... a FIX and people will be happy.

Both Republicans and Democrats will need to know that they can return home victorious and then everyone is back to square one.

No matter what that bottom line might be when finally completed and agreed upon; and finally put in place... three, four or five years from now... you can bet there will be adjustments agreed upon by both sides before the finished product goes into effect.

Something this big cannot be done in the time frame President Obama asked for... He may have been a bit too swift in trying to have an agreement which scared too many people.

Private insurance companies must be kept alive and utilized as with our current Medicare program... and all of this should only be for Americans and nobody else, period.