With all the talk and FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Distrust) flying around about health care costs, health care reform, and health service rationing, one issue we've all been dancing around is the value of life -- specifically, the value of a particular human life.

I'm not going to apologize for ruffling feathers here -- there is no single answer or set of "right" answers, and all values are influenced by community, religion, financial affluence, and direct relationship to the individual being evaluated.

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The politically anticipated Iowa caucuses offer a strong foreshadow on who will take lead towards being the next United States president. The two current party front-runners in this race were decided tonight, giving Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee a head start. Without doubt- health care reform is a hot topic for presidential candidates. This is the look on what Barack Obama and, type-2 diabetic, Mike Huckabee promise in their health care platforms. (READ MORE)