You finally said something that makes sense to me.

These moneylending elites are a secret historical cabal that has lasted centuries, operating carefully concealed in countries in Europe before moving to America. This cabal works within the government, the mass media and Hollywood, to take down the host country from the inside, like a parasite destroying its host, using a carefully hidden global money scheme and mass media control.

These secret "Straussians" recognize each other in Washington and New York through secret hand signals.

They are not Americans. They are part of a global diaspora working in secret to fund Israel. They are the historical blood leeches, the ancient cabal, hidden behind their puppets George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, and they are engineering global chaos to aid and abet Israel.

If the white house tries to declare victory on a bill that does nothing but bring millions more poor and unemployed americans into a failed system rigged for the benefit of large insurance companies--then Americans should burn the Democratic party down to the ground.

I have Medicare and previously had medigap coverage (plan c) that exceeded $400 per month. I switched to a Medicare "Advantage" plan that costs $100 per month but now involves co-pays to the doctors. I am pretty sure I am saving money, but I would like to point out that the premiums on the medigap plan skyrocketed over the last two years. Every time I had to pay a premium, which was every three months, it went up at least 10%, with no end in sight.

It is also rigged in favor of the pharmaceutical companies. I am a insulin dependent diabetic. Insulin (Novolog) runs $1,286 for a three-month supply. I have been insulin dependent for 31 years and it is only over the last couple of years that these costs have become unbearable and unrecognizable.

The same insulin (different brand name) three month supply costs $139 if you buy it from an online pharmacy in Canada.

Does one buy from Canada or participate in Bush's drug plan and the exorbitant prices? There are trade-offs but if you stay healthy, it's wise to go to Canada. If you exceed the "donut," then go with the Bush Plan. But who knows what the future holds?

IMHO this healthcare plan will only get through congress if it is tainted with enough money to get the healthcare insurers and the pharmaceuticals a lot of money to the detriment of the poor and middle class.

I have no hope. If there is a healthcare plan it will be a replay of Bush's drug plan. It will make the health insurance and the pharmaceutical companies tons and tons of $$$$$$$.

Also it makes no sense without a public option. Corporations make money by denying coverage which has been proven over and over and over again.

Thanks for the response. But I am sure I am not alone. One tries to count one's pennies and then to be confronted by astronomical health care costs is dispiriting. I am talking about comparing today's prices to just a few years ago.

I was able to buy Hyzaar in Buenos Aires for 5 cents a pill and the cost in the pharmacies in the USA was over $3.45. Something is wrong.

Remember that I have Medicare and a supplemental Medicare plan and also the Bush drug plan.

Despite this I am staggered on a regular basis by the costs of maintaining my health.

And I am very healthy, remarkably well-fit and agile.

give Salon some credit. Glenn is a fearless writer. I imagine Salon has to be a relatively fearless host as a consequence.

They also employ Camile Paglia. What kind of host does that make Salon?

I'll ask again. Where else do people think he should be? Where do you want him to go?

I read Glenn first everyday and then Krugman if he has written, also.

The NY Times is just a skeleton of what it used to be. Miller and Gordon and their kowtowing to the Bush administration did it for me. Elisabeth Bumiller is as much a stenographer as Miller. Freidman annoys me the most. He has been so wrong about everything for so long and he still keeps trying and failing.

I love their crossword puzzles, been doing them for 40 years, but became so annoyed with their dishonesty I discontinued my subscription, probably cutting off my nose to spite my face.

But as to Glenn, I think he is doing just fine and getting a lot of recognition; justly deserved. I only read him and Camile at Salon. I read Camile to test how much pain I can endure. Most of the time I can't make it through her article.

I'll leave it to Glenn's judgement as to when he leaves, which I am pretty sure he will do because the poster who is criticizing Salon is correct. And I'll just follow him but I don't see any need for him to rush, but just wait for the right opportunity. Going somewhere with more exposure probably means losing some editorial control over his writing.