Plus, no one ever considers that these numbers, 20 million people without health insurance, whatever, include lots of people who don't want health insurance, like myself. We don't want it., we don'l want to be told how to treat our illneses, which doctors we can visit, which shots we should get etc. Maybe we've already had a lot of bad experiences with that route.

Lots of people have insurance through their jobs already, the poor and the elderly have medicaid, some states provide additional options, my state for instance. Catastrophic coverage is not that expensive compared to insurance which allows for all sorts of little inbetween checkups and prescription medications. some of us really are not into that. I bought a comprehensive health insurance policy when my daughter was small. it was expensive. we never used it once. We rarely get sick. I dropped it a good 10 years ago. That has put at least $60,000.00 back into our household over the years for taking better care of ourselves on a daily basis. Now, she gets health coverage through the school system for a mere $40.00/year., catastophic care, sports injuries, things like that. $40 dollars. Why do i need to pay an extra few thousand in taxes each year to cover things i am already paying for like this or through social security taxes? Why is social security bankrupt?

if my parents had not been so quick and proud to rely on their dental coverage to take care of our teeth as kids but had taught us simple things like brushing with salt water and baking soda to keep cavities away, my teeth and my overall health would be in much better shape today too.

I've really had it with mainstream medicine. I wound up in a hospital for 2-3 weeks once because of a bacterial infection I got from an injection in a doctor's office. A friend of mine died from a flu shot. I have never known anyone who was cured of cancer by chemo. I see stories on the news almost daily about dangerous prescription medicines or drugs that don't work. I see more stories about people who have recieved horrific dental care.

I'd be interested in helping fund a program that provided legal services and positive lawmaking to help people who have been screwed by hospitals, doctors and dentists.

but i have absolutely no interest in contributing any more to the maintenance of bad medicine, a junk pharmaceutical industry, dangerous dentistry and an overall healthcare system that is more focused on profits than people.