All this healthcare talk is grating on my nerves.  The pre-existing thing is long overdue and should be a non-issue regardless.  As long as these companies get their money (and a lot of it), who cares?  Kids living at home being covered under their parents until 26 is necessary considering so many are graduating and not being able to get jobs either with their degree or at a burger joint.

Keeping my records in a database that is only the business of me, my husband and my doctor is messed up and seems a huge violation of privacy.  That just opens the door for medical discrimination.  And if you think people can't hack into that and get whatever they want (or probably buy it straight from the government), you would be sadly mistaken.  If a guy in England can break into the Pentagon computer systems and get his hands on highly-classified military info, this should be a piece of cake.

Forcing people to buy insurance if they can pay for their care themselves and choose not to use insurance or can't afford it at all is wrong any way you slice it.  But the most wrong part of all is the IRS getting involved.  They have no part in healthcare and should never.  If anything, they are one of the causes of heart attacks, stress, and probably alcoholism.  There has got to be a better solution than putting a lien on someone's home or even jail time for not paying that penalty since it will be enforced by the IRS.  And I may be getting some of the facts wrong on the IRS stuff, frankly I'm too tired to read up all this crap.  That's just the gist I get from the media (many sources) and who believes them anymore?  And what would it matter anyway.

The People no longer have a voice.  But that's what I've gathered so far.  Government is too much in our personal business as it is.  Yes, the healthcare system is broken and needs changing.  No doubt.  I pay too much for mine.  My checking account reminds of that all the time.  After we changed from a group plan to an individual family plan (in the same damn company no less), my insurance company mandates when I can try to get pregnant again because it would be pre-existing if it happened within the first year of our coverage.  Seriously?

Both political parties are power-hungry, and I really don't think this is a "greater good" situation.  And everyone that wants to move to Canada, get a clue.  They have socialized medicine and not for people who just move there, but natural born citizens.

Welcome to the Nanny State.  Let's ban big soft drinks, sugary food, french fries, and put a "sin" tax on cigarettes and alcohol. Oh and don't forget the light bulbs that are in the process of being banned.  Light bulbs!!! Next they'll be after my dogs I'm sure.  But yeah, it's totally fine to bankrupt the country even further and maybe even cause some more foreclosures and more job loss due to small businesses being taxed to death and having to close their doors because of these new "taxes."

Don't forget this is an election year.  If Obama had recognized gay marriage and a humane change to immigration in a non-election year, it would have had much more merit and would have meant a lot more to a lot more people.  It's all about getting votes at this point. I wish more people could recognize that. There are many changes that needed to be made a long time ago.  And don't forget how gas prices are going down just in time for the campaign to really ramp up, which happens during every election year.

If he really wanted to change things, he would have been working on all that from the beginning of his presidency.  It's all about the votes.  Romney is no better.  He has this individual mandate in his own state that he enacted while governor.  So what does that say about him?  So looks like I may go against my cardinal rule and just not vote at all....doesn't matter.  Sorry Papa Hyatt.

And don't get me started on the Fast and Furious crap...