Does anyone know the last time a new health insurance company was started and had any success? Lizard mentions the biggest ones that have been around...

Lizard, I am very aware of the government regulation involved in our insurance industry. I think its interesting that the medical insurance indu...

Here's a (bit of a rhetorical) question I have for those who want to live with socialized medicine (or socialism in general). What's stopping you? W...

LOL, here we go again. I am mature enough to take care of myself, thank you. I wish the same could be said for others who want to force me to take c...

Sorry, should have said STX..thanks Trade. Thanks Betty, I have some bougainvillea on one side of my yard where there is a retaining wall. They ...

The health care debate has revealed that Americans suffer from compassion deficiency. I fail to see how taking something from one person to give ...

Don't get me wrong, I do want to see some sort of reform. But I DO NOT want to see the costs of healtcare further obfuscated by more government meddl...

TRW, I think food should be "free" too...we need it to survive as well. Oh and internet because knowledge should be "free" as well. One pro...

Thanks for the links Jules, they are great. As I've looked into the issue it seems more and more like we've gotten where we are as a direct resul...

Betty, Just to not be pigeonholed into the "you guys" group, let me go on the record to say that I don't think doing drugs are a good idea. I th...

Jules, thanks for the kind words. I may submit what I wrote, although slightly edited for brevity to the source, might not be a bad idea. Quite ...

To those who've heard me say this before I apologize for being redundant. I just watched the new documentary about Marion Barry. I grew up in DC...

Story I heard is that 2 guys came in, yelled "this is a robbery" but no one heard them so they fired a warning shot. Peter jumped up and they shot hi...

and we already have socialized medicine in this country, what do you think medicare,social security and afdc are Failing social programs that are...

Have you ever been to Amsterdam? Coffee shops there are MUCH less of a community annoyance than bars. Sean

I have many fears of socialized anything, but healthcare in particular is the scariest. If government is footing the bill for the health of our b...

I know the person very well and his wife is one of the sweetest women you'll ever meet. There is family on island and I feel terrible for them as the...

LOL, if we had a 3 strikes law some of the senator's might still be in jail 🙂 Sean

EngRMP, Good points, especially the first one. Because MJ is not legal in many other places you do have a point that people would come here for ...

NP, thanks for the link...going to convert it and put it on the wife's Kindle as it looks like a fascinating read! Sean

My Google search didn't yield that result but here is a link to the PDF of the book (it must be public domain): Sean

I have strong opinion's on socialized medicine...but will simply say that if Obama's policy goes through at least our hospital's in the VI won't look ...

I apologize for not providing info about whom needs to be contacted at the hospital to voice displeasure about the situation about epidurals. With a ...