1.  New Gallup, Rasmussen, and Associated Press (AP) polls all indicate that Obamacare is making a comeback with the public. 

The latest Gallup Poll found 40% support the President's proposal for government-run health care, while 36% oppose it, and 24% are undecided. 

(When those who are undecided were pressed to say how they were leaning, the totals come to 51% favorable, 41% unfavorable, and 8% no opinion.)

The latest AP Poll found 40% support Obamacare, 40% oppose it, and 20% are undecided. 

This represents a big gain for the liberals, as the results from a month ago found that 34% supported it, 49% opposed it, and 17% were undecided.

Among seniors, opposition fell from 59% in September to 43% now.

The latest Rasmussen Reports found that among everyone, including leaners, 46% support Obamacare, 50% are opposed, and 4% are undecided.

This is a huge gain for the President, as only a week ago, opponents of government-run health care led supporters 41%-56%.  But even then, Rasmussen reported that 54% believed major changes were needed in the nation's health care system.  And 61% said it's important for Congress to pass health care legislation this year.

One family's experience highlights part of the problem with health care costs. 

While vacationing this summer in Orlando, their young daughter became ill and required an emergency appendectomy.   While the child was hospitalized for only 72 hours, the bill came to $29,000.  These enormous costs will be paid for through the premiums of others in the father's health insurance plan.

It may be that Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) was successful in moving public opinion on this issue when he said the Republican health care plan amounted to "don't get sick" and, if you do, "die quickly."

However, there are many conservative alternatives to government-run health care that deserve recognition, including Senator Jim DeMint's S 1324, the Health Care Freedom Act. 

And prominent conservatives have presented good ideas for reforming health care.

Writing in the Los Angeles Times, former Senator Bill Frist; former Congressman Mickey Edwards; David Frum of the American Enterprise Institute; and Richard Viguerie of ConservativeHQ.com propose ways to make the American health care system better.

2.  The Congressional Budget Office says the Senate version of Obamacare will cost $829 billion over the next decade and will reduce the projected deficit by $81 billion by slicing $500 billion from Medicare and through some tax increases.

The House version of Obamacare would also slash Medicare by a half trillion dollars.

If either version is enacted into law, life-saving health services to seniors will be drastically curtailed.

Already, the American Medical Association's National Health Insurer Report Card found that the denial rate for Medicare claims was nearly double those of the denied claims for all of the private insurance companies combined.

If Medicare spending is cut even more, the elderly will suffer severely through rationing and the blatant encouragement of euthanasia. 

This appears to be deliberate, as President Obama told the New York Times on April 28, 2009, "The chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives are accounting for potentially 80% of the total health care bill out here.  There is going to have to be a very difficult democratic conversation that takes place."

The outcome of this crucial issue remains in doubt.