Some basic questions about the health care bill ...

1. We have access to health care now but it cost money; isn't this debate over how to pay for people who don't have health insurance?

2. The current system works fine for 85% of Americans. Shouldn't we, then, focus on fixing the 15%?

3. Fix Medicare, Medicaid and social security first. They are nearly bankrupt. So how can we start a new program without fixing the old? That's irresponsible.

4. With the current economy the way it is we don't recommend new spending of $1-2 Trillion! Especially in light of the "mistake" the Obama Budget office made in "miscalculating" $7 Trillion deficit to $9 trillion now! What other "miscalculations" could occur in a massive bill of this nature? Seems as though any money we may have had at one time for a total transformation of health care is gone now!

5. Getting a massive stimulus bill that was full of pork, then bailing out the car companies, then paying for people to get new cars (little of which seems to have actually helped the economy): seems to me we have done enough for the time being.

6. The administration says that if we "don't do this now we will face higher costs in health care". It's this type of attitude that has tripled the deficit in less than 6 months. Slow down and focus on fixing the system we have now that doesn't do any harm such as taking away deductions for health benefits, FSAs and HSAs. This would put many more millions out of work like me!

7. I am not interested in waiting lists and waiting lines when it comes to my family's health. SO NO GOVERNMENT RUN PROGRAM PLEASE!

8. The HR 3200 is written vaguely which means there's a lot of room for "interpretation" later by government bureaucrats after it is signed by those attempting to implement the bill. When something like this is written so vaguely and confusingly, it seems likely there's a reason for it (what's hiding?). This concerns me a great deal.

9. I would also like to know who or what group exactly wrote HR 3200? This 1,017 page bill was produced awfully fast, especially since no one in Congress or the administration seems to have even read it!

Let's take a D-E-E-P breath and slow down a bit, eh?