Under the current proposed plan people will even get penalized for their religious beliefs since we will get "fined" if we don't get insurance. What about my co-worker who is a Christian Scientist? While I don't agree with her beliefs, why should she be forced to pay for insurance she will never use because she doesn't believe in going to Doctors or Hospitals? We should just admit that what we have been doing, that put us number 37 in rankings of health care systems, isn't working. Typically the common sense thing to do is to look at systems that do a better job, see what works, and model a system after that. But, since those systems that work better (France for instance), regulate pricing, our corporate-owned government would probably never have the spine to put people's health over corporate profits. Charles | 9.27.09 @ 1:29PM America is calle a "democracy"? All of my 73+ years I have been wrong, and someone needs to change the wording of the pledge to the flag to " and to the democracy for which it stands". As much as Democrats love to hear the word democrat, this is still a republic. evm | 10.1.09 @ 10:36AM Sam | 10.5.09 @ 11:58AM The "Peoples Republic of China" is a communist state lame-brain. America is a democratic-republic. A republic by the people for the people that utilizes democratic voting in order to pick it's leaders. It is a combination of the best aspects of a republic