What's the status of the Market Street Mall project?
If PETA is disgusted with President Obama killing a fly, which I understood flies are one of the biggest carriers of germs -- so I don't know why they're defending them -- then what do they think about Governor Palin having the wolves killed in Alaska?
Auburn is one big pot hole --- so fill it in.
Just took a ride in an '08 Toyota --- what a pile of junk --- rode like a truck. I guess the people that buy this car don't know quality.
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ANGMOM3 wrote on Jul 1, 2009 4:33 PM:
As for all of this knee talk - I would be happy to converse about other topics. Like what is everyone doing for the July 4th weekend?
Happy Independence Day to all, in advance. "
movedsouth wrote on Jul 1, 2009 2:53 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jul 1, 2009 1:19 PM:
cm wrote on Jul 1, 2009 1:14 PM:
cm wrote on Jul 1, 2009 1:11 PM:
The Bone wrote on Jul 1, 2009 12:29 PM:
mark wrote on Jul 1, 2009 12:01 PM:
jeanne541 wrote on Jun 30, 2009 9:06 PM:
FREBUS49 wrote on Jun 30, 2009 9:16 AM:
The replacement should be good for about 15 yrs. Then if the metal is still soundly attached you only need the plastic replaced.They still have to open you up but it is a lot less time in the hospital, and a lot less time for recovery.
Izant is the best around here. He fixes all the other Doctors mistakes. I have sent over 20 people for hips, knees and shoulders, and have hearn nothing but good things about him. He also has an office in Dewitt. "
FS II wrote on Jun 30, 2009 8:31 AM:
ANGMOM3 wrote on Jun 29, 2009 8:56 PM:
cm wrote on Jun 29, 2009 5:31 PM:
since I live in Florida I can't use your DR. but I will look into others in my area. "
movedsouth wrote on Jun 29, 2009 3:11 PM:
ANGMOM3 wrote on Jun 29, 2009 2:58 PM:
Replacement kness are now lasting longer than 10 years and the new technology is right here within me. I vowed to be proactive, and it actually hasn't been as difficult as I thought.
I do recommend Dr.Izant of SOS. Please look into a second opinion, and keep us posted. "
The Bone wrote on Jun 29, 2009 2:50 PM:
cm wrote on Jun 29, 2009 11:57 AM:
I also have the knees that 'lock up'
as painfull as that is, I would take lock up over give out any day!
you never know when give out knees are going to happen!
I have been told I am TOO YOUNG for knee replacements at 47..I argue this all the time..I want to walk SECURELY and out of pain NOW!
But their reason is: on knee replacements, there is a particular part (piece of plastic) they use that only lasts 5-7 years which would require new surgeries every 5-7 yrs and mine being BOTH knees, I would be laid up/therapy for a year after.
I say 5-7 yrs with no pain sounds great!
and just maybe in 7 yrs they will have made a better piece of plastic that will last longer!??? "
movedsouth wrote on Jun 29, 2009 10:55 AM:
http://cei.org/cei_files/fm/active/0/Endangerment%20Comments%206-23-09.pdf "
movedsouth wrote on Jun 29, 2009 10:10 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jun 29, 2009 6:08 AM:
That's what you call Black Humor, brew -- and typical in America, regardless of the politician -- the corporations call the tunes. Once in a while The People squawk enough that they feel they have to toss us a little bone, but they'll stick us good first, making sure the corps get more than a bone before they have to give up any concessions.
Overturn Santa Clara vs Southern Pacific and you take away their bite -- and the world would be a very different place. "
ANGMOM3 wrote on Jun 28, 2009 10:47 PM:
I have a genetic orthopedic disorder and have had five knees surgeries prior to this - replacement being "the big one."
The symptoms leading to the operation were pain ranging from dull to severe, weakness, grinding and instability, and also arthritis.
I recommend Dr. Timothy Izant of SOS in Liverpool. He is an excellent surgeon and a really nice guy. He operated on two of my friends,which is how I came to seek his advice. I think he may be able to help you.
Give the office a call for an evaluation and keep me posted on how you make out. Good luck. "
brew1234 wrote on Jun 28, 2009 9:43 PM:
brew1234 wrote on Jun 28, 2009 9:35 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jun 28, 2009 4:59 PM:
Here I sit, with at least 795 credit score and my last card just sent a note - arrived yesterday -- saying starting on 1 July they are jacking my rate to 18.99% (they had already upped it to 8.99% then 10.99% in the past couple months. Well, I had it with those bozos, so I took up the offer from another company -- 2.99% for 12 months -- I only have 13 months to pay it off. If I can make 1-2 extra big payments, I'll be out from under the "illigitimi" forever!!!
