The hardest walk

You thought I was gonna talk about the Jesus and Mary Chain song here, didn't you? It is one of my favorites by them.

I was thinking about the race for President.

The next President will profoundly affect healthcare for the next 4 years and beyond. Our Federal Government spends like 60% of all healthcare money -- that's powerful.

And its shameful that the Fed isn't doing more to affect healthcare. Our Federal Government should be negotiating with drug companies to lower drug costs with that 60% collective buying power. To protect our Federal Government's resources that are paying for new healthcare facilities, our Federal Government should negotiate with Healthcare companies any time one wants to build new facilities. Our Federal Government should create an FDA pathways to approve generic biological drugs and help remove barriers to new therapies. The Federal Government should allow for the importation of foreign drugs too -- like Europe's generic interferon-B drug.

Federal Government agencies can promote research, even say what research can't be done. Research can find cures, save lifes, save money. We need more research and our Government can promote it.

And the next President will affect who has health insurance, whether it is affordable and who does not.

Senator McCain's health insurance plan will increase my family's taxes by making us pay taxes on the cost of our benefits. My employer will lose the tax deduction for providing employee health insurance. My insurance costs $14,000 per year (a $2,000+ new tax) and McCain's tax credit of $5000 to buy our family's insurance is a joke. No insurance company will sell me any health insurance. If I could somehow get a plan, it will be a government subsidized plan filled with other sick people so the rates will be crazy expensive.

I hope everyone votes. Please vote.