I'm glad at the input into this forum. Thanks for all the discussion. Currently I'm in a biomedical sciences PhD program with the goal of being a cancer researcher someday. As part of the medical field I see a huge imbalance between research, healthcare, insurance, patients, healthcare providers etc.... The system is so crazy that the individual goals/needs of all of those listed doesn't match up with the others in an efficient manner. For instance medical research and actual implementation of those efforts must pass a huge gap in authority/bureaucracy before even getting to the long process of FDA trials/and approval. Although I fear that forcing people to have insurance and penalizing them if they do not is a blow to civil rights, for healthcare it might be a good move overall. It may also boost funding for biomedical research which I believe (biased I must admit) is a good thing. Similarly, it will increase the need for healthcare providers, but that does come with it's own shortcomings. In response to the Supreme Court decision, the president of my medical school made statements to the local news that we would need to boost admissions by 30% to meet the new demand for doctors/nurses etc....so this could mean that less qualified people will now be getting into medical school. Obamacare could also cause doctors salaries to decline (however I feel they are overpaid), but it could also lower their malpractice insurance premiums if healthcare is to become a more national expense. There certainly are parts of the bill that, in my opinion, make for better policy, they include: not excluding people for pre-existing conditions or dropping them when they become severely ill, allowing children to stay on parent's policies until 26, and curbing insurance premium spikes. Overall I hope this bill helps to create a better balance in the system. I truly believe that a healthcare system that balances research, patient services, healthcare employment, and public education will benefit society immensely.