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  CBO-KAY! Senate HELP Bill Rebounds

  Now we're seeing everyone from the President down to the Chamber of Commerce calling on the American citizens to cut healthcare spending.  Easy to say.  And again, we suffer.  Frankly, I'm getting tired of hearing this "unnecessary" procedure rhetoric.  When, Mr. Obama, are we going to address the issues of what is making us sick?  IOW, *the cause*.  I can assure you the cause is not sugar sweetened soda (by the way, have your crackerjack Congress Google "Splenda Toxicity" or any of the other artificial sweeteners your FDA has permitted to be added to our foods, which they seem to think is healthier than sugar.  And educate them on the fact that people who drink diet sodas actually weigh more than those that don't - been plenty of studies out on it.  Me - I'm still waiting for the clinical trials of those sweeteners via the Freedom of Information Act - been waiting for over a year - they're not sending them.  Yet the FDA will not permit natural sweeteners like Stevia to be used as food additives, unlike European Nations.  Does that make sense?   Makes dollars, though, for the artificial sweetener companies that have padded the politicians pockets - Monsanto - is that a surprise? Imagine that.).  How about your EPA establish some guidelines on toxic mold in the workplace?  I can tell you that by the time I leave for work in the evenings, my throat is burning and my eyes are tearing - been that way every place I've worked.  For those of you not aware, there are no regulations in place for toxic mold.  None.  So, say if the building you work at has something like a sprinkler system malfunction, and the entire floor above you gets swamped - they rip out the carpets and put in new ones - but nothing is replaced or removed between the two floors.  Perfect scenario for toxic mold, and that will make you sick, and it can kill.  But our EPA nicely sidesteps the issue to protect businesses and industries.  After all, it would cost money to correct, and without sick people, there went 17% of our economy. 

  
  

  So you want us to curb healthcare spending?  Get some regulations into place to keep the people from getting sick in the workplace, and teach your regulatory agencies how to enforce the standards already in place - to protect the PEOPLE, not the business.  You've sidestepped those regulations for decades, again, to protect commerce and put it above our well-being.  SSDD in the USofA.

  
  

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