sure if I can go to a friend of mine who had cancer and say in person, hey, we have a lot in common, as much as I would like. I liked Lisa's site because it's incredibly resourcesful with hard-facts, and again, it's so relevant to all patients with chronic illnesses -- increasing (for no apparent justifiable reasons) costs of managing them, issue of pre-existing conditions in insurance, etc.,. Especially now, when the health care reform needs to move from debate to action, this kind of resource is soooo important. I have a very good insurance through work (I am aware of how lucky I am), but still spend hell of a lot of money on my treatments of lupus (and I have two other autoimmune conditions go with it!). I really appreciated being able to understand how broken the health care system is through the eyes of a patient with facts that noone can argue, and I pray that there would be a successful reform that benefits all patients . . . . (I am originally from a country where patients of illnesses for which there are no known cures receive public funds for treatments -- the list of illnesses is long -- so it's heartbreaking to see people here who had already been hit by serious chronic illnesses are doubly hit by financial burden). Thanks for all of the comments on today's Patients for a Moment. I think that Anon Me Again raised a really interesting question about