health care issue is some pipe dream of theirs to "fix the economy". America needs to be MANUFACTURING things, to sell to other nations. Begin by leveling the playing field. Taxes imposed on American companies who do their manufacturing outside the United States, with nations which do not have our level of environmental protection, labor laws, OSHA, etc. Somehow Manufacturing seems to be a dirty word in political circles, and they seem to be happy to be rid of it. Having everyone in America in a "service" type job is incestuous. There is no new influx of wealth. WE NEED TO EXPORT! Wake up. Health care expense is largely a matter of controlling the waste, and the greed. I recently had hand surgery which took less than two hours. The hospital billed 12,500 dollars. That is not counting the Doctor who did the surgery. Three x-rays which took 90 seconds, and were produced digitally were billed at $980. I was charged $2,800 for a semi private room which I never even saw, nor used. I left the hospital at 4:15 PM. Oh by the way....INSURANCE DENIED THE CLAIM!!!! So ya wanna fix health care? Rip it to shreads and start again. It is too broken. Down size the monstor hospitals into manageable community clinics fully equipped to handle emergency, walkins, etc. Charge a fair price for a fair service. We also need to stop bailing everyone out. LET EM FAIL. If I make a bone head decision, no one is