sad to say, the easy part is over… the hardest part is yet to come…

tag cloud of the Gettysburg Address from Wordle: http://www.wordle.net

Isn’t anyone else out there demanding change in the system??!

Health insurance companies are rapidly adopting a new pricing system for very expensive drugs, asking patients to pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars for prescriptions for medications that may save their lives or slow the progress of serious diseases.

With the new pricing system, insurers abandoned the traditional arrangement that has patients pay a fixed amount, like $10, $20 or $30 for a prescription, no matter what the drug’s actual cost. Instead, they are charging patients a percentage of the cost of certain high-priced drugs, usually 20 to 33 percent, which can amount to thousands of dollars a month.

The system means that the burden of expensive health care can now affect insured people, too.

Lessig is considering a run for Congress…

hot damn, that would be just way too cool.

okay… doin’ my part: