Obama-Care (PPACA) and The US Congress - We The People USA2024-03-29T07:16:50Zhttps://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/forum/topics/obama-care-ppaca-and-the-us-congress?xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI like that, 2 terms for ever…tag:wethepeopleusa.ning.com,2018-03-22:2482704:Comment:2739252018-03-22T17:47:15.416ZVirginia Foulkhttps://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profile/VirginiaFoulk
<p>I like that, 2 terms for everyone in Congress, and then what about the aides. Seems some of them are troublesome, also. And they may just work themselves into Congress. Scary, I believe.</p>
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<p>Anyway, here is a situation that my daughter ran into - Don't ever have your knee replaced.</p>
<p>Several years ago, she had knee surgery. Went well, but just this year, it was completely messed up. So she had the knee completely redone. Went well, for 3 weeks; then she got an infection;…</p>
<p>I like that, 2 terms for everyone in Congress, and then what about the aides. Seems some of them are troublesome, also. And they may just work themselves into Congress. Scary, I believe.</p>
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<p>Anyway, here is a situation that my daughter ran into - Don't ever have your knee replaced.</p>
<p>Several years ago, she had knee surgery. Went well, but just this year, it was completely messed up. So she had the knee completely redone. Went well, for 3 weeks; then she got an infection; turned out it was Mersa. Painful, and desperate she needed pain meds and help. Guess what, being under Medicare/disability, the insurance wouldn't give her enough meds to counter the pain - called her a dope addict. The hospital and doctor (who was in Florida) all refused to help. Finally, we got them to respond. Because of the infection, they had to redo the entire procedure, washing out the area and replacing all the parts. That's when they discovered Mersa. So what happened? She had to stay in the hospital for several days extra, to force the insurance to pay for her treatment. Then for 6 weeks, she had to have transportation to the hospital at 6AM and 6PM for treatment. She could not drive, and it was a good 25 miles from her home. No nurse would come, because they claimed she was ambulatory, yeah, right. Finally, we raised enough hell, that they recommended she stay in the rest home operated by the hospital, and she could then get her treatments..For 2 weeks, her oldest - who is pregnant and having health issues - had to drive her in the evening, her teenage daughter, drove her in the am, before she went to work. And this went on for 2 weeks., before they finally agreed to take care of her. So we'll see what comes next - will she be getting help afterwards, or on her own again. She has 2 or 3 more weeks, but that is also up in the air, now. According to her doctor, she was to have 6 weeks, treatment, now they are saying she only has 2 more weeks, doesn't agree with our calculations and what the Dr. said.</p>
<p>And also, on Monday, she has to go to Madison, at the UW-Madison. No one is saying how she is to get there. I and the family are pushing back - they are making the appt. they should be taking care of the transportation to and back. This is getting beyond the pale.</p> The Best Health Care Solution…tag:wethepeopleusa.ning.com,2017-03-18:2482704:Comment:2653142017-03-18T16:34:32.364ZPody Hunnicutthttps://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profile/PodyHunnicutt
<p><font face="Calibri"><b>The Best Health Care Solution for Dealing With Our Sick and Elderly Politicians</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri">Simple solution is to avoid a life long career as a politician. 2 term limits set upon them as is set upon the POTUS. And as far as Health Insurance for them. They can opt for what is offered to all State employees.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri"><b>The Best Health Care Solution for Dealing With Our Sick and Elderly Politicians</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Calibri">Simple solution is to avoid a life long career as a politician. 2 term limits set upon them as is set upon the POTUS. And as far as Health Insurance for them. They can opt for what is offered to all State employees.</font></p> Thought this would get a few…tag:wethepeopleusa.ning.com,2017-03-18:2482704:Comment:2653862017-03-18T13:54:14.427ZVirginia Foulkhttps://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profile/VirginiaFoulk
<p>Thought this would get a few thoughts. </p>
<p><font face="Calibri"><b>The Best Health Care Solution for Dealing With Our Sick and Elderly Politicians</b></font> <font size="3">Written by</font> <a href="http://eaglerising.com/author/richard-mccann/">Richard McCann</a></p>
<p><strong><font size="3">A Modest Proposal: Now That We Are Talking About Revising Health Care, How About Making Provisions for Our Aged and Infirm Politicians? …</font></strong></p>
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<p>Thought this would get a few thoughts. </p>
<p><font face="Calibri"><b>The Best Health Care Solution for Dealing With Our Sick and Elderly Politicians</b></font> <font size="3">Written by</font> <a href="http://eaglerising.com/author/richard-mccann/">Richard McCann</a></p>
<p><strong><font size="3">A Modest Proposal: Now That We Are Talking About Revising Health Care, How About Making Provisions for Our Aged and Infirm Politicians? </font></strong></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">It is noteworthy that during the darkest hours of the Civil War (1861-1865), Abraham Lincoln frequently road out to spend time at the Old Soldiers’ Home, located in today’s Petworth and Park View Neighborhoods of Washington, D.C.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Mounted on a good-sized gray horse, the 16th President of the United States often traveled to this location for the purpose of finding a reprieve from the cares of the raging national conflict, as well as general relief from the burdens of the Presidency and Washington officialdom.