Everyone in California should be concerned about the direction Health Care is heading. BCBS has a stronghold on this state and dictates the rates and services offered.

My son is in a mental hospital. The meals are often prepared from prepackaged, and processed foods. These foods have added salt, sugar, and preservatives. To prevent these patients from developing heart disease, diabetes, and chronic hypertension, they should be provided a menu with a selection of fresh fruits and vegetables.

I have been disabled and sick for the last 3 years and the insurance companies are changing the amount of coverage and increase all deductibles. Every year since i got sick I NOTICE THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES PAY LESS AND LESS .This have afected me because all of the bills that they dont want to pay ,i am responsible. The doctors dont give you a chance ,inmedietly they put the bill with collections companies and my credit rating has been afected dramatically.

Give us Medicare coverage for ALL!

Governor Rick Perry millions of under-privileged poor Texans who do not have any Health Coverage will be covered under The Affordable Care ACT expansion of MEDICAID! My Physician wife Dr. Jyoti Jain's practice is wholly dependent on MEDICAID and its viability. Please allow the expansion of MEDICAID to occur in Texas under The Affordable Care ACT.

62 million Americans suffer from "essential" or "primary" hypertension - which NIH offers "has no known etiology". This costs Americans ~$80B/year on medication and related medical costs. The number of Americans affected is growing rapidly as the baby boomer population moves into maturity. The fact is that sub-optimal breathing, breathing with insufficient depth, is the fundamental cause of essential hypertension. Anyone suffering from hypertension can test this by checking their blood pressure before and after a period of relatively slow deep breathing. The silence by NIH and the American Heart Association amounts to lying by omission, the only plausible explanation being to benefit the medical-industrial complex - specifically big pharma who nets many 10s of billions of dollars every year from the unsuspecting. Americans fund the NIH through our taxes, however their policies aim to benefit the industrial establishment vs. American citizens. Please stand with me to demand that the NIH end their silence regarding sub-optimal breathing and high blood pressure. Thank you.

The lack of long-term psychiatric facilities for the seriously mentally ill needs to be addressed, and the need for excellent long-term and permanent psychiatric care should be a priority in congress NOW.

Please do not give up on our children in Special Education; they are not a lost cause! Students with Special Needs are being targeted and DISCRIMINATED against as you try and balance your state budget on their backs. The success my daughter, and many other students, have in school is because of these regulations which afford them the opportunity to succeed. I know many students that have graduated High School with the help of an IEP and have gone on to college and are on track to be independent, productive members of society. By striking down the regulations; you will be discriminating against my daughter and telling the students with special needs, in the state of New York, that you do not believe in them.

Children and young people on the Autism spectrum deserve insurance coverage for autism-related therapies! Sign the petition! We are so grateful to Senator Jim Tracy & Representative Kevin Brooks for filing Autism Insurance Reform bill SB1286/HB1265! Studies show that Autism treatments like behavior therapy can make all the difference in the world for a young person on the Autism spectrum, and give our kids their best chance to become independent adults. However, the vast majority of Tennessee Autism families cannot afford these therapies for their children, because unlike 32 other states such as Arkansas, Kentucky, and Missouri where similar legislation has already been passed, the Tennessee insurance industry REFUSES to provide coverage for Autism treatments. Please sign the petition, and help us let our Tennessee legislators know that Autism Insurance Reform bill SB1286/HB1265 must become law in 2013 -- it just makes good fiscal sense for our state! We have wide bi-partisan support for this bill, and as of this writing have 30 legislators from across Tennessee who have already signed on as co-sponsors! Passing this legislation as soon as possible means that more children with Autism in Tennessee will receive the treatments they need to grow up to be contributing citizens, and our families need insurance coverage NOW. For some, Autism therapies can mean the difference between becoming a taxpayer… or not. Please help Autism families in Tennessee -- support Autism Insurance Reform SB1286/HB1265 and help it become *law* in 2013!

PETITION IN SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL 320 (BEALL) We, the undersigned, as persons with brain injury, family members, caregivers, friends, and/or professionals serving persons with brain injury, hereby pledge our support for Senate Bill 320 (Beall).

Has been proven to be a medically posative treatment for many different needs. Our Vets have been denied treatment for cannabis posative blood testing. North Carolina will benefit from jobs created by the new industry. North Carolina will prosper from taxation of this medical treatment.

Healthcare for everyone including student and children remaining on parents healthcare