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The cost of implementing ObamaCare, estimated by Pres. Obama at less than $1 trillion for the first decade, will actually be $2.6 trillion for the first decade of real implementation.

The Rassmussen Report (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america

Open Letter to the President and Leadership from Health Professionals, Lawyers and Advocates for Medicare for All

July 30, 2012

Here is how the London Daily Mail reported about the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony yesterday in London (

Whether adding people to Medicaid rolls improves health or just costs money was the subject of a recently published study, reports the New York Times (

I have recently seen an argument cogently made that 40% of every health insurance premium dollar goes to overhead.

The July 7-8 Wall Street Journal Review contains a feature article with this title, authored by Janet Adamy and Tom McGinty. Here are some excerpts:

From an editorial published in the Salt Lake Tribune July 22, 2012 (http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion

David Rabiger, who has been a contributor to the Utah Healthcare Initiative, published an opinion piece recently in the Deseret News (

I just finished hiking the Grand Canyon, North Rim to South Rim, in one day. It is about 24 miles with about 5000 ft elevation drop and gain. This is my third trip.