I see nothing that directly talks about getting mercury, aluminum and other heavy metals out of vaccinations and immunizations.  This must be added.

The toxicity of mercury has been known since 1940s, and you cannot buy skin medicines with it, or eye products with it, because it creates such horrible aftereffects.  Yet we can buy it for immunizations and vaccinations for pregnant women, little babies, and seniors.

The flu vaccine is one vehicle, as are a number of other vaccinations and immunizations.  Put gardisil into the category, yet we are excited to shoot up our young girls and take a serious chance on creating an impaired young women.

Our babies are being impaired, our Seniors are being impaired, and big pharmaceutical is fighting the idea.  This is part of the larger picture.........creating an impaired society.

Put these chemicals back on the shelf, get them out of vaccinations and immunizations, let's offer safer routes to protect our society.

Thanks.............ejhs

Big money equals big problems.  As long as Congress and our Presidents are bought and paid for, Healthcare Reform is in trouble.  Senators and Congressmen on both sides of the isle have been linked to big Pharmaceutical Company payrolls, and scientific reports are not as scientific as you might have been lead to believe.Companies have been placed on Defense lists to avoid public lawsuits, for knowingly harmful problems in vaccines and more.  Entire populations have been used as test subjects and continue to be, Tuskegee Farmers, Ohio Radiation Trials, Africa Vaccines, Mercury and more.  All have official documents, all known to Congress, and all public confirmed records. The book Evidence of Harm sites actual Congressional meetings with mass evidence of Vaccination Fraud, and yet more the cover-up after the evidentiary hearings.  Independent research has been shot down, purchased, or disgraced in character assignation campaigns.  The CDC has repeatedly and knowingly lied to the public in press conferences and public releases.Most “Independent” research at Universities, and so called nonprofit groups have been traced to have massive financial ties to Pharmacy Companies, and their holding companies.  All mass marketing, no real science involved or intended.  They have even managed to enter what were once good charity works and advocacy groups.  Yes the big Autism Support groups and such have been purchased, stances have changed, and or disappeared.Some legislatures have even gone so far as to say Gardeasil should be mandatory for Jr. High or elementary girls.  Really?  They cannot agree on Reading and Math requirements for education, but they can make Pharmaceuticals mandatory?  No big national outbreak of Ovarian Cancer, but having Gardesil can prevent HPV (A sexually transmitted disease) that may or may not lead to cancer latter in life.  Sounds like profitable legislation to the makers of Gardeasil, and possibly another rash of Heavy Metals being injected into our youth.  Look up the ingredients.  Most of them are banned for livestock, but OK for your daughters?Vaccine companies, use many heavy metals as preservatives such as Mercury, I.E. Thimiseral.  No medical value, just a preservative so they can mass produce and lay off or change lines.  All profit based, not performance based.  Quantity over quality, corporate greed.Healthcare Reform?  With our two parties?  Democrats and Republicans have to love our people more then they love money, prestige, or power.  Good luck with that.  There is a long documented history with money and power.  There are few examples of great and noble people.

I'm sorry, Wilma, but you're not correct.  HR 676, the bill which would create a single-payer system, was analyzed by the Congressional Budget Office.  It was determined that single-payer would save $387 billion per year, but would still require $1.26 trillion in new revenue per year.

The information is here:
http://www.concop.org/universal/HR_676_Financing.pdf

Rep. John Conyers, the author of HR 676, is very up front about this.  Up until recently, he had these same numbers posted on his Web site.  He also is up front on how to fund this -- new payroll taxes, rolling back all of the Bush tax cuts, a new tax on stock tranfers and reducing corporate welfare.

Whether it's worth the extra taxes is a debatable topic.  Certainly, the single-payer system would save money out of the total spending of health care in this country, so it would be a bargain.  But you can't create single-payer without raising taxes or creating some other funding mechanism like a VAT... period.

