I wish Obama was advocating for single-payer healthcare rather than the piecemeal approach. As long as the information provided is factual, the network covering it is irrelevant.

My family has a small business in Indiana and cannot afford to give it's employees any kind of health care, that's why we agree with a large portion of Americans on the government single payer system. Born in Europe I paid for our health care with insurance stamps in a little book, so did the employer everybody worked for? Until the mass legal and illegal immigration into my country of birth all citizens had exceptional medical services. It insured us of surgery, eyes and teeth care for all the people. Today Europe is under considerable pressure from the millions of foreign laborers, who poured into my nation and other industrialized countries around us. Why American newspaper always seem to quote that European health care is free--is beyond me? Nothing is free! We paid for it through our employers, but we were--NOT--subsidizing for profit insurance companies?

Every health insurance company removes their pound of flesh, their co-pays, deductible, premiums and of course pre-existing conditions. THESE NEFARIOUS BUSINESSES ARE CURRENTLY SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, SPREADING RHETORIC AND PROPAGANDA ON TV, RADIO AND IN MAGAZINES. They are truly worried that there mammoth profits are in jeopardy, because for once the majority of the American people are not listening to their lies. Yes! In Europe you do wait for surgical procedures, but no more than three months. Years ago, I had been out of the country visiting relatives in Australia. When I returned their was a letter waiting for me, for an appointment with a nose surgeon. THE RATIONING OF HEALTH CARE HAS ONLY COMMENCED, SINCE THE INFLUX OF FOREIGN NATIONALS NOT PAYING THEIR SHARE IN EUROPE.

We must take into consideration that a American government pool of health care money, far exceeds European standards and would cover every citizen and legal resident--NOT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Only the well heeled population don't care for it and the for profit trillion dollar business base have issues, because they have so much to lose? If nothing else we should have the ability to choose for ourselves. Those who think that for-profit insurance companies, should know that this avenue is available to them. Then the larger portion of the population should not have to beg, to be covered, as they should have access to government Universal health care. We should all know our enemies in this health care issue, who are right now undermining President Obama's plan. Those politicians who are adverse to any new health care agenda, are without doubt stockholders in hospitals, billing services, insurers or other profit entities. They sold you out to the wealthy special interest lobbyists on E-Verify and a near future AMNESTY. Be ready to throw those political puppets out of office, when their time comes around for re-election. Bombard your Senators and Congressman for a single payer Health care for all AMERICANS.

I can say that the hospital that I work for has thrived under a new CEO, where before we were losing money. We treat people whether they can pay or not. We have applied for some stimulus money available through the government since the Obama administration. We are the product of two small hospitals in the area that combined together and the goal is to use the stimulus money to build one facility instead of having two separate locations. Our hospital also is a joint owner in a surgery center, which is owned by local physicians. I am sure that a universal plan would not be good for the physician/hospital owned surgery center on the other hand it could possibly benefit our hospital if it was able to offer services at a lower cost. As a small hospital we have to be competitive with the larger surrounding hospitals in the area and there is always a fight for better and bigger. We are particularly competitive in the area of emergency medicine and have achieved the ability to become a level III trauma center in our small community to be competitive with the larger Columbus area hospitals. I think that it is probably better to allow the hospitals to maintain control and implementing a completely government controlled healthcare plan would be bad for small hospitals who have proven we can remain competitive with proper financial management. On the other hand it would be interesting to know the ramifications of accepting some governement money for building of a new hospital and how this would affect us in the long run. Will have to wait and see. Vacation is over and back to work Friday night (sad).

The Rebublican party should definitely have voice in this in this very important discussion that will change peoples lives. Excluding one party would be bad medicine for America.