It's really not right to try to make up their losses on the shoulders of those who have always paid on time and extra and been exemplary customers. I was only with Citizen's because Capital One had done the same thing 2 years ago. Now I'm with Chase (why do they all start with "C?") -- and hope it will be my last one.
4 mos on the car, 10 months on the student loan, 12-13 on the credit card and then I am relatively FREE! "
cm wrote on Jun 28, 2009 2:25 PM:
just stick to the therapy and in about 3 months you will be a whole new person. "
ANGMOM3 wrote on Jun 28, 2009 1:50 PM:
I have returned home after the knee replacement surgery and am doing fine. There were some complications, which will make the recovery time longer, but the physical therapy is progressing quite well. Also, I am lucky to have all the support of so many family memebers and friends, for which I am grateful.
I hope all of you are enjoying yourselves. "
cm wrote on Jun 28, 2009 12:45 PM:
we cannot afford such wasteful spending in our government when they ask US to cut back, be wiser, and be patient!
THEY need to be fired! I sure hope voters are keeping a list right now, of these actions, and whos doing the actions, so come voting time--just say NO! "
cm wrote on Jun 28, 2009 12:41 PM:
he was on the airline flight yesterday that had a blown front tire.
in the terminal(taped & on TV) he stated many upper bins popped open and items from them hit him in the head.
his wife went to wake him this morning and he was unresponsive.
...possibly a head injury? "
jssk61806 wrote on Jun 28, 2009 12:43 AM:
movedsouth wrote on Jun 27, 2009 7:38 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jun 27, 2009 6:37 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Jun 27, 2009 5:28 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jun 27, 2009 4:26 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Jun 27, 2009 2:45 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jun 27, 2009 2:13 PM:
cm wrote on Jun 27, 2009 12:13 PM:
they seem to be passing it because 'Obama says'...which isn't what the majority of 'American public' wants!
you are so right, this IS NOT the time to put more people out of work. even if it does offer a few extra jobs in the 'energy industry' the majority of job losses will certainly be greater!
IF you cannot get your REP to do what the majority of voters want, then what good is he/she in office?? "
movedsouth wrote on Jun 27, 2009 10:38 AM:
cm wrote on Jun 27, 2009 10:07 AM:
THEN most of them recieved emails/faxes/phone calls NOT TO AGREE by the people that voted for them, and they STILL IGNORED the voters!!!
I was laughing when the one BRAVE soul started reading it outload! He was only on page 13 when I was channel surfing.
did he read it all???? 3000 pages??
my guess is he got cut off,since not too long after, it scrolled, they passed the bill.
it just further proves, WE THE PEOPLE, means nothing anymore. "
cm wrote on Jun 27, 2009 9:58 AM:
we have gotten the shaft many times, but we still help those in need.
do you have a family member or a good friend that lives where you'd like to live and maybe they can help?
I can understand your frustration at the hospital,
THEY do have to treat the EMERGENCY'S first, what is an emergency to them is very different as to what is an emergency to us!
where I live, I would say is better than Auburn, especially when it comes to medical care and VET care for your pet.
There are many walk-in clinics that are income based, and have their own Xray machines, etc.
There are several that only open after hours when your DR.'s office is closed.
They are equipped to handle anything from a common cold to a broken arm!
recently the closest Hospital revamped their emergency room, including staff, and how they 'number' emergency cases. This has cut down the long waiting times almost in half!
My last trip there in March, I waited 30 min.
Maybe EVERYONE could write in to the hospital and complain OR get the media involved.
(thats what happened with ours)
No one likes BAD publicity!
The same with our VET service, there is always a place to take your animal at any hour!! They are not income based but they are open! "
auburnnoclass wrote on Jun 26, 2009 10:45 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Jun 26, 2009 8:27 PM:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2268455/posts "
movedsouth wrote on Jun 26, 2009 7:34 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Jun 26, 2009 6:23 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Jun 26, 2009 6:13 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Jun 26, 2009 1:49 PM:
cm wrote on Jun 26, 2009 12:48 PM:
14yrs ago after hubby was getting out of the Navy, we had a choice to make where we wanted to live.. having 3 kids under the age of 11 we decided Florida, instead of back HOME to Auburn, our main reason was our kids.
After visiting numerous times, we knew there was no long standing jobs, we knew the school system had gone abit downhill, we knew city officials didnt seem to care about cleaning up, the taxes were very high, and THEN the drug issue was growing industry.