I’m sorry, Tim, but I am not sure that you are providing a reasonable clarification in your comments to Wilma’s post. You suggest that extra taxes is a debatable topic. I strongly disagree. Read on …

Yes, of course, health care must be funded … period. But what will many typical, hard-working Americans experience? I don’t know what your investment portfolio looks like, but many Americans have only their last paycheck for their portfolio. Let’s take a look at their situation …

The Money. As you apparently know, their payroll tax will go up from 1.45% to 4.75% … a so-called “huge” increase in taxes. But the cost of health insurance premiums will go to zero. The net savings is far, far more than what Obama’s advisor’s claim might be saved by their ideas of saving up to $2,500 per year. Instead there will be a a definite savings of up to $7,990 per year. Why don’t we go ahead and get the definite savings of up to $7,990 per year and then see if any of that wishful thinking might save that average American even more money? http://www.ninenineohnine.org/pages/Costs_and_Savings

The Peace of Mind. What price is peace of mind worth? Since the text would be too long, I can only provide you with the link to my description and my experiences regarding what peace of mind means when it comes to health care. I only recently added the “Characteristics” to this Peace of Mind web page, so there might be even more to add. However, you will find my initial list to be extremely valuable for most people on this earth. Those characteristics are why people in other countries find their health care financing mechanism to be just fine, thank you.
http://www.ninenineohnine.org/pages/Peace_of_Mind

The Coverage. You wrote that “… single-payer … would save money …, so it would be a bargain.” And then you proceed to indicate that the bargain must be funded. What is the point of that? Yes, health care must be funded. A bargain is a bargain is a bargain. Every American will have health care from pre-natal to the end-of-life, from the womb to the tomb. Every American will experience the bargain. The country will experience the bargain. Businesses will be recovered. Jobs will be recovered. Health will improve. Lives will be saved. And you want to pick apart the numbers. Give us a break, Tim.

We want simplicity and efficiency … now! We want the government and the health insurance companies out of our health care financing. I’m out of room, so you can look at examples of the huge current financial-related bureaucracy yourself …
http://www.ninenineohnine.org/pages/Bureaucracy

Non-profit single-payer national health insurance makes common sense. It is critical for the U.S. economy and its global competitiveness … and the physical and financial well-being of U.S. citizens.

Bob Haiducek, Bob the Health and Health Care Advocate

Hi Bob--

Wilma's opening comment is "SINGLE PAYOR WILL NOT COST US MORE TAXES."  You yourself point out that there are relatively small changes to the tax code to allow all health care spending to be paid out of a single budget.

I completely agree single-payer will save money in addition to providing universal coverage.  But to say that it won't cost us more in taxes is either misstating the case or incorrect.  It is, sadly, a point I hear a lot.  Hence the clarification.

Many thanks for the links, and I hope you continue to keep me honest in the comments!

You're on, Tim!  :-)  Let's both keep each other honest. This is a critical issue for which careful wording is important for understanding.

Thanks for your statement that you " ... completely agree ..." It sounds like you know about the 1991 GAO report to Congress and the many Lewin-Group and other economic studies ... and, of course, that the U.S. spends 2.5 (250%) times the average cost per person of the other 29 OECD ("industrialized") countries. Further, perhaps you know that reports in 2008 document that U.S. health care outcomes are getting worse and worse over time compared to other countries. We dropped another 2-3 notches in life expectancy ... now down to 30th. We dropped to dead last in a list of 19 countries in our ability to minimize deaths due to preventable diseases. Depending on a person's frame of reference, that's between 75,000 and 101,000 unnecessary deaths per year.

This is heavy stuff, as some might say, and this is a critical year, during which the U.S. Congress seems to be very clearly headed to making things worse.

Bob Haiducek, Bob the Health and Health Care Advocate

I have Cerebral  Palsy and I walk on my knees at work, will my doctor in this,  make me quit. or let me do what i want.

will I go to a normal dr.   Or a Dr. who just deals  with disabled.
I want to  have a regular dr. and  I  want to pay something