I retired from the State of Illinois SURS pension system November 1, 2010, basing my benefits on a specific monetary amount, including the benefit of no-cost health insurance. On June 27, 2012, Governor Quinn signed HB1313, taking effect July 1, 2012, requiring some 78,000 state retirees to pay a portion of the premiums which Public Act 90-0065 of the 90th General Assembly states will be provided by the State of Illinois.

Health insurance too expensive for self employed people. I have successful grown children that are self employed, but can't afford health insurance because its cost over $1,000 a month!!

To have Governor Scott change his position and accept the funding provided by the Affordable Care Act

The people (congressmen) against "Obamacare" should pledge to refuse their government health insurance along with their vote to repeal "Obamacare" . It is too easy for the well covered to deny health insurance for the poor when they are taking advantage of a benefit for themselves. When my husband almost died from an infection we found ourselves bombarded with bills not knowing if we would be reimbursed by our insurance, he was but it took months - In our little town of western NY, almost every supermarket has jars on the counters collecting funds to help someone pay for their serious medical bills or organizing spaghetti dinners in the fire hall to pay for medical bills for someone. Would a congressman like to depend on spaghetti dinners to pay for their medical bills ?

To date, the House has voted 30 times to defund, dismantle and repeal the Affordable Care Act. Some polls have shown that This poll after the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the heart of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a majority of Americans (56 percent) now say they would like to see the law’s detractors stop their efforts to block its implementation and move on to other national problems. If the economy and jobs are important to Americans why is it that Congress is still wasting time on the ACA after the law has been deemed constitutional? So I am asking Americans to stand up to political bullies and tell members of Congress to stop wasting tax payer money and time on a bill that is constitutional.

Governor Perry is refusing to allow Healthcare exchanges,And Medicare and Medicaid stimulus in Texas.P.s where is the the other$100,000.00 you didn't send back from the stimulus

Elected government officials should be made to purchase health care on the open market like they think self employed Americans should. Whether you are in favor of the health care bill passed by congress or not, certainly temporary government servants do not deserve to get better health care than most working Americans who must pay their bills..

My son recently had to have an emergency appendectomy. He was in the hospital one night, and we received a bill for over $60,000! Fortunately I have health care, and the cost was negotiated down. But I have to ask myself, why am I being charged for all the people not paying or unable to afford health care for themselves?

instead of a pjorative line, the health insurace act should be referred to in a positive light as it will help millions of Americans

The congress has a golden health package, they work for us! What's good for them is good for us....no differences....

The US Senate and House of Representatives have our health care future in their hands. A number of them believe that the US cannot "afford"quality health care for all Americans, while at the same time they enjoy a level of health care for themselves and their families that we can only dream about.This means that what they're voting on does not affect them, or their families. They and all their family members get preventative care to stay in good health,no caps on maximum benefits and easy access to the doctors of their own choice. If our govenrment cannot afford to give you and I the same level of benefits our elected officials receive, then our politicians should get no better health care than the average wage earner in the US. The US Labor Department and Health and Human Services can set the maximum benefit based on the reports they already have. Politicians are elected to serve us,and protect our interest. They have nothing to lose if health care is not resolved for all Americans.

Get going on setting up exchanges in Missouri