NOT wanting our kids to have that future, we picked a new home.
It was a very hard choice when ALL of our family is there in Auburn.
I still love visiting, and eating at my FAV places, and taking the kids to our old hangouts. There are still some GOOD things there, and some good people that do care.
Just not enough for my family when I had to make a life changing decision!
I don't regret my decision, my kids love it here, but they also love to come there and play in the snow! "
Bobbo wrote on Jun 26, 2009 11:16 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jun 26, 2009 10:21 AM:
The whole of the system does not work, and any piecemeal band-aid approach which focuses only on one portion of the system is not going to be successful in fixing it. It needs a holistic, systemic approach.
Personally, I'd start at the very beginning and ask the Supreme Court to reverse that grotesque misinterpretation of the Constitution from 1885, then go from there. "
auburn~no~class wrote on Jun 26, 2009 8:51 AM:
daydreamer wrote on Jun 26, 2009 5:55 AM:
cm wrote on Jun 25, 2009 9:15 PM:
anyone's that's been on Comp. knows the hassles for getting seen, acknowledged, and treated is nightmare!
Workers Comp. has learned that if they wait long enough the patient will cave and settle for a lesser amount just to be rid of them!
especially since the 'hold-ups' make the patient suffer more emotionally, ruins their family life, and usually financially destroys them!
very few Comp. patients hold on and get their diagnosis correct!
I have been battling with Comp for 5 yr now, my last court date, April 2008, I told them they could offer me a million dollars and I would still refuse until I know what is causing my troubles.
I have no intention of letting THEM off the hook for something that wasn't my fault!
as I have stated before, no insurance company will cover me for these injuries, I am not going to cave to Comp.
I demand to know what it is, and what my long term effects will be!
'whatever' doesn't show on a CAT scans/ MRI's/ or all tests seem normal doesn't means I am not suffering!
yesterday I was happy the eye Dr. said my retina/cornea were fine, he believes I have optical migraines, my vision issues are coming from the brain.
Finally a doctor that gave me real news other than your fine..next patient!
well then I looked that all up, that diagnosis is not so great! That is lack of blood flow to the brain.
Funny (not really) BUT shortly after my neck surgery, I was still complaining of the same issues as I was prior to the surgery,added I had an ischemic pinky finger, which revealed a sub-clavian blockage that was sending the blood back to the brain.
Comp. of course is not taking fault for that issue, the stent placement with no insurance has me in debt for 40 grand!
that April, WE won several Dr. referrals, the eye Dr. being one of them..which Comp. JUST scheduled, and gave me about 18 hrs notice of the appointment..
I am sure they were most likely hoping 'I couldn't make it' -- justifying their upcoming court date on their LACK of making appointments that were legally ordered a year ago!
Twice the judge slapped Comp.'s hand, this 3rd time I hope he fines them with the maximal amount allowed! "
nature lover wrote on Jun 25, 2009 5:55 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jun 25, 2009 4:17 PM:
If the Supreme Court, heavily under the influence of the Railroads, which were then the most powerful industry in the country in 1885, had not decided to grossly and obscenely misinterpret the Constitution, completely in contradiction of the intentions of the Founding Father, to grant the same Constitutional rights to corporations as to natural human persons, none of this would be at issue. And if a century-plus of precedence law had not decided cases overwhelmingly to mis-use the Constitution to beat natural human persons over the head in favor of corporations' rights, giving the latter more weight than the rights of natural human persons, likewise.
For now, it has resulted in the Congress being utterly beholden to corporate and other special interests, not to the best interests of the people whom they are supposed to serve. "The best Congress money can buy" is no joke, but rather the reality in which we live.
No matter how good a politician's plans may sound before s/he gets into office, that person has to deal with the reality that the power does not reside in the government anymore, but in the boardrooms of our largest industries. It certainly does not lie with "We, the People."
I don't have a magical answer. I don't like it that so many industries have been allowed to run rampant over our rights, destroying the environment and the economy in their selfish, greedy pursuit of individual profit, but I also would not want to live in a totalitarian state where the government controlled everything, including industry -- and not much use in a country where the government is controlled by the industry and we'd be right back where we started.
For every knotty problem that comes up to be considered, I find I have no answers. None of the solutions look viable, all of the options look as bad or worse than what we have and I get very discouraged. It's very difficult to be optimistic about such a situation without being as naive as Pollyanna, but I don't like feeling so pessimistic either.
