I just recently read The World According to Monsanto. I realized that it would be extremely helpful if foods with GMO ingredients were labeled as such.

The Food and Drug Administration is required to classify medical devices into one of three classes. Due to a logical flaw in Form FDA 3429 that existed until July, 2012, certain devices were directed into Class III despite the fact that they don't satisfy the definition of Class III in the law. So far, FDA has failed to acknowledge this problem, which imposes a heavy burden on the makers of such devices.

For the past 5 years i have presented presentations to several banks in the Pitt County/Greenville, NC area, for a loan to construct a Psychaitic Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) for children and adolescent who have mental illness, also serve children or adolescents for whom have been remove from home or a community-base residential setting. The banks explained that we have a great business plan, but can not do this loan at this time. The banks want the SBA guarantee, and another guarantor beside the owners, for the same loan, 15% from the owners, and the $180,000 skin already in the project.. I think this is wrong. The PRTF will be the first in Pitt County. Where is the $46.1 million for small business signed by President Obama in September for North Carolina.

Several children of family members and friends have been afflicted with drug abuse. They started as early as high school and by the time parents found out they were over 18. Current laws do not allow parents to force their children into rehab or to force them to get any kind of help. Parents are completely helpless and no authority or law exists to address this problem. Authorities get involved only if the individual commits a crime. As everyone knows, once a person uses drugs, they lose all sensibility and the ability to think logically. So, it is literally impossible for them to get to a point where they want to or are willing to get help. So, this becomes a completely helpless situation. The afflicted individual will not seek help and the parents have no legal means to force their child to get help. Parents are often left standing by helplessly to see their children distroy their life or die.

My son committed suicide on October 24, 2012. He was 24 years old. There was no funding available for him to see Northwestern Community Services, the only behavioral health organization that helps patients on a need basis to pay in our community We need mental health included in all insurance policies. My husband works for a company that denies any mental health coverage. We can not deny people with mental health issues when statistics state that one out of four Americans have mental health issues and this staggering statistic does not include those that deny any mental health issues and are self-medicating with drugs (prescription or illegal) and alcohol.

A healthy response to the Sandy Hook tragedy. As a Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked for many years with men,  women, and children, I would like to propose a solution that I believe will head off violence at its root.  It involves family therapy.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides funding for health research to cure diseases like cancer and AIDS. Over the past several years, the NIH budget has remained nearly flat. As a result, less research is being funded.

My granddaughter Madeline Ella Levitt died 2 days after her third Birthday from choking on a grape. EMT's were unable to save her life. Grapes are too soft to be expelled by the Heimlich Maneuver. Statistics show this is one of the top choking hazards in children under the age of four. In honor of her life, I would like to get "Maddie's Law" passed to make it mandatory to place warning labels on packaged grapes and signage in stores on loose grapes! Thank you. Maddie Levitt 05/30/2008 - 06/01/2011. Mimi loves you!

We need to open these institutions back up across the nation for those individuals who are a danger to themselves and those around them. Mental illness is a sickness like any other chronic condition. Insurance companies need to recognize it and pay for it as well. This would help to prevent tragedies like that of Sandy Hook Elementary here in Ct.and other places here in our country. This should be a top priority in healthcare reform.

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I have been billed to pay a copay for a preventive care procedure. According to my insurance contract, all preventive care is 100% covered. Had I not checked my medical bills, I would have paid on a bill that did not warrant a copay. Because it has happened to me on numerous occasion I believe this is a common practice for some major hospitals.. I think of others who might not be aware of their medical insurance contract, such as the elderly or others who might be ignorant of all of their medical benefits...

Our government is looking to find major areas for reducing expenditures. Our percapita healthcare costs are more than twice the cost of the currently most expensive country yet we don't enjoy better health. We all know Obamacare was written by industry lobbyists that sought to maintain the income of Insurance companies, doctors, insurance companies, pharmaceuticals, hospitals, etc.