New numbers came out today and one of them shows that inflation rose 2.7% last year. That’s pretty bad when people aren’t making us much money and we still have a big unemployment problem, but the problem doesn’t stop there. Social Security recipients didn’t get a raise this year. The calculated that in June, so […]
When the new Medicare drug plans went into effect first of the year, there was one program that was chopped. That program supplied free medication to the poor people. This of course made it so that the poor was now paying for drugs that they were one time receiving for free. Interesting enough was last […]
While Bush is out to try and control the damage he has done lately, he is still making mistakes. One that really has gotten to me (and something I have followed very closely) is the debacle called Medicare. His defense has me really ticked off: “Any time Washington passes a new law, sometimes the transition […]
Right after the first of the year I reported on the new prescription drug program offered by Medicare. This program is essentially pushing low income seniors and people with disabilities into HMOs. The new program, which took effect January 1, has had a shaky start to say the least. With numerous states issuing public health […]