My point about the health condition is that it takes too long for a condition to be recognized by the industry because they are not at the core interested in helping people be healthier, but are first and foremost into profits -- and so there is slow-to-little movement to help the many people who suffer from conditions from which the pharmaceutical industry can't turn a profit. Insurance does cover all kinds of incurable diseases, so it isn't a matter of profits for them, but for the pharmaceuticals, for surgeons and for researchers -- is there no cure for cancer because they haven't found it, or is it because billions of research dollars would dry up if they found the final answer? The situation prompts such cynicism, whether it is ultimately warranted or not. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jun 25, 2009 4:00 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Jun 25, 2009 1:40 PM:
rd wrote on Jun 25, 2009 12:25 PM:
nature lover wrote on Jun 25, 2009 12:02 PM:
The insurance industry has as much right as any other compamy/business to make a profit. To wish that all medical treatments available today by any licensed physician be covered, including "alternate treatments" aka as experimental doesnt make common sense whatsoever. In addition alt/experimental is deemed so by the government. Buffet vs a la carte makes sense financially for coverage and aid in quality patient healthcare. Yes, insurance conpanies aid in your health by keeping physicians in line to name one item. To use an analogy: a person walks into a car dealership w/a used toyota budget but feels they are just as entitled to that leather seated luxury car. Different levels of medical care require different levels of qualified insurance people to correctly adjudicate those claims. Thus the different cost levels.
My initial opening of this health care reform debate wasnt whom to place the blame on. clearly we will need something to be done. But not now - we cant afford it. The Obama administration needs to focus on getting people to work 1st and foremost. Talking 3 trillion for HCR takes away from the real issue at hand.
Poor Farrah...living her last hours...so sad... "
movedsouth wrote on Jun 25, 2009 11:13 AM:
movedsouth wrote on Jun 25, 2009 9:42 AM:
daydreamer wrote on Jun 25, 2009 9:17 AM:
daydreamer wrote on Jun 25, 2009 9:15 AM:
movedsouth wrote on Jun 25, 2009 7:41 AM:
I find that a single person making 15K-20K AGI/yr would pay $35/mo. Over 40K would be $300/mo. As age increases, cost rises quite a bit, I can understand why people choose to pay a $1,000 fine rather than have insurance. Maybe it's not a fine, just an extra $1,000 in taxes, not sure what it's called. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jun 25, 2009 5:07 AM:
The only treatment with which I have had even minor success for treating non-Addison's hypoadrenia was a holistic guy doing a combo of therapy and bioresonance -- it wouldn't have mattered what his treatment, neither of my insurance companies even recognize the existence of my condition.
So, yes, I blame the insurance industry, but not alone -- the influence of the pharmaceutical industry is readily apparent as a driving force.
And it took me 5 years and literally dozens of health care providers before I found a doctor willing to keep testing until we found and confirmed a diagnosis, so I would also include the medical industry as part of the problem.
There's plenty of blame to spread around -- the thing is -- if they don't ALL step up to the plate to contribute to a REAL solution, it's all just shifting deck chairs on the Titanic. "
brew1234 wrote on Jun 24, 2009 11:02 PM:
auburn~no~class wrote on Jun 24, 2009 7:44 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Jun 24, 2009 7:03 PM:
"MASSACHUSETTS HAS been lauded for its healthcare reform, but the program is a failure. Created solely to achieve universal insurance coverage, the plan does not even begin to address the other essential components of a successful healthcare system.
What would such a system provide? The prestigious Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, has defined five criteria for healthcare reform. Coverage should be: universal, not tied to a job, affordable for individuals and families, affordable for society, and it should provide access to high-quality care for everyone.
The state's plan flunks on all counts.
First, it has not achieved universal healthcare, although the reform has been a boon to the private insurance industry. The state has more than 200,000 without coverage, and the count can only go up with rising unemployment.
Second, the reform does not address the problem of insurance being connected to jobs. For individuals, this means their insurance is not continuous if they change or lose jobs. For employers, especially small businesses, health insurance is an expense they can ill afford.
Third, the program is not affordable for many individuals and families. For middle-income people not qualifying for state-subsidized health insurance, costs are too high for even skimpy coverage. For an individual earning $31,213, the cheapest plan can cost $9,872 in premiums and out-of-pocket payments. Low-income residents, previously eligible for free care, have insurance policies requiring unaffordable copayments for office visits and medications.
Fourth, the costs of the reform for the state have been formidable. Spending for the Commonwealth Care subsidized program has doubled, from $630 million in 2007 to an estimated $1.3 billion for 2009, which is not sustainable.
