And nobody should have to be saddled with costly monthly medical costs because they have the misfortune of having a chronic health condition. My oldest son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 12. My ex and I were lucky that we had good health insurance but the monthly co-pay for prescriptions (usually 4/month @ $30/script....that's $120 every month just for the 2 types of insulin, test strips, needles, and that's if nothing else happens), dr. appointments, hospital, labs, etc., we were paying at least $350/month on average (my son was in the hospital in the ICU twice within a 15 month period). The first stay was for 3 days, the second was 4 days in the ICU with the total bill at $58,000, our portion/responsibility was $6,400). Two years later he had Appendicitis with a hospital stay of 3 days because they burst. Total for that stay $23,000 and our portion was around $4,000. We were paying on medical bills for several years....how is my son ever going to be able to put some money in savings or buy a house, afford children, etc. EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD HAVE FREE FOR NO MORE THAN $1500/YR OUR OF POCKET MEDICAL COSTS. The 1% of the US population who have a majority of the wealth in this country could pay 10% of their $36,000,000/yr income toward paying for health care to make up for the ever increasing gap between rich/middle/poor. Everyone should have to pay towards their health care, that is what makes responsible consumers.

We should only give aid when a country has a disaster and human life would be lost with our help. I wonder what countries give aid to the US? We have had several catastrophic events....did we get aid from anyone? No US foreign aid just because anymore!!!!