Seniors who have millions of dollars in the bank get social security checks in the mail and free heart surgeries that can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. This loophole should be stopped immediately. One of the most basic reforms for Medicare and Social Security would be means testing. (essentially if you have a million dollars or more in liquid assets, then you should not be eligible for social security or medicare). Todays workers are contributing billions of dollars into social security and medicare and they may never see a penny of that money if the federal government does not reform social security and medicare. Over 20% of the federal budget goes toward social security.Over 10% of the federal budget goes to Medicare. Please sign my petition letting Congress and the President know that you want means testing for Social Security and Medicare.

As a Blue Shield of California individual policy subscriber, I am concerned that the proposed rate hike will be an unnecessary hardship for the subscribers who need coverage most. As a not-for-profit company sitting on a $3.9 billion surplus, Blue Shield should use some of this surplus to hold down premiums. Their reserves are far above what they are required to maintain for paying future claims.

Making doctors accountable for the mistakes they make and how their mistakes affect the lives of everyday people. Yes i was personally affected.

After having studied the pros and cons of drinking and what would happen if the legal age to drink alcohol dropped to 18 years of age, I have come to the conclusion that the 21 law right now is more of a hinderance than a benefit. I have come to the conclusion that the best way to make sure our nation's youth is responsible with alcohol is to educate them through a yearlong course, which in completion, will allow for purchase of a limited amount of alcohol.

It's hard for people to grasp what its like to have no access to healthy foods yet this does exist in areas of Chicago. Areas with this problem are called food deserts and city officials are in a position to do something about it.

I'm on medicare D and currently on the medication Rebif for M.S.. The cost of the drug charged to medicare is almost three times the amount I used to pay for it when I was not on medicare D, We must be able to negotiate for lower cost on drugs, This will lower the cost by billions of dollars to the American taxpayers and make medicare D sustainable.

Cannabis is a medicine. In contrast to opiates which can be overdosed upon, create many dead bodies and break apart families due to their addictive qualities, cannabis is an angel of kindness. Everyone deserves relief from disease yet cannabis can completely heal many illnesses even cancer and the studies have been done since the 70s proving this. THC is a medically verified anti-cancer medicine that kills tumors while creating new healthy cells to grow again. All one must do to heal is eat the oils each day, for inhalation is not effective for curing serious ailments.

I am unable to purchase a Medicare Supplement Plan because I am under age 65, even though I am on Medicare. I want to stay on Original Medicare and have a Supplement Plan that travels with me and so I can go to any doctor/hospital that accepts Original Medicare. My present plan is not only expensive but in network doctor choices are very limited. Having a Supplement Plan would greatly increase my choices of healthcare providers. My state does not currently offer Medicare Supplement Plans to those under age 65, even if you are disabled and on Social Security. This means I must convert from Original Medicare to a Medicare Advantage Plan. This is through a private company that replaces original Medicare and limits my choices of doctors. In my county I have only a handful of Advantage Plans to choose from and choices of doctors are limited. Out of the four choices available, only one plan is a PPO, the rest are HMOs. I have some medically perplexing conditions and I would like to try a research hospital/clinic. The one I'm interested in accepts the Medicare Supplement plans, not any of the Advantage Plans available to me. I Also plan to stay in another state for 3 months, this poses problems that I wouldn't have if I could get a Supplement plan.

Studies have proven THC kills tumors, reduces brain damage, protects the body from aging and more. Cannabis is a medicine safer than drinking beer and its time to stop hurting people. Despite the US government having a patent (US Patent 6630507 ) on cannabis as an anti-oxidant and neuroprotectant, openly admitting that it is a medicine, and despite a DEA ruling in the 80s that cannabis has tremendous potential as a medicine, their official policy has been to deny this and put people in jail for doing something better than the options out there which either do not work, or have such horrendous side-effects as to be hardly considered medicine in the first place. The reality is yes, addicts may need help, but happy people need freedom. The drug war is like racism, assuming all members of humanity that fall in a specific category are bad without exception and deserve punishment. Frankly, the war on drugs is just plain evil. Give people their medicine! There are cannabinoids present in breast milk, and those who have a deficiency of cannabinoids suffer from pain, mental illness, depression, hostility, and do not have a happy life. The endocannabinoid system is crucial to overcoming hundreds of diseases, all from one plant. Anyone who has lost a loved one due to medicine being illegal that they desperately need will tell you that to deny the hurt access to something proven to help them, something safer than anything on the market, is absurd. Cannabis is safer than beer. America constantly promotes the idea its "responsible" to relax with a mind-altering addictive drug, so why put people in prison for choosing a better option that helps them be good to their families and unwind from the stress of the day, let alone those needing it as the only medicine that not only works but often fully cures what is wrong!? If anything, cannabis makes ruling parties paranoid. It is time to leave the dark ages and treat compassion and reason as being more important than harming the innocent for the sake of appeasing pride.

A lot of people, including myself, are allergic to some Laundry Detergents, Fabric Softeners, and Dryers Sheets, perfumes, soaps, shampoos, and cleaning products on the market. There have been numerous scientific studies showing that there are Highly toxic chemicals found in these products, which slide by as being called "Fragrance". When you do a load of laundry or apply perfume you are breathing in these toxic chemicals and carcinogens. I would like to see a law that requires labeling of ingredients on these types of products so consumers can make informed decision about what they are buying.

Within the last several years my son was diagnosed with celiac disease and I was diagnosed with gluten sensitivity. A decade ago gluten intolerance was at a rate was 1/2500 world wide. Now it is 1/133. In Finland gluten intolerance has doubled in the past thirty years with the elderly population rates growing faster than regular population. Celiac disease is under-diagnosed. Only 5% of an estimated 1/100 patients have been tested. Gluten sensitivity is in about 5% 1/20 of the population. It is time to question the safety of gluten and to require product manufacturers to list gluten as an ingredient.

After 30 years of Entrepreneurial engagement, I have come to an appreciation the valuue the convergence of collective and self interest on issues that create an universal win-win opportunities. This is a cost that benefits all Americans and everyone collective will be willing to acheive.