Here's the fact. My health care decisions have not been between my doctor and myself for years. The decisions have been in the hands of my insurance and their profit margins. They have over ridden my doctor's letter of medical necessities. They have denied medications (and they were not anything experimental or any of the schedule 2 medications), for which there was no alternative.

Furthermore, they have raised our group insurance premium every year, while doubling the deductible for which we are responsible and increasing the co pays. This year they increased the premium once again by 15%. I know most folks don't get a 15% raise.

And I can't really fire them as Romney suggests since a) my pre-existing conditions would not be covered if I now switched, b) individual health insurance would be way beyond our ability to afford it and c) due to chronic conditions, I have several specialist that I found to be effective, who I have been seeing for years and who may not be included as a provider on a new health care policy.

Besides, the majority of health insurance is similar in their high prices and their desire to dictate the patient's healthcare instead of the doctors.

I also find it interesting that the insurance companies pay, in general, only half as much to the health care provider as an individual who has no health care is required to pay. Someone, obviously not the patient, is manipulating the system, to gain unfair profits.

So is there a viable alternative to Obamacare? I haven't heard one that has the public's best interest in mind. But if there are any suggestions, I would love to hear them.