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Is there information on when the health care plan, if passed would take effect? I've heard that it wouldn't go into effect for some time from now. If that is the case, why the hurry to ram it through the legislative process? Also, I'm not certain, but I've also heard that some Americans might not be covered by the plan (government employees and members of Congress to name a couple of groups). Is there something about this approach to health care that those who are supposed to be doing the hurry-up passage -- don't want to have to endure themselves or have their family members participate in as the rest of us would be required?

We should not be giving Congress a free pass in this. Those serving in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate are the ones who vote and decide what will be spent and on what it will be spent on. If we were to do some checking we might find that the leadership of the Congress (as well as being the same folks in charge of the majority party) has been the same for the past three years (including the last two years of the Bush Administration. Perhaps if we want to hold somebody accountable, we should consider the person who will be seeking re-election to the U.S. Senate from Nevada in 2010 -- he is after all one of the leaders involved in getting us to where we are.

It is good to read about the accomplishments of the more successful schools (at the end of this account). Sure wish there were concrete ideas on action steps to make the top portion (poor graduation rates) improve -- regardless of the measurement scale used.

Given Senator Hardy's action to remove himself from the process should prompt all the other legislators with conflicts to take the same action.

The building drama is probably all part of the game to make it seem like there is a decision process with "hard choices" instead of doing what's going to be done anyway and increasing state government at the expense of those in the private sector who have to pay.