The Constitution specifically allows for Congressional secrecy and military contractors

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55. Thank you for replying. I'm sorry if I've been annoying & repetitive on this issue

As one who has protested wars for many years I take civil rights for all people very seriously.

I am as staunch on this issue as I am in my support for universal healthcare. No person should be denied quality health care based on income inequality.

However, I do support the right for free enterprise to compete with universal health care if it is transparent and regulated fairly. There is nothing wrong with honest profits, competition, and incentive for innovation if it improves the health and/or everyday lives of Americans

Looking at the numbers though universal healthcare is statistically kicking American insurance based health care's ass.

Though no system is perfect I believe universal health care has been shown to be more humane and cost effective based on consistent study findings.

To be fair part of America's poor health findings according to a the recent report by the National Research Council are social factors.

The research council found that social factors like traffic fatalities & guns also affected the data:

U.S. Ranks Below 16 Other Rich Countries In Health Report

by Richard Knox January 09, 2013 5:47 PM

It's no news that the U.S. has lower life expectancy and higher infant mortality than most high-income countries. But a magisterial new says Americans are actually less healthy across their entire life spans than citizens of 16 other wealthy nations.

And the gap is steadily widening.

"What struck us — and it was quite sobering — was the recurring trend in which the U.S. seems to be slipping behind other high-income countries," the lead author of the report, Dr. , tells Shots.

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The panel concludes that part of the nation's poor ranking can be attributed to problems with its $2.6 trillion-a-year health care system (the world's most expensive by far). Those problems include the 50 million Americans without health insurance, fewer doctors per capita, less access to primary care and fragmented management of complex chronic diseases.

But the new report places more stress on nonmedical shortcomings.

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Guns have a lot to do with the homicide and accidental deaths. The report notes that murder rates involving guns are 20 times higher in the U.S. than in 22 other rich countries.

"Clearly we need to do something about violence and firearm-related homicides if we're going to close the gap," Woolf says. "It's a major contributor to the loss of years of life in our country among young people."

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/01/09/168976602/u-s-ranks-below-16-other-rich-countries-in-health-report

Two of my pet issues I guess. Sorry for the rant connected to my reply.