The House has just passed the Ryan budget plan: The House has passed a Republican budget blueprint proposing to fundamentally overhaul Medicare for future beneficiaries while combating out-of-control budget deficits. It would impose sharp spending cuts on social safety net programs like food stamps and Medicaid. The GOP proposal passed 235-193, with every Democrat voting […]
One thing I keep hearing when it comes to support of HCR is that we can pass this bill now and fix it later. How often does that scenario play out in our Congress? Let’s keep with the subject of health care and something that currently effects millions of seniors every year – the doughnut […]
Is this any real shock? With Democratic leaders and White House officials holed up in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) office negotiating a final bill, Republicans are demanding a deceleration of the process and moving to define whatever plan that emerges as a combination of Medicare cuts, tax increases, higher insurance premiums and rising […]
So the Republicans want to “protect” Medicare now? I wonder if anyone will ask them about the debacle the Republicans caused with Medicare in 2006 with the new Medicare drug program. Remember that? The news was covered with stories of seniors not being able to receive their life supporting medications because of the mess created […]
What is it with baseball and assisting American’s in suicide via food intake? It started a few years ago when a baseball team in Illinois started serving these things: That is called “Baseball’s Best Burger”, because nothing screams yummy like throwing a bunch of meat on top of a glazed doughnut. Well not to be […]
Last night Bush gave his farewell address and during it he gave himself an awful lot of pats on the back. Here’s one part that really got me: A new Medicare prescription drug benefit is bringing peace of mind to seniors and the disabled. Really? Someone should have told the seniors and disabled about this […]
No I am not talking about a sweet treat of a doughnut hole. This doughnut hole is part of the Medicare changes and is actually one that is really hitting seniors hard. It is a loophole in the new Medicare coverage that many seniors were not aware of, but are quickly finding out about. Here […]
Yesterday, I posted in Blue Ohio about an ad U.S. Chamber of Commerce ran for Steve Chabot, congressional candidate from Cincinnati. The ad credited Chabot with voting for the Medicare changes that took effect the first of the year. The ad was pulled off because Chabot actually voted against the bill. The same ad is […]