the US Postal Service. But, health care is so much more important than a delivery service even though it is not an explicit right A government option must not even be considered. To protect the citizen from going bankrupt because of medical costs which an insurance company refuses to pay there simply has to be laws passed to prevent such a practice by the health plan providers. In addition, private health plan premiums must be uniform, the same for everyone no matter what their age or health status. Likewise, no one shuold be refused health plan coverage due to pre existing conditions. Individual states now regulate the insurance companies within the states. Does this mean that if there is a government option that the states will also regulate this or will the federal option be excluded while the private insurance carriers are not? This would not be at all fair. Of course the purchase of health plans should be allowed across state lines. This will do away with state control of health plan providers. But, is this one of those items that the U.S. Constitution leaves for the states to regulate because health plans are not mentioned in the Constitution. Lawsuits brought forward by trial lawyers must be controlled to keep the fradulent cases at a minimum and also to place caps on awards. All of the above can be instilled into the system if the liberal democrats in Congress would get off of their high muckey muck/high horses and