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The federal government may shut down.  There is a need for another continuing resolution.

Prior legislative action has cut funding of health care for illegal aliens and able bodied individuals making no effort to work.  There are other issues, but the democrats are banking on heart stringing the issue of health care for these two groups.

Stepping back for a moment we ask what the federal legislative bodies have been doing all this time.  Even if there is a need for a continuing resolution to keep government running and maybe it is best to let it shut down.

Health care in the United States is crazy and of a questionable unsustainable business model.  Costs to many entities seem inflated.  Too many proposed solutions seemed to be influences by political contribution.  Too much money is based upon who made contributions to medical schools.

Since the politicians are making health care a political issue we need to start with the foundation.  Should it be the blue foundation or should it be the red foundation?  Should the foundation even be political?  

Health care and its associated fee and payment structure needs to be analyzed and defined.  Who pays for the results of an auto accident?  Auto insurance?  Someone falls at your house.  Who pays for the medical when someone falls off your roof?  Home owners insurance pays?  

Step back for a moment.  Why do things cost what they do?  It needs to be looked at. Are costs made based upon ability to pay?  Are costs figured honestly?  Is insurance used to inflate costs or protect the insured from financial ruin?  If so, why so much financial ruin due to medical bills?

These politicians who want to scream health care, come up with a problem definition, some possible solutions, make real legislation, put it to the people, have it make sense.  Don’t make a system that caters to special interests.  

And,…. what have these legislators been doing all this time?