Harvard study finds nearly 45,000 excess deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage. 60 excess deaths occur in Vermont. http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/septemb/harvard_study_finds_.php The study found a 40 percent increased risk of death among the uninsured.

New Jersey tax the highest property taxes in the country and in some area's taxes have almost doubled in the last 15 years.

Some cities are using mortgage settlement funds which should go to the poor and misplaced for housing, to help banks/lenders demolish 'underwater' houses! This is outrageous. Funds need to be directed to those who were/are foreclosure victims, to obtain housing they can afford!

As a group, large Corporations spend billions of dollars on advertising on the premise that we will buy into their products/services simply by "hitting" us over the head until we become brainwashed by their message (think Coca-Cola). Usually, the products that we buy are inferior to their smaller competitors in the marketplace. These smaller companies have much smaller advertising budgets, so are "drowned out" in today's noisy, relentless struggle for the consumers attention and subsequent hard earned cash. It's time a level playing field was introduced based on creativity and ingenuity... Products should be judged by their stand-alone quality, not available advertising $$$, equally pitted against one another just as true Capitalism originally intended. This would ensure that inferior products would be marginalized and superior ones would serve their consumers. Survival of the fittest, not the diabolically sweetest (think Coca-Cola).

Harvard study finds nearly 45,000 excess deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage. 60 excess deaths ocur in Vermont. http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/septemb/harvard_study_finds_.php The study found a 40 percent increased risk of death among the uninsured.

The Complications from high untreated blood sugars are very costly: Blindness,Kidney Failure,gangrene from an untreated cut or scratch that does not heal because of the high sugars,this can lead to amputation and long,expensive hospital stays! Low blood sugars can lead to a person passing out, High sugars can lead to DKA (Diabetic Keto Acidosis) that usually requires inpatient treatment after a trip to the Emergency Room!! The Omni Pod is a tubeless pump that is easy to use and allows one to manage their Blood Sugars much better! This Petition is to have Congress l"LEAVE MEDICARE and SOCIAL SECURITY ALONE!" and allow us the great benefits of the Omni Pod. The Congress needs to change the wording on the Omni Pod to make it a durable item! They also need to change the Code numbers that they have assigned: Pod A 9274 and PDME 0784! to code numbers that make the Omni Pod a durable item! This will be a lot less costly than Medicare having to cover complications that could have easily been prevdented!

Harvard study finds nearly 45,000 excess deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage. 60 excess deaths ocurr in Vermont. http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/septemb/harvard_study_finds_.php The study found a 40 percent increased risk of death among the uninsured.

When the filibuster is used to block or delay indefinitely legislative or appointment action by the President or a Senate majority, it violates the Constitution. Vice President Biden presides over the Senate, and so could refuse to enforce its use for that purpose. Much of the political dysfunction in recent years has been enabled by use or threats to use the filibuster, the effect being to block or delay Senate action and Presidential programs and appointments.

MBTA union employees were getting a 3.5% while Social Security recipients got none. We had about a four hundred dollar increase this year. MBTA unions pay little towards their health insurance co-pay + other medical costs. Seems unfare to raise fares on our backs.

The Senate has put the worst imaginable version of the open-pit mining bill (AB 426) on the fast track. It rolls back environmental protections, quiets the voice of citizens, and forces tax payers to pay for the mining company costs. We may have just days to stop it. The good news is that we are well positioned to do just that. Ask your Senator to oppose the open-pit mining bill TODAY!

WHY DONT WE START UP A LOTTERY , INSTEED OF GIVING OTHER STATES THE MONEY . DO WE REALIZE HOW MUCH WE GIVE OTHER STATES? THIS COULD GO TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND SOLVE A LOT A LOT PRBLEM THANK YOU DONALD SELF

The State of Kentucky should use every availible piece of legislation handed down from President Obama to save and advance our children's education into the 21st Century. As well as help end No Child Left Behind, insuring all children recieve an equal and world leading factually based education. With the very best teachers to proceed with the projected measures to put our kids far into the 21st Century and ahead of the rest of the world. All parents, community leaders and educators should sign this petition. as well as those in our local and state governments.