of their market costs. How do I know this? I have two close friends in hospital administration who have made it very clear that if we as a country do not do something about the skyrocketing cost of healthcare, we will, as a country, see a continued increase in costs in the next 10 - 15 years that will bankrupt us. As one of them said after the President's address to congress on the issue, "That's okay. Don't put in a Public Option. Don't reform healthcare or put a cap on costs. I'll continue to charge you $30 for a Tylenol capsule that costs me less than three cents." Xena | 10.28.09 @ 3:57PM If they are so wonderful, why are they so ripe for waste, fraud and abuse, costing the taxpayers billions? Why can't the government START by cleaning house in those two programs first, making them far more efficient, getting rid of the waste, fraud and abuse, and signing up more of the uninsured population to use those. IF medicaid is so wonderful, why replace it? Also, Obamacare will NOT be free as so many IGNORANT people seem to think. What good is FREE healthcare when you cannot see a doctor and have to pay far more in taxes than you would be paying for private insurance? shawn | 10.28.09 @ 3:58PM "Frankly, Ben. I'm not sure that very many Americans really care what some lawyer from Beverly Hills and Malibu really thinks about what is good for