Congratulations on getting your view in print, that is my point. Continue to do this and keep up with the advocacy, that's where the changes will come from. BTW, I am a former teacher and have paid $472.00 per month and continue to pay for health insurance, since I left school in 93 when my husband could not longer work. He worked for 7 years with PD and was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer, Parkinson's, and an AAA all in the same year(1986). He is on my insurance and has been for these years, I cannot find a cheaper one because most insurance's will not take preexisting conditions. I have been close to bankruptcy quite a few times as he was a Safety Director for a trucking company that folded their doors with no pension.(before the government took over that role).......... Not an easy life, but who does have one. Gerry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn