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My sister said she doesn't understand why people are carrying on so, because it's not going to be that bad.

The thing is that only parts of the bill are intended to be immediate. And, if it (were actually understood) and run properly it probably wouldn't be so bad. BUT, here's the question - Do you really trust the government to run it properly & without intruding on your individual rights? And not just on healthcare.

If you accuse someone of wrongdoing & their response is name calling & insulting you. People then look to you and await a response to the insults. ----- Because they insulted you & called you names, does that mean that they are not doing the wrongdoing that you accused them of? NO, they have simply redirected the attention away from them and your accusation.

The BIG picture is this - the vast majority of politicians in America, the UN, and around the world are NOT horrible, evil people trying to do everyone in. They are doing what, in their minds, is the best thing(s) to do. The problem is that they are very misquided, because so many of them do not believe in God or the Bible. As far as, the healthcare bill being about control - it is; but so are many other pieces of legistlation & Executive Orders that have been being passed for decades (Republicans & Democrats). We will not see the worst of what has been passed until it is "time". The fact is that the groundwork for a one-world government has been in the works for a long time. But, if you remember, Revelation stated that Power would be obtained through peace. Only God knows how close we are, & how fast or slowly things will continue to progress, but things are being set up, so that when the time comes & the Antichrist does appear, all he will have to do is "Take the Seat" and he will be in Power over the globe, because all of the major obstacles will have already been overcome. --- And, don't kid yourselves, America, our Constitution & our freedoms are very big obstacles.

The more see things happening - I keep thinking about Senator Amidala in Star Wars Episode III  the Rise of the Empire, when she was in the Senate meeting & they voted the Chancelor "emergency powers," - she said, "So this is how democracy dies...with thunderous applause."

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I watched part of President Obama's "town hall" meeting on healthcare & a few of the Q & A. He is a good speaker, and I don't think that anyone disagrees that changes need to be made & healthcare that costs need to be controlled.

President Obama can say what he wants to, and even if he is truly sincere in what he says, it doesn't mean that the bill would not end up doing exactly the opposite of what he says - and there is proof of that in how the "stimulus" bill got passed. Congress voted on it, passed it, and President Obama signed into law without any of them reading it! So, it all really boils down to whom you choose to believe and whether you trust them!

What many people do not seem to realize is that many of the things that are brought up by "whistle blowers", sometimes may sound urgent and extreme. When things get passed, the result does not seem to be such a drastic change, and often little change is noticed by the average person. So, it begins to seem as though the comments and accusations made by the whistle blowers are just over-stated hype. But the truth is, that many of the things that the whistle blowers bring up, when passed into law, were never intended to have an immediate effect.

"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have." (I forget which president said this.) Lawmakers know that to bring about drastic change and still keep the peace, the change(s) must be subtle and gradual! Going back at least 70 or so years, our rights in America have slowly been being limited, changed, or taken away.

Also be careful about accepting what you're told, by the names or titles given them. Do not accept that a Stimulus Bill is for Stimulus just because they call it that, or that Healthcare Reform is just about Healthcare Reform. For one, because of all of the Riders that get attached to a bill, that typically are never mentioned for the general public to hear. And, secondly, because words, names, or titles are chosen for a purely "advertising" effect. For example, when you hear about a company doing Lay Offs, it sounds bad, because you know people are losing their jobs. So, "they" changed to using the term Downsizing, which sounds a little better. And, now the term is Reorganizing, which sounds a lot better, because it sounds like a company is just changing positions and responsibilities and not necessarily that people are losing their jobs...but when a company "regoranizes", it is the exact same thing - people are losing their jobs.

And, one more thing to consider about the "whistle blowers." Think about this, even if you completely support the Dems and President Obama - if not for those speaking out - loudly and continually, do you really believe that you would have known about the bill and what they were hoping to accomplish? Do you really believe that there would have been all of the town hall meetings done by CongressPersons to try inform and build up support for the bill? I very highly doubt it! It was only a 2 or 3 years ago that Congress attempted to pass a bill to prevent the "whistle blower" agencies/people from informing people of what Congress was working on - whether you agree with them or not, be glad they are there!!

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You hear so much about obesity being such a problem, and that childhood obesity is also a huge problem - and that the overweight & obese cause dramatic increases the costs of healthcare.

Then why is there no "stimulus" money going to fund physcial education in our schools?

The local schools here have little to no physical education. In the elementary schools, they may have a PE class twice a week for about an hour. In the middle school, to give a specific example, my son, from the grades 6 - 8, had PE for 1 nine-week period. The local high school, this year, has cut back PE to the absolute, bare minimum, state requirment. (Which also leads one to wonder what other subjects are they cutting back to the minimum state requirment.)

If physical activity and excercise helps reduce costs in healthcare, and in the amount of healthcare, then wouldn't it be a more wise investment to fund Physical Education classes (and regularly) in our schools? I do believe that is far more important than the cash for clunkers.  People will eventually get new or newer cars, out of necessity. But, it is much easier to teach people to live a more healthy lifestyle when there young, rather than trying to change poorly developed habits and lifestyles.

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First of all, I would like to say that, although I do tend to be more conservative, I do NOT side with Democrats or Republicans.

Did you know that sometimes you can be sent for a test that has absolutely nothing to do with the symptoms that you have, because the insurance company says that test has to be done before it will approve paying for the test you actually need? Do you really want the government deciding what tests or medical procedures that you can or cannot have?

A woman came in where I worked two or three years ago to pay a bill. Because the company had recently started offering phone service, we fell under the FCC guidelines for phone service, which meant that, although, she was the account holder's wife, I could not tell her the balance so she would know how much to pay. She said that's like HIPAA. She said that her husband is a doctor, and the government has this five step plan to get to being able to monitor everyone, and they're going to make the medical field pay for it, and HIPAA was just the first step in that plan. Now, do you really want the government to have access to your medical records (your families medical records) through the government run "Public Option" insurance?

The biggest problem with healthcare is not whether or not someone has insurance. (Don't get me wrong, NOT having insurance IS a problem, because when you have no insurance you are more likely to avoid going to the doctor or even to the emergency room, because you can't afford to go, and don't want the harassing phone calls, because you can't afford it.) But, the biggest problem with healthcare is doctors being more concerned about dealing with insurance companies, concerned with whether or not they're going to get sued, or they are just tired of dealing with the bureaucracies and hypochondriacs. (Not to mention the ones with less than average morals, and take kick-backs from from drug companies for prescribing their medicines, or just became a doctor hoping they would get rich.) So much so, that doctors seem to have gotten to the point of being satisfied with just treating symptoms, rather than looking for the cause - especially when a cause is not obvious.

I don't have insurance now, not since I lost my full-time job in October '08. Even with insurance, and rather decent coverage compared to a lot of others in the area, I got treated by multiple doctors and emergency room doctors like it was all "in my head." They repeatedly tried to prescribe anti-depressants, or just putting if off to age. I refused, because I know I am not, nor was I depressed. There was a time in my life that I would have believed that I was depressed, but I know I'm not. After 8 months, they finally did a procedure and realized that I had a swollen internal organ. They have no idea why, the medicine prescribed helped to treat it, but they don't know why. One doctor, I was letting him know what was better & what wasn't; I mentioned that my ribs were still tender, and the tenderness had slowly, progressively spread to affecting my entire rib cage. The progression took roughly about a year. He told me that if it had gone on that long, that it couldn't be serious. (It could be range from something as treatable and reversible as Osteoperosis or as serious and deadly as Bone Cancer - but it can't be serious.) I then pointed out how many times & how long I had been going to various doctors and emergency rooms with the swollen organ, and they didn't figure it out -- his was response, all of it is caused by depression.  This is a very limited detail of what I've dealt with going to doctors ... all while being insured!

Insurance coverage or not, doesn't make a difference if doctors, for whatever reason, are not going to look for a cause, and only going to treat symptoms. (Which means to me that drug companies make a "killing" from this practice, because if the cause of a symptom(s), the symptom will continue/continue to reoccur.

Also, it will take some time to find the articles again, but did you know that our government applies an actual dollar amount on the value of lives of each citizen? (When I find them again, I'll post them.) Did you know that our government has been researching possible solutions to the problem of world over-population, and for a while. Do a search for Global 2000 and Global 2000 revisited. Find out what some of the solutions are to dealing with over-population, and then decide if you really want our government to be the one deciding if you're life is worth enough to allow you to have a needed test or procedure?!

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