With Obamacare going into effect, health insurance companies are misleading customers. While some on the individual market are losing their plans because they don’t comply with the new law, others whose plans are grandfathered in are being told they’ll lose coverage—and are threatened with rate hikes. Some insurers are using confusion created by the new law to hoodwink their customers into enrolling in much more expensive plans. So why is President Obama apologizing—telling the American public on national TV that he’s “sorry” to have promised that everyone can keep their health insurance? The actions of some of these companies proves why we needed health care reform in the first place: insurance companies are greedy, and cannot be trusted. It is time to set the record straight. Tell President Obama to stop apologizing for the despicable conduct of private insurance companies and hold them accountable.

While enrollment in private insurance plans under Obamacare stalls, enrollment in Medicaid is a huge success. Early reports from only 10 states show that nearly half a million people have already enrolled in Medicaid in only 6 weeks. We all know that there have been difficulties in the start-up of the online exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. But even if there had not been problems, many people are leery about joining another private insurance plan, even if it is subsidized. It's time for us to go the next step and implement a single payer system that will cover all Americans. Find out more here: http://www.pnhp.org/facts/what-is-single-payer http://www.laborforsinglepayer.org/hr-676/

In 2004 I was burned from the inside out and hospitalized for 8 months; I am still in recovery presently, due to medicine that had a high risk factor for people with a penicillin allergy. The doctors that are administering these drugs have no clue of the risks, but they swear it's the best drug for the job at hand; then it almost kills you. I am not the first person this has happened to. We need to speak up about poor regulations in the pharmaceutical business.

I am currently 63 and not eligible for Medicare till 65. My social security is under $650 a month, well below the poverty line. I am not eligible for coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) because my income is below the poverty line. Governor Daugaard of South Dakota refuses to enroll South Dakota in extending Medicaid to some 48,000 eligible enrollees. I am one of those.

The cost of health care is out of control. This seems like a good place to start to me. Let's cut the crap already and get this under control.

As a physician in the state of Georgia, I have seen first hand the results of lack of health insurance. I have seen people with high blood pressure who develop heart failure and strokes because they cannot afford their blood pressure medications. I have seen people with diabetes who go on to develop kidney failure because of inadequate care. Many of these are the working poor - cooks, cashiers, cleaners, decent people who are working hard to make ends meet. They should not be left at the risk of unnecessary death, disability and financial ruin in the United States of America at this day and age despite the passage of the Affordable Care Act. The richest country in the world should not be the only developed country in which the poor do not have guaranteed access to healthcare, something that citizens of all other developed countries take for granted.

I am a Legal Advocate and Consultant for victims of injustices and an author and Crusader since 1989 when I founded Women Fight Back helping victims fight back against serious injustices. Lupron can be disabling and deadly. There are 5,000 complaints filed with Congress and they've ignored the 12,000 victims without a cure, so it's extremely important that the labeling be addressed and serious studies be published with the hope of taking this toxic drug Lupron off the market.

Over the years Congress has voted itself lifetime health care and its own lucrative pension fund. No more! Thy should be participating in the same programs that average American citizens participate in.

In Louisiana there are many rural residents who are being offered zero mental healthcare because of things like lack of facilities. Our governor has made budget cuts across the board on mental health provisions the state offered and now there is very little to none for rural residents. People need access to mental healthcare and their medication. With Psychicatric Telemedicine a new innovative way to do mental health therapy sessions and prescribe medications via computer but face to face in real time. Many states are using it for their rural citizens with great success. Mental health should be a priority for the oppressed, underserved, restricted residents living in at or below the poverty line, just as much as it is for people who can afford through insurance their mental healthcare maintenance. This is a great solution to the problem La. is facing due to conservative budget cuts that eliminated the mental health programs the residents used to rely on.

On November 6th 2013, 15 year-old Tysean Williams was shot multiple times by two armed men shortly after coming to his grandmother's aide in his home in Rochester, New York. As a result, Tysean died from his injuries a short while later despite being rushed to hospital. These assailants were armed with guns they likely obtained illegally. He was an honor roll student in his sophmore year of high school. He was also a neighbor that grew up with my brothers and was like another brother to me. He was a quiet, bright young man with his whole future ahead of him but his life was cut short as a result of preventable gun violence. Stronger gun trafficking laws need to be enforced! It's important to let our elected officials know where we stand on this issue because too many of our youth are dying as a result. We need to figure out what WE can we do to stop this alarming trend. -Sign this petition and share it with your family & friends -Reaching out to your local & state legislators and representatives -Come together as a community and organize rallies and round table discussions to discuss how to stop the violence in the community and how to get illegally obtained weapons off the street -Encourage & advocate partnership between community businesses and organizations and local schools; better education is a key piece of the puzzle -Speak out about the need for improved community involvement whether it be block by block or neighborhood by neighborhood. Maybe this can be done neighborhood watch initiatives, neighborhood clean-up programs, adopt-a-block programs, weapon drop off events or larger scale initiatives such as the creation of a city-wide anti-violence coalition Let's start caring about each other and our youth. We can change the outcome but we need to see ourselves as the solution! Read more about this story here: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2013/11/12/not-guilty-pleas-entered-in-shooting-death-of-tysean-williams/3505381/ And here: http://www.rochesterhomepage.net/story/remembering-tysean-williams/d/story/ZYdSnfrNTU2cTednHWUqtQ And here: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2013/11/07/honor-student-shot-killed-at-home-was-not-intended-target/3466819/ Tysean's grandmother talks about his bravery & last moments here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmfXSSIzxi4 A Facebook page has been created in Tysean's memory: https://www.facebook.com/RememberingTyseanWilliam

We, the citizens of Wisconsin, demand the State of Wisconsin to legalize cannabis. This is not a Republican or Democrat issue, this is a human rights issue. The U.S. Patent Office issued patent #6630507 to the U.S.Health and Human Services filed on 2/2/2001. The patent lists the use of certain cannabinoids found within the cannabis sativa plant as useful in certain neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and HIV dementia. Since the U.S. Government agrees that marijuana has medicinal value, it should be the states right as well as the citizen there of, to be able to access cannabis in a safe and legal way.

I have been personally affected because I have paid into Medicare for all these years yet now I have to buy very expensive insurance absolutely therefore paying twice for medical coverage. We can save Medicare millions by making it portable overseas. All of us expats are not fat cats...most are living on small pensions like me.