Dear John Stossel, Good Article. As for some of the writers getting 'hissed' off, it's time they get off their duffs and start pushing (no letting up, until all this corruption is stopped) the insurance and drug companies to PUT AN END TO HANDING OUT BILLIONS TO POLITICIANS THAT ONLY BELONGS TO THE INSURED AND THE CONSUMERS - NOT POLITICIANS! Why would politicians want to spend billions of dollars taken from insurance, drug, hospitals and the small business owners, to run for an office that pays $200,000.00 -? Why would politicians want to spend billions of dollars taken from insurance, drug, hospitals and the small business owners, to run for an office that pays $200,000.00 -? Let me start by saying "Nancy Pelosi" is no lady and her babbling on and on, jumping up and down, like she feels she's really doing something good, makes Taxpayers want to scream for her to 'SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!' Politicians, like her, Reid, Rangel, Dodd, Frank, Hagan, (just to name a few) favorite words for "I'll check on this and get back to you" tells Taxpayers 'they truly have far TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS, THEY KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, AND THEY ARE 'CYAING' just to make you think their 'HIGH-DOLLARED SALARIES & RETIREMENTS' are justified! I mean, really, after six (6) decades working on Healthcare, Medicare, Medicaid, you'd think these 'government programs' would be full of money, instead of bankrupt, wouldn't you? Insurance and Drug companies, medical pros, small business owners are going to have to 'CUT THE BILLIONS GIVEN TO POLTICIANS', and return several billion to Insured and consumers that's paid, legally, for their services, while the politicians 'TAKE, TAKE, AND TAKE' and give Taxpayers 'ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BACK BUT A BANKRUPT AMERICA, NO JOBS, NO FOOD, NO NOTHING!' The lawyers line up in a group lawsuit when a drug has 'sort of' caused harm to someone, but, yet, they're letting the politicians slide. Well, Taxpayers, get in line and start demanding your money back from the insurance and drug companies, as IT'S YOUR MONEY, NOT THE POLITICIANS! THE POLITICIANS SHOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO 'TAKE A RED CENT' FROM ANY DRUG, INSURANCE, HOSPITAL, MED PERSON OR SMALL BUSINESS OWNER! AREN'T PONZI SCHEMES ILLEGAL? ‘Lying' supposedly will get politicians impeached , then why hasn't ninety-five percent of politicians been impeached, sell them a one-way ticket to Gitmo, take all their assets to pay off the trillions they've borrowed without Taxpayers consent? Six decades later and America is bankrupt with these ‘corrupt, greedy, lying bunch of ‘blood-sucking ticks', still in office, still drawing big salaries and retirements, working on the same ‘programs/ healthcare' for years. They have nothing better to do to justify the bigs bucks they steal from Taxpayers, as it's obvious none of them know what they're doing nor care. This is why their favorite saying is “I'll check on this and get back to you!” This brings another thought to Taxpayers minds, if the Insurance, Drug companies, Hospitals, and Medical professionals stop ‘paying the politicians to run for office, maybe the ‘Politicians License to Steal' will come to a screeching halt! Politicians take billions from insurance, drug companies, healthcare professionals and what few businesses are left. This is why Taxpayers can't afford insurance, hospitals, let alone medications. Passing of Healthcare is another POWER GRAB and will finish bankrupting America. Fraud and bankrupting of social security, medicare and medicaid should tells folks that government run programs have never worked for Taxpayers, just for Politicians! Insurance and Drug companies should give their insured, that's paid them big bucks for years, all their money back. Folks, the Taxpayer that's paid $200.00 to $750.00 monthly, would be entitled to several million for each person. Just think, we wouldn't need them at all! What fools we've been letting these ‘blood-sucking ticks' tell us that ‘Taxpayers have to spread the wealth around!' Where is politicians ‘wealth they're spreading around?' Why would politicians want to spend billions of dollars taken from insurance, drug, hospitals and the small business owners, to run for an office that pays $200,000.00 -?