in my opinion the excessive health care costs are more driven by other known elements than those who are not currently covered doing it the more expensive way (what ever that may be).

The not so hidden rampant fraud, by providers as well as users, in Medicare. The well know coziness of pharmaceutical companies with government officials.

I do not see or hear anything regarding programs that will get the abuse under control....it will continue as business as usual while we all babble to each other what we thing is driving the numbers.

Please remember the inability and failure of the super committee to reduce spending.....complete failure....accepted. Nothing done to offset the task given them that they failed at.

The same failing, inept people in Washington will do nothing to correct the real ills of health care. They like Obama will pontificate how badly it is needed......nobody....NOBODY... will address the new rising costs of the programs, still UNKNOWN and will just be layered on top of the unaffordable fraud and cheating already long in the tooth existence.

The so called "benefits" of the health care proposal are far out weighed by the new to come additional costs....did I mention STILL UNKNOWN?

Health care rhetoric is not just political....it is worse. It is a political fairy tale being surprisingly accepted by way too many folks.

Health care will never cost you less than it does today....NEVER!! The coverage you get today will NEVER be as good in the future as it is today.

How can you add 15? 20? 30? 40? million more to the existing strained system without affecting what you have today. Just imagine adding 25-40 thousand more villagers to the medical system here without adding more capability. You think the lines are long now?

btk