Fifth, reform does not assure access to care. High-deductible plans that have additional out-of-pocket expenses can result in many people not using their insurance when they are sick. In my practice of child and adolescent psychiatry, a parent told me last week that she had a decrease in her job hours, could not afford the $30 copayment for treatment sessions for her adolescent, and decided to meet much less frequently."
But, maybe they're wrong. "
movedsouth wrote on Jun 24, 2009 6:32 PM:
Boston Globe on emergency room care.
"It is the only medical care to which Americans have a legal right," said Kellerman, adding that what constitutes an emergency is different to a doctor than to a desperate patient. Last week, he treated a woman who arrived in an emergency room after running out of some crucial medication and being turned away by four clinics."
I think it's more than just being stabilized and sent home. "
brew1234 wrote on Jun 24, 2009 5:32 PM:
CM, by requiring everyone to get health insurance those not insured include many healthy people that cost insurance companies very little. However in a universal system they could wait until they are sick to join the system and pay few premiums and cost the system a lot. Under the system in MA that many people who live out of state complain about about, all I know is I pay $39 a month and for recent surgery and theraphy on my knees I have paid just a couple of hundred dollars in co pays. What is wrong with that? And that plan was hatched by a republican, Mitt Romney. "
Conservative wrote on Jun 24, 2009 5:00 PM:
John McCain’s health care plan … first we learned he’s going to tax health care benefits to pay for part of it.
Now the Wall Street Journal reports John McCain would pay for the rest of his health care plan "with major reductions to Medicare and Medicaid."
Eight hundred and eighty-two billion from Medicare alone.
"Requiring cuts in benefits, eligibility, or both."
John McCain … Taxing Health Benefits … Cutting
Medicare. We Can’t Afford John McCain.
I’m Barack Obama and I approved this message."
Although this was false while Obama was campaigning, this is what he wants to do now.
WE CAN'T AFFORD BARACK OBAMA "
nature lover wrote on Jun 24, 2009 4:07 PM:
cm I disagree w/your post "insurance is such BS. These companies will find any loophole to NOT cover or NOT pay".
that isnt true at least based on the medical side. dont lump all insurance as one big monster. So based on employer driven plans, its the boss who negotiates what they want to cover & with whom. Insurance companies compete for business heavily which keeps costs down. Many buy smaller local companies to streamline for cost savings in areas also. In addition, there are way too many state and federal regulations out there. So to imply the image of an insurance company sitting in a boardroom smoking cigars hee heeing on what poor slob they should or shouldnt cover is so incorrect. most claims are auto adjuicated by programs set up by gov't entities.
I find that many want to slam this whole mess on insurance companies. But what about physicians and conglomerate lab/hospital facilities that mass bill when no service was rendered? Many insurance companies hire LOTS of doctors and RN's as "gate keepers" to try to keep the honesty out there. And my initial beef that started the health care reform debate earlier - free trade. We have to bring jobs back home. period. "
cm wrote on Jun 24, 2009 3:55 PM:
you also just gave me a really good idea:
since some of my auto insurance is allocated for health insurance, the next time one of MY pre-exisiting conditions acts up I will hop in my car and blame them!
lol..... "
cm wrote on Jun 24, 2009 3:50 PM:
mostly because insurance companies,etc all now have champagne taste in their mouth..after that there is no reason to drink beer!
I agree that hospitals especially the southern states are being hit hard with non-insured aka.= illegals medical costs being the majority.
I just watched on public television state officials disputes on that very subject a few weeks ago.
my older kids are in their 20's, 2 out of 3 have insurance. The 3rd doesnt because he's self-employed and it's too costly.
my insured son just had all wisdom teeth pulled today--after insurance he paid 1700.00 upfront or suffer!
he had to get a bank loan.
another thing about taxes,once the government starts taking it, even for a particular reason, even stating for a certain amount of time, they NEVER stop it. "
cm wrote on Jun 24, 2009 3:33 PM:
I have a work. comp injury: head, neck, all of my back.
I am a pre-existing nightmare!
Then my legs would be out since I had 2 knee surgeries in 94 & 96.
So basically my arms and insides(kidneys,lungs,etc) would be covered! leaving out my heart since I had a stent put in... lol
on the not funny side, insurance is such BS. These companies will find any loophole to NOT cover or NOT pay.
like FG, I agree I am not sure of what the answer is either, something has to be done, and done in a faster time frame too! "
FREBUS49 wrote on Jun 24, 2009 3:12 PM:
A part of your auto insurance is allocated for health inaurance, a portion of your workers compensation is allocatrs for health insurance.
