It really is a matter of life and death.

A Board of seven people doing the job now done by one administrator will not be as efficient or cheap as the current program.

It is pure profiteering, largely at taxpayer expense.

The ancient Greeks knew the wisdom of moderation, and called it the Golden Mean. All these guys know is Golden Greed.

What was as upsetting as the price differences was the difficulty in finding the cost to Medicare enrollees of this standard procedure.

Medicare should lead the way in helping establish pricing information that could help consumer/patients make their health care dollar stretch.

Under this new system, over time (unfortunately in many cases 20-30 years) the patient's share of the total bill will return from today's average of 50-50 to the normal Medicare co-payment of 20%.

We all know the problems that the high cost of health care causes for Americans.

It is time to make a significant improvement in the education of our children. I urge my colleagues to support HR 1606. Our children's future depends on it.

It would be prudent to cut funding for wasteful defense programs, and unnecessary manned space exploration.

This legislation will provide significant help to local school districts in meeting their needs both to build new classrooms to keep up with skyrocketing school enrollments and to renovate and modernize their existing facilities.

Overall, California alone projects a $20.1 billion five-year cost for school modernization, including $11 billion for modernization and technology upgrades of old facilities.