senator Hart must present the President with the answer to funding the new National Health Care program that replaces "Obama Care" which is taking the country toward economic disaster. Costs must be cut and funding raised. What will it take? The answer leads the country down a frightening path that has no return.