I don’t know about all of F. Monkey’s points, but incentive to live a healthy lifestyle has to be addressed. It is the only issue NOT being talked about. I am not in favor of a single payer health care system at this point but if things were to evolve in such a way that healthy lifestyles and alternative medicine were more fiercely promoted by the government….even if that was really their way to save more money …. it still affects much about the quality of people’s lives…so be it. It is a win win for everyone. I don’t think it’s right if my fat *** neighbor stuffs himself on pork skins and sits on the sofa all day and then when he needs a triple bypass it has to come out of our tax dollars. I don’t like seeing a single mom having to take her kids to a shitty free clinic because she has no choice either. A lot of health problems are preventable through a healthy lifestyle, we know this. And all this BS about killing old people…let the old people decide what they are willing to put up with. My BFs grandmother is 99, totally ga-ga, doesn’t know anyone anymore, severly diabetic and somehow still ticking…in a nursing home that costs thousands a month and she now owes the state because the bills have surpassed the value of her entire estate. Had she been consulted before she lost her mind I am guessing she would have wanted to end it a long time ago.

As a responsible hard working average person who already has health insurance I want to know if I will be paying even more for someone else’s health insurance on top of the other taxes I pay to pay for yet other people who lack the initiative to hold a decent job. Experts say I will, Obama avoids this aspect of his plan. So far everything he does has a tremendous price tag that is unsustainable. Everything government does is outrageously wasteful and poorly run.They drive up the cost of housing, education, the price of doing business………..etc.. What makes anyone think health care will be the first government program to be efficient and cost effective?

I love the idea of providing decent healthcare coverage to the working poor and their families; but do not force it on me. I have never needed the assistance of a nurse, doctor, or hospital since my last shots as a child (outside of my routine physical which I’m happy to pay cash for). Don’t make me pay for something I have never had a need for and would have wasted thousands of dollars on paying for in the past. I don’t have an excess of money; make it available to all, but PLEASE make it optional.

scrap the whole damn mess, and let people exercise their right to choose their own doctors. Leave us alone.

Mandated participation to lower costs, ending the ‘preexisting condition’ out for carriers, reasonable rate increases as opposed to ‘doubling’, ending the carrier’s ability to drop customers for contracting ‘expensive’ conditions/rescission, an ability for a customer to ’shop’ across state lines for the best deal, an ability for a customer to quit their job - start their own company - and ‘buy’ coverage from a pool.

These are just a few of my favorite things.

Fewer canceled health care claims. More people who can afford healthcare.

I think any reform must accomplish four things

1. Provide insurance to every American citizen
2. Reduce the cost of healthcare
3. Provide an incentive for Americans to save money on healthcare
4. Provide an incentive for Americans to live a healthy lifestyle

A public-option would accomplish the first two goals, but there’s no incentive to be a responsible healthcare consumer. This is where the Republican-sponsored plan comes in. The Republicans call for increased funding of Health Savings Accounts. These accounts would cover higher-end procedures and end-of-life care which costs much more.

Tort reform, reform in the FDA and pharmaceutical industry, and reform of the insurance industry. Single payer is not a good solution.

Free drugs, like Canada! I would save us billions!