DISQUS

Seems to me Grassley, Baucus, Stark and the rest of congress would better spend their time in and out of committee addressing the unscrupulous politicos working for or in public office who, for their own enrichment, pander to the legal profession, the insurance cartels, the pharmaceutical companies and the various business and special interests that make specialized hospitals something more noteworthy than other specialized business catering to elite in search of basic needs like food and shelter i.e. classy restaurants, and five star resorts. Such establishments also turn away those who can not pay the price. The issue is not what those with, can afford, but what those without, can not afford. What you have really highlighted is that national health care initiatives have progressed no further than our basic right to call 911, which in an emergency, is the implied responsibility of the health care facility that, knowing you must eat, sends you to McDonalds or knowing you must sleep, sends you to Motel 6.