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The problem with your facts is that they are incomplete.
We have our own health care. It is affordable, and less then the per capita national average.
WE HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL.
Fact - most self-reliant, hard working folks DO NOT believe that the government can run anything. Want the list?
Social Security (broke)
AMTRAK (taken over in the 70s for a short period - still under govt subsidy today)
Etc, etc. etc.
Yes - reform is needed. Make insurance competitive across state lines. Work to eliminate penalties for pre-existing conditions. Limit TORT for "bs" lawsuits and cap awards based on someone's true need if negligence was present.
Of course - since LAWYERS run everything from our govt to lobbies - it is a JOKE to think anything will change.
The Bill should be "euthanized" and real reform should implemented where folks that deserve care have it (and I don't mean becuase someone breathes - they must earn it) - but NO ONE, rich, poor or otherwise should be hit with more taxes and cost.
The answer to all problems is not SPEND. But then again - most in govt don't understand how a real business works - and spending is, EASY!
Disguested in VA I remain.

Thank you for your comments. However, recent polls show most Americans support health care reform with a public option. We believe that health care reform is necessary for the following reasons (and more):

- Since 2000, premiums have more than doubled while wages have virtually stood still.
- In the past year, 53% of Americans say their household cut back on health care due to cost concerns.
- Since 1987, the cost of the average family health insurance policy has risen from 7% of median family income to17%.
- In 2007, 60% of U.S. bankruptcies were due to medical costs.
- America’s small businesses are struggling to pay for health care, with small business premiums rising 129% since 2000.
- With employers unable to afford rising health care costs, our country could see an additional 3.5 million people unemployed and without benefits in the next 4 years. At least 46 million Americans are uninsured -- more than 85% of whom are in working families. Without wellness and preventive care, families suffer, and their care drives up costs throughout the system.