The anti - fluoridation group "Fluoride Action Network" has been translating scientific studies done abroad to find out if there is a pattern of neurotoxicity caused by fluoride. There have been only two studies done in the USA on the effect of fluoride on I.Q. scores, not enough to establish a pattern. FAN has now found thirty six non-USA studies in humans that demonstrate that moderately high fluoride exposures reduce I.Q. scores; further, the studies show the effect to be dose related - the greater/longer the exposure to fluoride, the more I.Q. points lost. There is increasing evidence that exposure to fluoride causes thyroid disease, and since it damages the thyroid and pituitary at the same time, the damage does not show up on the standard thyroid test for TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone). Fluoride has also been linked to being the cause of autoimmune disease, as it forcibly displaces iodine in the body and takes the place of that iodine, causing structural changes that confuse the immune system and render that molecule subject to attack by antibodies, which then also attack healthy unaltered molecules, resulting in many autoimmune diseases. Pro-fluoride forces are also suppressing information showing a link between fluoride and cancer. Cancer incidence was much lower in the fifties, under 1%, than the greater than 50% rates we suffer today. Water fluoridation was introduced in the meantime, and iodine in baked goods was replaced with bromine. The amount of iodine added to iodized salt has been precipitously reduced over the years, and remains poorly bio-available. Since fluoride leaches iodine from the body, and iodine is essential for the process of cell "suicide" or apoptosis that is thought to be the main way the body eliminates cancerous cells before a tumor is manifested, it makes sense that fluoride has a role in promotion of cancer, and many studies show evidence that supports and suggests this. The damaging effects of fluoride on the human body are well known and too many to enumerate here. Please remove fluoride from Indiana public water supplies by law/statute.

The question shouldn't be who is going to pay for it, the question should be WHY DOES IT COST SO MUCH ? As one of the uninsured who pays their medical bills directly, I want fair prices, regardless of who is paying the bill.

As a former Ombudsman for Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties and as a physician involved in long-term care, I am deeply concerned about legislation that is in committee in the State House to further weaken Nursing Home residents and their families rights to be adequately compensated for injuries caused by neglect by limiting corporate accountability.

Several women that I know, who make enough to stay off welfare, but not enough to afford health care for their kids, were able to provide this care through the Health Families program. This program has now been discontinued in the California budget. As a taxpayer, I am happy to pay for a program like this that is both morally appropriate and economically efficient.

My younger cousin has autism and when i look at her i wonder how independent she will be when she's older. So when it was time for me to create a product for the senior graduation project i thought of the idea to work with Charlotte Housing Authorities to create a housing system that is made for autistic adults and adults with other mental/ physical disabilities so that they could move out of their parents and feel like they can do everything that other adults could do.

Time Magazine recently ran an article 'why medical bills are killing us' and included the story of the Recchi's who MD Anderson charged over 83,000 for cancer treatment MD Anderson is supposed to be a non profit but made a 26 percent profit last year and the head of MD Anderson made more than 2 million dollars last year. I think they should reimburse the Recchi's 26% of the 83,000 and apologize to them for not giving them assistance or treating them with compassion at the time they most needed it. I do not know the Recchi's but I was absolutely furious when I read this. this type of rip off by the medical community has got to stop.

Obamacare addresses who is going to pay for medical care. Steve Brill's 27,000 word March 4, 2013 special report opens the lid to overcharging "non-profit" hospitals, price-gouging drug and medical supply companies, insurance companies built on secret 'chargemasters' which uncomprehendingly determines outrageous/grossly-inflated health care costs driving even upper middle class families into bankruptcy. Doctor pay is narrowly mentioned but equally at fault.

Health care should be available to everyone, regardless of economic status. People who cannot afford health insurance should not have to shoulder another financial burden.

None of members of my family have health insurance, and like mine there are millions of members of our society without this basic service.

My son was diagnosed with Juvenile diabetes at age one. He is now nine years old.I know they are working with Islet cell transplants and the artificial pancreas.

Yes in the southern USA HIV/AIDS services are not getting funded enough to cover the new wave of HIV concentration. I myself get turned down for services in GEORGIA even though I've survived 30 yrs.' with HIV. Lets balance the funding by giving more to help with the deep south areas. Its like HIV'S last hiding place. LETS.. WIPE IT OUT! By giving the tools we need to services provider to fight it. Thank you.

The expansion of Medicaid will provide health insurance for those Iowans who need it most, while saving money and improving care for all of our citizens.