I am at a loss as to how any inteeligent person is America believes anything coming out of Washington is going to improve our health care system. It seems to me the problem with our system is not the quality of care. Yes, the Michael Moore's of the world can always find some folks who have suffered at the hands of a quack. For the most part, I don't think it can be argued the qulaity of care in the US is not the best in the world.

So it comes down to price. Is there a crisis in the cost of health care? I personally am very happy with my plan. So are many other Americans. Are premiums skyrocketing? Yes. As a small business owner, I am keenly aware of how insurance costs are rising astronomically. Does this need to be addressed? Yes. Is a government system the way to go. NO!

Forgetting for a moment any of the bills presently in congress, when has government ever improved a system? When has any governmental agency been accurate in cost estimates? Massachusetts predicted its health care system would cost $20o million per year. The actual cost is $700 million. Is Medicare solvent? Medicaid? Social Security? Then why do we think the governement should run health care.

The other question I have under the Baucus plan is simple. How much will it cost me? How are we paying for this? No one seems to know. The plan the CBO used to come up with cost estimates was simply a plan summary. THERE IS NO WRITTEN LEGISLATION!!! How can our elected officials vote on legislation that effects 1/6th of our economy when it has not been written?

I trust neither side of the aisle on this because there is too much money involved. In the end. I predict a paln will pass that makes things worse not better. We will never get rid of the plan thereafter because you can never get rid of a government entitlement.