Read The Bills Act. It is becoming part of the Public debate because of this small little organization.

On the issue, “Americans can’t understand the legalese,”: I ask, “Why must it be written that way?” Of those seven men traditionally recognized as our founders, four were attorneys. Of the signatories to the Declaration and Constitution, many were attorneys. Yet, both the Declaration and the Constitution are written in PLAIN ENGLISH, language so clear that the populace of the day could understand, even those to whom the documents were read (because they couldn’t read).

I am a retired surgeon (clinical and academic). I have read the entire 1000+ pages of HR3200, the only semi-complete piece of health care legislation “on the table” at this point. The senate version is in evolution. I can assure you that the critics of HR3200 have UNDERESTIMATED its flaws. The legislation is bad for patients, bad for doctors, bad for the insurance industry, and horrible for of nation’s finances – no will it accomplish one of its goals: universal coverage.

We should fix our health care / insurance system, not destroy it. Tort reform to reduce the overhead of physicians, insurers, and pharmaceutical companies; rejection of assignment of benefits; making insurance premanent, personal (not job connected), and portable with a premium that never changes; and enhancing catastrophic policies and health savings accounts. The fixes are conceptually simple. Each would be condemned by one special interest or another (i.e. trial lawyers for tort reform). The legislative will to enact these modifications or some other paradigm will reach critical mass only when forced by a clear understanding of the problems and available solutions by the American public.

Clearly, all legislation should be available for public review before it is passed; not a a plebiscite, but as information for a basis of our communicating with our legislators. It takes both: information and activism.