Gov. Bentley says Alabama won't set up exchange, won't expand Medicaid. As a physician myself working in Alabama I see firsthand what poverty and lack of insurance can lead to. We need this. This expanded insurance coverage will save lives and eventually save the state money.  The Affordable Care Act requires that almost all individuals have health insurance by 2014 or face a fine – this was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012.  However, the Supreme Court ruling allows states to choose whether or not to expand their Medicaid programs to cover individuals at 138% of the FPL by 2014.  States or the federal government will develop and implement health insurance exchanges in the states so that consumers can more easily compare health plans.  Medicaid Cost-Sharing models will change under the new eligibility programs.  If all 50 states implemented the Medicaid expansion, it would cover an additional 21.6 million of the 41.2 million currently uninsured adults (or 52%).  The additional cost of implementing the Medicaid expansion is estimated to be only a 2.8 percent increase from what states would have spent between 2014 and 2022 without the health reform law. However, this number is significantly overstated, as CBO’s calculations do not factor in the savings that state and local governments will realize in their health care spending for the uninsured

Making The Florida Public Employees Pension fund stronger

How and why we are using 2nd amandment to help NRA and military industrial complex.

Every time SS goes up , food stamps go down. Hey people that is not a help. I can't make it on what I get every month from S and food stamps, so what raise did u give?

Respecting the rights of others should include other species. Wolves have been at the top of the food pyramid in Idaho before our species entered the scene. We should honor the right of all our neighbors to live without violence.

Rhode Island uses hundreds of millions of disposable plastic grocery bags every year, and too many of them end up in the Bay—where they can remain for generations, threatening wildlife and littering our state's most treasured places.

 Nothing we use for five minutes should pollute the Bay for our children and grandchildren. Luckily, banning disposable plastic grocery bags is a simple, effective policy to eliminate this source of pollution. In the Ocean State, we should lead on this issue.

Our children's education should be our top priority, including fudning for Arts in Education. Minnesota was once a leader in arts in education programs in schools. This is no longer the case. The Minnesota State Arts Board no longer has a program in place to specifically fund K-12 arts in education programs and our children's educations are suffering. Stop cuts to programs that benefit all areas of education

Just like many of us, I was deeply affected by the tragedy in Newton, CT. After Governor Cuomo passed the NY SAFE act, I was incredibly proud to be a resident of NY state. However, recently, I was troubled to learn that our Erie County Legislators do NOT support the NY SAFE act. Please join me in letting them know how we feel.

Health care in Washington as it exists now, without HB 1085, causes personal bankruptcies, stops people from seeking preventive health care, cripples small businesses with insurance costs, bogs down doctors' offices with paperwork, while it is generating huge profit for private insurance companies.

The Governor’s budget has significantly reduced funding to the Department of Public Health. These cuts have caused Mon Valley location to stop providing services and schdeule to close in the near future. This local site hosts many critical public health services including Child/Maternal Health, Injury Prevention programs and various free health clinics. The local citizens must use our voice to speak out against the loss of these services!

Currently, California does not allow medical labs to send lab and medical test results to the patient. I want to keep my own medical files so that I can track medical data and help different doctors see test results rather than ordering tests that have already been recently performed. For example, Quest Labs has a great program that stores your lab results on line, available to you or your designate using a password. But the State of California is one of a few states that does not allow this and requires that such information go through your doctor only!!

WE NEED TO ADD A NEW (PEOPLE'S) ELEMENT TO OUR SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND BALANCES. A NATIONAL REFERENDUM PROCESS for Citizen borne Legislative Initiatives.