Congress should mandate that ANY PHYSICIAN WHO USES HIS/HER MEDICAL LICENSE IN A CAPACITY IN WHICH THE PHYSICIAN'S DECISION(S) OR ACTION(S) AFFECT THE CARE OF THE PATIENT SHOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD(S) OF CARE AS THE PHYSICIAN(S) WHO DIRECTLY CARE FOR THE PATIENT. Currently, physicians who are hired by insurance carriers, HMO's and other health care entities for the purpose of COST-CONTAINMENT are not held to the same standard(s) of care as the physician(s) who care directly for the patient. Were Congress to mandate a uniformly high standard of care for all physicians who use their medical license to influence patient care, decision-making standards would improve and patients would benefit dramatically.

Donald Berwick has designed methods for making healthcare effective and safe

The Florida governor and legislature are now petitioning for an extension to get a healthcare exchange set up in Florida. It is becoming very clear to a number of watch dog organizations that their intention is not to help the citizens of Florida but to set up an exchange that will fail. They can then use this as leverage in an attempt to have Obamacare repealed.

I myself effected by Job and Health care we can not keep the American Life style anymore these cuts most be stopped.

Flouride, the chemical, that is added to our water supply is extremely toxic. (read your toothpaste tube lately?) It not only causes tooth decay, and bone marrow problems, especially in children, but also adversely affects the Central Nervous System. If injested in sufficient amounts (which isn't much) it will lower the IQ of a child's brain. We need to protect our children, not poison them - they are our future.

Obamacare as you all refer to it. I am 51 years old, my husband has a pre existing condition which has no known cure. I have two children a 19 year old a sophomore in college and an 18 year old a senior in high school. I want to option to keep my children on our insurance until they turn 26. Their focus at this time of their lives needs to be about an education not health care expenses.

As a Vietnam Combat Veterans who must be classified as one of the "returning wounded" from that generation and VA Service Rep for over 30 years, that was medically retired from VA Employment, I was at a meeting on July 30, 2012 with Congressman John Lewis, where issues about the Atlanta VA were discussed and the Congressman promised to start hearings on these complaints. This petition is to get the Congressman to keep his promise to start these hearings, and thereafter introduce a Bill to Overhaul the VA. The courts, veterans' complaints and the media have provided evidence of this need for years. The time for action is now.

Lithium Ion batteries are subject to thermal runaway which can cause them to blow up or vent toxic gasses. The explosion is not the only threat. The electrolyte in these batteries is LiPF6 (lithium Hexafluoraphoshate). These batteries have no toxicity warning on them. Thermal runaway of LiPF6 releases it's fluoride ions into the air where it reacts and bonds with Hydrogen creating Hydrogen Fluoride (HF). Hazard Summary : Toxic by inhalation, in contact with skin and if swallowed. Extremely corrosive and destructive to tissue. Specialized medical treatment is required for all exposures. May be fatal if inhaled, absorbed through skin, or swallowed. The EPA labels fluoride as more toxic than lead and slightly less toxic than Arsenic. These manufacturers keep this information suppressed in order to maintain profit and because the FCC doesn't require them to label the threat. I don't know about anyone else, but I like to know what threats lurk in my home. So let's tell the FCC that we have the right to know what is being sold to us and label it.

20% of GDP s dedicated to healthcare spending and 77 million baby boomers are just beginning to retire. Many of these folks savings will be wiped out with one emergency room visit. Which means this 2 trillion dolar and growing government expense is not going away anytime soon.

Everyone's health will be affected.

Other metropolitan communities that are the size of Richmond have a comprehensive pediatric care hospital. Richmond has a need to serve this community and the best way to do this is to build a pediatric hospital which will enhance the Richmond community.

Fluoride in tapwater is a waste by-product of the aluminum and fertilizer industry. It is a basic ingred. in rat poisons and Sarin nerve gas. It increases the risk of bone fractures in elderly, lowers IQ in children. Harvard study found fluoride contributes to rare bone cancer in boys. 97% of Europe has rejected fluoridated water due to known health risks, and it was classified as compulsory medication [unlawful] and therefore violated fundamental humane rights.In 2010 Time mag.listed fluoride as one of the top ten household toxins and described it as both "neurotoxic and potentially tumorigenic if swallowed". Read the back of your toothpaste tube....It says "call poison control if swallowed"...How much do your children swallow when they brush? We are being systematically poisoned. This must end. Educate yourselves about fluoride!!!!!