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Thursday, July 8th, 2010CMS has mailed the second round of $250 one-time checks to seniors who’ve fallen into the Part D donut hole. 80,000 checks are going out this week and ultimately CMS expects about 4 million seniors will qualify for rebates. These checks are the first step in efforts to eventually close the donut hole through the [...]
Maryland Senior Talks About the Donut Hole
Monday, June 7th, 2010Fran Garfinkle is a 70-year old retired small business owner and cancer survivor from Bethesda, Maryland. She’s among four million seniors who will be trapped in the Medicare Part D coverage gap known as the “donut hole” this year. Fran has seen first-hand how quickly retirement plans can change when confronted with skyrocketing health care costs, rising [...]
Still Confused about Health Reform?
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010Many Medicare beneficiaries are and it’s no wonder given all the misinformation swirling around health reform legislation. Today Congressional leadership and the administration have teamed up to help seniors understand how health reform will impact Medicare. “Older Americans are dependent on Medicare for their health coverage. So seniors are especially susceptible to misinformation that Medicare is threatened [...]
Live Chat on Health Reform and Seniors
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Assistant Secretary for the Administration on Aging Kathy Greenlee will host a webchat tomorrow, Thursday, April 8, to talk about health reform and its impact on America’s seniors. From the HHS news release: Sebelius and Greenlee will highlight some of the immediate benefits of health reform for America’s seniors before [...]
Healthcare Reform is Good Medicine for Medicare
Monday, March 22nd, 2010With the House passage of health care reform legislation, we’ll soon be able to leave the political war of words behind and America’s seniors will see for themselves that the fear-mongering over healthcare was just that—an attempt to scare Americans away from reforms which could finally put providing care ahead of making profits. Reuters provides [...]
Now’s the Time
Friday, March 19th, 2010National Committee members and supporters have sent 12 thousand petitions to Capitol Hill urging Congress to pass health care reform, now. As the clock ticks and a health care vote is expected in the House within days, seniors are mobilizing to ensure their elected representatives understand that doing nothing is not a solution for our [...]
Don’t Forget Social Security and Medicare
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010We’re at a very important legislative crossroads on Capitol Hill. Congress is about to make another attempt at health care reform, a Presidential Commission has been appointed which will target Social Security and Medicare for cuts while at the same time Americans are still struggling in this difficult economy. I went to the Senate today [...]
Debt, Deficits, Social Security and More…
Monday, March 1st, 2010If you generally skip by budget or economic headlines in favor of something more easily comprehendible, we suggest today you make an exception. Here are excerpts from three articles which together provide must-read perspectives on our debt/deficits, Social Security and Medicare. Saul Friedman, Grey Matters columnist, takes former Senator and Debt Commission co-chairman, Alan Simpson, to task [...]
“No” is NOT an Option for Seniors in Medicare
Friday, February 26th, 2010While “just say no” is a popular political slogan and now even a Congressional strategy for some in Washington, the effects of saying no to health care reform will be felt much sooner than later for millions of American seniors. Starting Monday, doctors serving patients in Medicare will face a 21% pay cut because the [...]
Should Middle Class workers and Seniors Pay America’s Debt Bill?
Monday, January 25th, 2010A USA Today’s editorial tells us they should. “Yet whenever someone says the popular programs need to be trimmed, the “don’t-touch-my-Medicare” and “don’t-touch-my Social Security” lobbies come out in full force. As long as Democrats refuse to curb benefits and Republicans refuse to raise taxes, the country slips ever closer to disaster. To be sure, [...]
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