With scientific medical progress, Medicare and other insurance plans could cover the cost of new medical advances that would cure the problem. My knees were replaced three years ago and work better now than the ever did when I was younger. After completing physical therapy, no further treatment was necessary.

I think given current legislation mandating health insurance, that if a person has coverage through COBRA, where we pay the entire premiuim, we should be allowed to keep this plan until we get a new job that offers insurance.

Under the Affordable Care Act, states will receive 100% funding the first year, to expand medicaid coverage up to 138% of the federal poverty level. However, the Supreme Court ruling made the expansion optional in each state. Gov. Kasich has included the expansion in his budget, with limitations. We demand that the Republican majorities in the General Assembly support the expansion. Thousands of Ohioans need health care now.

I believe if we can put all of the resources we have into making counseling a priority and treat it just as important as medical medicine. More families can be helped, which will help more children and then less crimes. The salaries of these professional are seriously poor. Due to that, there is a large turn over, which is damaging to some one receiving treatment. Because of the insurance coverage,often families rather not seek the help and if they need a psychologist that specializes, only the rich can afford them. I am a witness to all of this first hand.

As a primary care doctor working with the poor and uninsured, I get to see how broken our health care system is daily. The fractured, wasteful system has obvious negative effects on patients and caregivers. The answer is a single payer system. But since we don't have the political will to try that - lets add a public option into the health care exchange and pilot what that might look like for the future.

Hello, my name is Judy and I have multiple sclerosis. I have a close relative who has glaucoma and cancer. Patients all over Maryland benefit from medical marijuana; please sign the petition to Governor O'Malley who has threatened to veto any medical marijuana legislation this session.

Know the facts: 1. Texas has among the highest rates of uninsured nationwide, with 6.2 million individuals (approximately 25 percent) uninsured. Expanding Medicaid coverage would provide health care coverage to an additional 1.5 million Texans. 2. These funds are your tax dollars. If Texas declines the expansion, your tax dollars will go to other states like California and New York to treat their citizens.

Gov. Fallon has refused to take Federal money to expand medicaid in Oklahoma. When Oklahoma ranks near the bottom in health she has put politics above the well being of Oklahomans.Almost 200k Oklahomans could be helped by expanding Medicaid

As a Birthmother to two children I am asking you to please vote FOR House Bill 256- allow adoptee adults access to their family medial history, THIS COULD SAVE A LIFE! Also as a Birthmother, I ask you to please vote FOR house Bill 256- allow birthparents in the future the option to actually have a true legal OPEN adoption for the first time in 74 years! The time has come to allow people to choose for themselves and stop forcing upon them no choice. Under HB 256 (last year the version we tried to pass was 148- this year it is 256.) a Birthmother could elect to make other information, including an updated medical history, available for inspection by a party to the adoption or adult adoptee, if she makes the election in writing. *** There should not be any questions here- the lack of this opportunity to date is disturbing. Many medical conditions come into play long after a child has been placed for adoption- updating our medial history for our children's health and well being is a NECESSITY. Unfortunately the change to the bill means that it only has the opportunity to help adoptees born 2015 and beyond, or before 3/23/1941 when Utah chose to make all adoptions ONLY closed (WHO IN THE WORLD KNOWS WHY!!!!!!!?) Adult Adoptees should have rights; the right to updated medical history, the right to their adoption records if their birthparents chose to give access to them, the right to contact their birhtparents if their birthparents chose to give access to their contact information. Why in Utah is the law standing in the way even when "agreements" are made insinuating this should be automatically available with so called "Open adoptions"? The deceipt and the falsification of "Open" and "Semi-open" adoption must stop in Utah. It only opens the door for the fraudulent trading of children as a commodity. http://le.utah.gov/~2014/bills/static/HB0256.html (LINK TO THE BILL) most sincerely, Sarah Boynton Birthmother, Mother, Wife and Advocate House Bill 256

Far too many Kansans don't have health insurance. Already, seven Republican governors have agreed to accept the funds. Right now Governor Brownback and the Kansas Legislature are threatening to give up federal funds that would cover more hard-working Kansans. Currently, KanCare (Medicaid) eligibility in Kansas is one of the lowest in the country – roughly 32% of the federal poverty level (less than $6,000 a year for a family of 4). The state of Kansas can raise its KanCare eligibility threshold to 133% of the federal poverty level (a little less than $31,000 a year for a family of 4) and federal funds will cover 100% of the cost for those newly eligible Kansans who enroll. After the first three years, the proportion of federal dollars would be incrementally reduced to 90 percent. Kansas would never pay more than ten percent for this huge benefit to our state. It is estimated that if Kansas accepts federal funds and extends KanCare to more Kansans, more than 100,000 would enroll. Most of these Kansans are currently uninsured. Hospitals receive federal funding to compensate for the care that they provide to uninsured Kansans. A portion of that federal funding will be phased out over time. If Kansas does not accept federal funds to extend KanCare to more uninsured Kansans, hospitals will have to cover the shortfall themselves. Moreover, if the state does not accept these federal funds, many Kansans will have no other affordable health insurance option available to them. These Kansans cannot afford health coverage in the private market and under current eligibility guidelines in Kansas they aren’t currently eligible for KanCare. Without affordable health insurance options, many hard-working, low-income Kansans and their families are falling through the cracks. They do not receive the medical care they need, and they cannot access the preventive care necessary to catch illness before it worsens. This leads to more expensive treatment, amputation, and even early death. The health, well-being, and quality of life of these uninsured and underinsured Kansans matter. Their inability to access the health care they need affects all of us - our communities, workforce and families.

Steven Brill has laid out, in the March 6 issue of Time Magazine, a comprehensive and compelling case for further healthcare reform. No one can oppose these sensible reforms without responding to the case made here so authoritatively.

Millions of dollars in New York State speeding-ticket surcharges meant for spinal cord injury research are instead disappearing into the state general fund. These funds are needed to do the important work they are supposed to be used for - spinal cord injury research.