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I have no problem with some kind of reform involving the COST of the care that is provided.  There are a number of issues driving these cost most of which are in the pharmaceutical industry.  Why would our government make it illegal for our elders to buy there medicine in Canada when it is a lot cheaper…oh, the FDA says its ‘unsafe’ ha ha ha bullsh!t, its cutting into the pharm’s MONEY.  Besides, the majority of the FDA panel have financial links to the pharmaceutical industry!  Isn’t this a conflict of interest??!!  It’s like that pompous douche Al Gore continuing to skew scientific data to fit his own agenda and he stands to make billions from the little sheep that follow this new ‘religion’ of global warming….oop’s i forgot these crooks now call it ‘climate change’, my apologies.

My point is don’t trust your senator’s, your governor’s, your congressman, ask questions and get REAL answer’s.  Don’t think for a minute they have the people’s best interest in mind, they care about the bottom dollar.  There are a few congressman are worthy of the position of protecting and observing the Constitution, Ron Paul is one of them.  Don’t drink the kool-aid, this ‘health care’ reform will only raise everyones taxes, no one has even a clue what the 2000 pages are about and how Constitutional is it to be FORCED to carry health insurance like car insurance?!  WTF?! If people dont have the money or maybe DONT WANT health coverage they are going to be FINED?!  No one in america seems to mind this?  Obama will bring the end to America, he has already begun economically…look at the billions he promised at Copenhagen, and we cant even take care of our poor in the United States!  Hypocrites.

Please pay attention to your health before you are filing bankruptcy . Coz when you are bankrupt, then your health will decrease slowly but sure

I have met a great number of people with and without health insurance that would benefit significantly from meaningful health care reform.

For example, an insured gentleman taking on a second mortgage to pay for his third round of chemotherapy to eradicate a brain tumor.

Or a woman who spent five years at a job, paying insurance premiums on an employer-sponsored health plan, then had major surgery on her abdomen that cost her $6,000 out of her own pocket.

These folks are a couple out of the 600,000+ Oregonians who have no health insurance, and the many more who have insurance but cannot receive the treatment they need.

Add that to the exorbitant costs applied by our acute-care, injury/illness model that treats illness, not people, and we’ve got a long way to go to find a system that works.

An important part of that is the work being discussed on this blog: prevention and health will be the biggest cost containment plans we can imagine. If we eat right, exercise and fight for clean air and water, we’ll all largely reduce our need for doctors, hospitals and drugs.