There are still folks out there who praise our system of Private health care coverage. The right wing warns us of the dangers of "Socialized medicine." I do not know about the dangers of "socialized medicine," - if such a thing even really exists anywhere on earth! -but the dangers of Privatized health insurance are clearly enough. Not only are 47 million Americans not able to afford insurance and so left without it, a new study has found that 60% of Bankruptcy cases are cause directely by health care bills.

Senator Max Baucas recently said that a Single-Payer health care system is not on the table among options for health care reform. The reason: it is not politically feasible in the United States, opposition is too great. The question we should ask ourselves is "why is this so?" And we need also ask another question: what is single-payer health care?

Driven by rising health care costs at home, nearly 1 million Californians cross the border each year to seek medical care in Mexico, according a new paper by UCLA researchers and colleagues published today in the journal Medical Care.

The average cost of health insurance is difficult to measure precisely. The mean cost in 2008 of insurance from an employer was $4,700 per annum for an individual, and $17,700 per annum for a family of four, according to Kaiser.

Our U.S. medical care seems to get worse and worse. I could not believe the article in the 5/12/09 New YorkTimes by Milt Freudenheim stating that the prestigious Mayo Clinic and also the Cleveland Clinic are teaming up with CVS drug stores to offer Retail clinics. These are staffed by nurse practitioners, not physicians.

We just witnessed Obama decalaring how wonderful it is that the health insurance groups are ready to work with lawmakers to cut costs. Mr. President, I say to you what was uttered in Troy long ago, "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts."

As Washington's hands continue to dig deeper and deeper into the health care insurance industry, more Americans stand to lose. The disparity in the beliefs between Washington and private business, as to how to run a health insurance company, could not be further apart.

Many UK hospitals were granted foundation status despite providing substandard care and despite the regulators being aware of this.

The White house has launched a new website today: http://www.healthreform.gov/