Did you know that the state charges people that have heakth insurance $39.00 per month for the people that don'T have the coverage? The hospitals also pay a tax for the uninsured.
If you had one program that covered all then the costs would come down.
The young do not have insurance because they feel they don't need it. If you put them into the system then it would help even out the costs for the older people.
If all the people had insurance then the emergency rooms would be reating emergency cases instead of the common cold.In this state the way the uninsured get treated is in the emergency room, because the hospitals can't turn them away. The cost of this is very high and not reimbursed to the hospital. So instead of eating the costs, they charge people with insurance more to make up some of the loss. "
auburn~no~class wrote on Jun 24, 2009 3:01 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jun 24, 2009 2:42 PM:
Every time I turn around there are hard-working under-employed people who have no health insurance, and people who do have insurance whose insurance companies won't cover their conditions who also don't get the health care they need.
I am totally at sea about the various plans and have no idea which one might work. It's like the economic plans -- NONE of them sound good, including doing nothing -- that doesn't sound like a good idea either. What a mess we've made for ourselves, on just about every front. Last days of the Roman Empire, anyone? "
movedsouth wrote on Jun 24, 2009 2:09 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Jun 24, 2009 1:22 PM:
excnyer wrote on Jun 24, 2009 12:56 PM:
cm wrote on Jun 24, 2009 12:36 PM:
I can say I don't have health insurance because I cannot afford 200.00 per week thru hubbys employer for just him and I.
especially when there are weeks with no work.
on out-of-town work for him --yes it's affordable then, maybe if they had a floating scale it would help?
when no work weeks are involved, there's cobra-BUT cobra is even higher?!
why is that?
in FL for kids we have a higher scale than Medicade for HEALTHY KIDS insurance, which is for all school age children.
my daughter is on that. at times we pay 15.00 a month, other times we've paid 130.00 a month, again all based on income.
on the high end total we would be paying 930.00 a month for 3 people, not counting co-pays, and his insurance was 80/20--so another 20% added, PLUS the tests or exams insurance doesn't cover!
it's simply unaffordable!
we make sure our daughter keeps coverage, if needed he could go to the VA, it's ME that's left on a
wing & prayer!!
then add a divorce, he cut off my insurance, so I am realy *^%#*#... "
movedsouth wrote on Jun 24, 2009 11:18 AM:
"Myth: “About 46 mn Americans lack access to health insurance.”
There is a difference between health care and health insurance, as Fox Business anchor Brian Sullivan points out after researching reports on health care from the Congressional Budget Office, Blue Cross-Blue Shield and Georgetown University.
Everyone has access to health care. They may not have health insurance, but the law mandates everyone who shows up at emergency rooms must be treated, insurance or not, he reports.
About 14 mn of the uninsured were eligible for Medicaid and SCHIP 2003, a BlueCross-BlueShield Association study based on 2003 data estimated. These people would be signed up for government insurance if they ever made it to the emergency room, Sullivan says.
A whopping 70% of uninsured children are eligible for Medicaid, SCHIP, or both programs, a 2008 study by the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute shows.
Census figures also show that 18.3 mn of the uninsured were under 34 who may simply not think about the need for insurance, Sullivan reports.
And of those 46 mn without insurance, an estimated 10 mn or so are non-U.S. citizens who may not be eligible, according to statistics from the Census Bureau), Sullivan reports." "
nature lover wrote on Jun 24, 2009 10:07 AM:
Discuss... "
Unknown... wrote on Jun 24, 2009 9:42 AM:
cm wrote on Jun 24, 2009 8:24 AM:
due to that SS is giving them a monthly check for the child and ALL their household children 4 total even though 3 are not ADD..these amounts are 650.00 per child!!!
she is livid to the fact that WHY would all children of the house recieve a check when others like her can't or so many seniors barely getting what they need a month just to survive???
she cannot get SS because she does not have enough credits,
she cannot get enough credits because she has severe heart issues and cannot work....
the system is in dire need of change!! "
FS II wrote on Jun 23, 2009 11:12 PM:
daviddelker wrote on Jun 23, 2009 10:43 PM:
cm wrote on Jun 23, 2009 7:35 PM:
cm wrote on Jun 23, 2009 7:32 PM:
I used to always watch Johnny Carson.
I hardly ever watched Leno, and I am not a fan Conan at all. "