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	Name:	wix -
	Subject:	Thanks
	Date:	8/14/2009 8:59:02 AM

for acknowledging that Medicaid does exist. The point you make about the 50 year old getting laid off and dropping his insurance goes to the heart of the problem. He made the choice to drop his insurance. While it is certainly a tough situation and a tough decision, why should the Americal people be forced to pay for his health care when he makes the decision, his right, to drop insurance. If he has a house and two cars and probably other assets, his choice to drop insurance is a gamble he is willing to take and if he gets sick, he made a bad bet. I chose to raise my deductible to $5K on health insurance a few years back and wouldn't you know two family members required expensive surgery a few months apart, but in different years. I learned my lesson, but I paid, not the American people.

As I said, reform in health care is needed. Many, many companies and phsicians have learned how to rob tons of money from the Feds and insurance companies in the name of health care and that needs to be stopped. The incompetence of Fed employees overseeing the system is unbelievable.

This bill, as written, does not address the existing problems, it only provides a mechanism to give care for those who choose not to have insurance. If you currently pay for health insurance, a huge portion of your premium goes to pay for law suits, and cost shifting by providers to cover for underpayment by the Feds. If we all learned about the health care system before blindly following any politician we would demand a better system, but not a vote gathering system.