This petition issues a call for the RIGHT of all American citizens to access a National Comprehensive Health Care System. Health Care for all Americans is a moral and just principle. At the age of 61, and "down-sized", I was unable to purchase reliable and cost effective health care.

The U S Congress men and women have become careers for many and have lost touch with what it is like to live in the hometowns and live by the same rules. So since the positions started out as civil service commitments and not careers let's continue the concept the founding fathers had in mind. In addition, the Congress men and women spend too much of their time in their re-election effort rather than in guiding the country and negotiating with the "other side of the aisle".

Unemployed & trying to get back onto my feet!

Biz Journals & newspapers have written that Kroger, the largest pure grocery chain in the country, and Safeway, who is rumored to be a possible takeover target for Kroger, are both considering charging customers either a penalty fee, generally higher grocery prices, or limiting their access to advertised specials, for the "privilege" of using a credit card at check out.

Dan Cathy CEO of Chick-Fil-A took a stand on the Holy Institution of Marriage, and was persecuted for taking the stand for being the man that GOD created and intended him to be. The institution of the Homosexual agenda, has bombarded our country by using a corrupt Legislative process, by-passing the vote of the people and passing their Homsexual agenda without one vote from the people; and because of this "new way" of passing Civil Laws without the people, this barbaric and uncivilize way of life has found its way into seven states to practice immorality, and is nothing more than corruption, confusion, and totally counter productive to maintaining the preservation of life. Since when did Congress or the United States Federal Government take control of the Holy INSITUTION of marriage that was originally given to the church, and the power to redefined its definition? Therefore for the sake of our children... I want every man that reads this petition that have the courage to, speak up, and speak out, and show the children.... Starting with my own son, that homosexuality is a "Sin" and that homosexuals are of an minority, and not by any means the norm or the main stream. Because if Homosexuality was not a "SIN" then GOD owes Sodom and Gommorrah an Apoligy.

Congress has spent countless hours debating funding for the federal government, simply because our elected representatives are more interested in representing their parties and lobbyists instead of the people who elected them. This gridlock has threatened to shut down the federal government more than once. I feel that the primary job description of a member of Congress should be, "to keep the federal government functioning."

Seneators and Congress people should have a term limit of three terms.

During Thanksgiving 2010, my son visited Arizona to meet his future father-in-law. Unbeknownst to him, he inhaled the spores responsible for Valley Fever or Coccidioidomycosis on an All-Terrain Vehicle excursion. By January 2011, he had a persistent cough. By April, he was hospitalized for shortness of breath and tested for tuberculosis, then released when the test results came out negative. By May, he was taken to another hospital after suffering two strokes and for a ruptured boil. My son was 35 years old at the time. While he has mainly recovered, he lost his job and will be on medication for the rest of his life. The fungus rests in the soil of certain areas of the Americas: southwestern US, northern Mexico and parts of Central & South America.The dangers of Valley Fever are not advertised to travelers to the Southeastern US or to those relocating to that area of the country. Currently, no cure nor vaccine for this disease exists. The fungus is currently listed by the CDC as a select agent or biological toxin. Certain portions of the population are more susceptible to this disease - Filipino, African, Native American, Latino & Asian peoples as well as men, pregnant women & people with weakened immune systems, and animals. With this petition, we hope to have the dangers of this endemic broadcasted to the public, if traveling or relocating to the southwestern United States; and we want the Federal Government to research and fund the creation of a vaccine for humans through the National Institutes of Health.

Thousands of acres of public land are being destroyed by gold miners along the Resurrection Creek in Hope, Alaska. When the moratorium on patents is lifted, the mining claim owner will attain the title to this land immediately. This law is archaic. We can no longer afford to give up land as in 1872, when land was plenty and development and settlement important. This law is giving our land to miners (uranium, silver, gold, copper, etc.) across the country, and we are not only losing land to companies but the bonds they must put forth are not nearly enough to clean up the damage done. All of this is based on 1872 prices. There is only a temporary moratorium on patents (which gives miners title to public lands). This must be renewed every year through an addendum to the budget (i.e. no money can be spent on giving people patents.) The people are getting no benefit from the mining operations that devastate the land.

Next year, many of America's senior and disabled citizens, as well as our veterans and active military, will no longer be given free access to our public lands and facilities. Some concessionaires operating federal recreation areas and maintaining facilities on public lands will no longer accept Gold Age, Access, or Military passes for entrance and/or use of the public lands created and supported by taxpayers, despite the fact that most of these concessionaires operate those facilities at 40-50% pure profit, amounting to hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars a year. My wife is an MS patient living on a fixed income of less than $1,100 per month. Without her Access Pass, there are any number of America's landmarks we would never have been able to see, much of our own heritage we would never have experienced.

The economic progress of the state depends on having a healthy workforce. Oklahoma currently ranks 46th in the nation for the health of its citizens. We remind you that you said in your 2012 State of the State address that access to affordable health care is necessary for Oklahoma citizens to become healthier. We identify four reasons why the Medicaid expansion should be accepted. 1. It will reduce the number of uninsured Oklahomans. By accepting Medicaid funding, the number of uninsured poor people could be cut by 53.1 percent. Reducing the number of uninsured reduces costs for everyone and makes the healthcare system work better. 2. It protects Oklahoma hospitals. Hospitals will end up treating Oklahoma’s indigent population no matter what happens. They will end up losing millions of dollars in payments if federal funding is not accepted. 3. It will spur the economy by bringing billions of dollars to the state. This will drive more Oklahomans to seek medical services, resulting in an increased demand for medical jobs. While states will have to spend some money on Medicaid, there will be an overall budget savings because a variety of other state expenses, like uncompensated care, will go down. 4. It is philosophically the correct course to take. Health care is a right, not a privilege. The state has a responsibility and people ought to expect to be able to get health care. We urge you to accept the Medicaid expansion.

We identify four reasons why the Medicaid expansion should be accepted. 1. It will reduce the number of uninsured Oklahomans. By accepting Medicaid funding, the number of uninsured poor people could be cut by 53.1 percent. Reducing the number of uninsured reduces costs for everyone and makes the healthcare system work better. 2. It protects Oklahoma hospitals. Hospitals will end up treating Oklahoma’s indigent population no matter what happens. They will end up losing millions of dollars in payments if federal funding is not accepted. 3. It will spur the economy by bringing billions of dollars to the state. This will drive more Oklahomans to seek medical services, resulting in an increased demand for medical jobs. While states will have to spend some money on Medicaid, there will be an overall budget savings because a variety of other state expenses, like uncompensated care, will go down. 4. It is philosophically the correct course to take. Health care is a right, not a privilege. The state has a responsibility and people ought to expect to be able to get health care.