a writer who writes on economics and has been a finalist for the Pulitizer...NONE of that means much except he is NOT a poltical hack and he definetly understands what is happening health care...the writer, Robert J Samuelson says...

"Obama is telling people what they want to hear about health care, not what they need to know."

It speaks to all those things our President likes to tout...emergency room and the costs to us for that care, etc.

"A study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that the insured accounted for 83 percent of emergency-room visits, reflecting their share of the population. After Massachusetts adopted universal insurance, emergency-room use remained higher than the national average, an Urban Institute study found. More than two-fifths of visits represented non-emergencies. Of those, a majority of adult respondents to a survey said it was "more convenient" to go to the emergency room or they couldn't "get [a doctor's] appointment as soon as needed." If universal coverage makes appointments harder to get, emergency-room use may increase"

And I think most importantly...

"Though it seems compelling, covering the uninsured is not the health-care system's major problem. The big problem is uncontrolled spending, which prices people out of the market and burdens government budgets. Obama claims his proposal checks spending. Just the opposite. When people get insurance, they use more health services. Spending rises. By the government's latest forecast, health spending goes from 17 percent of the economy in 2009 to 19 percent in 2019. Health "reform" would probably increase that.

Unless we change the fee-for-service system, costs will remain hard to control because providers are paid more for doing more. Obama might have attempted that by proposing health-care vouchers (limited amounts to be spent on insurance), which would force a restructuring of delivery systems to compete on quality and cost. Doctors, hospitals and drug companies would have to reorganize care. Obama refrained from that fight and instead cast insurance companies as the villains."

http://www.newsweek.com/id/234953?GT1=43002

Even aside from this specific issue this President is the biggest con artist I have ever seen in Washington. He has been on big con since he arrived..from the transparency to the lack of poitics he promised and did exactly the opposite. And he is surrounded by a congress that is simply not on the same wave length as the general public.

I am not an accountant....actually have trouble understanding a lot of the budget talk that goes on, however I DO KNOW ONE THING.....we cannot afford this bill !