Voting on the health care reform has been indefinitely postponed by the key house committee. Democratic leaders were powerless in their ability to obtain enough votes from the sensible members of their own party. The session was cancelled by Commerce Committee and the House Energy because there were significant concerns about the legislation from conformist democrats who make up a large portion of seats on the board The only House panel with jurisdiction over the health care issue is The Energy and Commerce Committee and it has not finished writing its version of the reform bill.  This does not come as a very big surprise to me. I felt like we were rushing to make a decision. What are your thoughts to the postponing?

The House of Democrats are getting closer to proposing an income surcharge tax for individuals with adjusted gross income of more than $200K and married couples over $250K to help finance insurance for all those who cannot afford coverage. They have eliminated the earlier idea of implementing payroll taxes to fund the proposed health legislation. The House is preparing to have a complete inclusive health care refurbish plan by the end of this week so they can bring it up for committee votes in the near future. Democrats backed away from their aspiration of passing health care legislation by mid August due to the heightened political debate over tax increases and an anticipated new government role in supplying insurance to consumers. What are your thoughts? Should the wealthy be taxed to support the new insurance plan?

Before we can even discuss the health insurance reform we need to focus on the real issues, the foods we eat. The majority of the foods we devour are manufactured by big businesses that have a ton of influence in Washington. These businesses do not want anyone talking about them because their foods are causing diseases, which flood our healthcare system with unhealthy people. It’s all that added sugars, preservatives, and unnecessary carbohydrates. Hydrogenated oils have been known to damage normal brain and heart functions. There are a lot of our foods that are packed with sodium nitrate that causes cancer. It is a proven fact that people who constantly eat processed meats have a higher risk of getting pancreatic cancer. All this arguing about who is going to pay for our diseased country is just a distraction from the main issues which are the foods and the beverages that are causing these diseases in the first place. Rather than putting so much emphasis on the healthcare reform I suggest investing more time and money in preventative programs, educating the public about proper health care and producing healthier foods. What is your opinion?

A survey on public opinion was released Tuesday stating that the majority of US families are concerned that their health care costs would significant rise if the proposed reform plan is passed. Only one in ten people believe that their families would be better off under the new idealistic insurance plan. What is your opinion?

President Obama aspires to bring down the cost of healthcare and provide medical insurance to the millions of American citizens who cannot afford coverage. He is also proposing a government run insurance plan which will compete with private insurers. Whose tax dollars are going to pay for this convenient government plan? How is this plan going to help the US out of its indefinite debt?  What type of influence will this government plan have on private insurance companies? How many more small businesses will have to close because of this plan?

There are many pros and cons associated with this new reform. I guess as a “democratic” society we will have to sit back and watch the government manipulate the way we take care of ourselves.