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">In fact, Lincoln resided on the grounds in Anderson Cottage from June until November, from 1862 until 1864. It was, in effect, the summer White House, and a place where the naturally convivial Lincoln was able to relax and share yarns with the retired veterans who resided within. Its therapeutic value for Lincoln was inestimable and, no doubt provided a much needed boost to a man prone to feelings of depression and sadness.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Presently, as the nation is once again embroiled in a discussion about health care, perhaps we might pause to consider the nature of how we as a nation are making provisions for our aging and mentally taxed politicians. Let’s face it, by the time a man or woman has served ten or fifteen terms in the House, and five or more terms in the Senate, their cognitive abilities must be about on the same par as a mature cantaloupe. The prodigious mental dexterity involved in lying, deceiving, obfuscating, double-talking, double-dealing, exaggerating, misleading and yes, moralizing, takes a profound toll on the best of them. It seems only proper that those who have had lengthy political careers should have, at the end of their days, recourse to the kind of quiet and serene setting that perhaps America’s greatest President found so much solace in.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Take Nancy Pelosi for example. A victim of incurable A.I.I. Disease, (Acute Insufferable Idiocy), she is a prime candidate for a long rest in an Old Soldier’s type of home. While medical research has yet to produce an effective cure for this dread condition, doctors are almost universal in their recommending bed rest and silence within the confines of a bucolic setting, as this poses the best chance for continuation of a normal, active life.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Also quickly coming to mind is Joe Biden, and as a former Vice President, he is at the top of the waiting list for admission to the Aging and Infirm Politician’s Residence Program. While afflicted by chronic Foot-in-Mouth Syndrome for years, his condition is treatable with lots of fresh air, sunshine and comradeship. Can you imagine what a scream old Uncle Joe would be sitting in a circle of fellow former politicians telling them about how Americans turned their television sets on back in 1933 to watch Franklin D. Roosevelt be inaugurated – a pretty amazing feat considering the technology didn’t yet exist, let alone that millions of Depression Era Americans were barely scrounging out an existence, no less contemplating the purchase of a futuristic television set. Research however in Biden’s case is far advanced and “comradeship” therapy is promising, as empathetic Americans always liked Joe’s bucket of soap suds routine and antics.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Chuck Schumer’s descent into bouts of blue and being “troubled” by everything, especially when he doesn’t agree with the opposition, makes him an ideal candidate for a summer night’s marsh mellow roast under the stars.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">There are many more old politician candidates that come to mind for this revolutionary idea in care. Unfortunately, the names would take up too many pages, but suffice to say that it is an idea come of age. Americans must be reminded of the tremendous burden we place on our elected representatives. We must remember that once we elect them, they understand the absolute imperative of remaining in office as long as humanly possible, not for the benefit of those that elected them, but for their own aggrandizement. By the time they have finished careers of enhancing their own self-interest, and not the American people, we would do well to formally acknowledge their contribution and show them some love.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">The thought of all our beloved elderly political leaders sitting in wicker wheelchairs in circular fashion is appealing to the soft spot in all of our hearts. We should even require an individual mandate to the policy calling for a substantial penalty for any politician who refuses to purchase this kind of coverage. It is hard to imagine how any person in public life would not only want to support this kind of proposal, but ultimately, be a beneficiary of it.</font></p>
<p><font face="Calibri" size="3">Lastly, we can put our heads down at night knowing how wonderful is our society that rewards the few in service to the many, or rather, rewards the few who not only forget the service aspect toward the many, but just forget the many. Given that we are dealing with faculties equivalent to mature cantaloupes, we cannot be too harsh. </font></p>
<p><em><font size="3">The views expressed in this opinion article are solely those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by EagleRising.com</font></em></p>
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<p>Is It Time To Acknowledge That Obamacare Is Collapsing?<br></br> People joked for a while about how insurers were pulling out of Obamacare markets so fast we might end up with areas in which there were no insurers at all. It's no joke anymore: with Aetna's massive withdrawal yesterday from the Affordable Care Act marketplace, Pinal County, Arizona, the third most populated county in that state, currently has no insurers selling policies on the Exchange.…<br></br></p>
<p>Is It Time To Acknowledge That Obamacare Is Collapsing?<br/> People joked for a while about how insurers were pulling out of Obamacare markets so fast we might end up with areas in which there were no insurers at all. It's no joke anymore: with Aetna's massive withdrawal yesterday from the Affordable Care Act marketplace, Pinal County, Arizona, the third most populated county in that state, currently has no insurers selling policies on the Exchange.<br/> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2016/08/16/is-it-time-to-acknowledge-that-obamacare-is-collapsing/#1705f4c75a67" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2016/08/16/is-it-time-to-acknowledge-that-obamacare-is-collapsing/#1705f4c75a67</a></p> : )tag:wethepeopleusa.ning.com,2017-01-04:2482704:Comment:2621752017-01-04T16:09:01.291ZPody Hunnicutthttps://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profile/PodyHunnicutt
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<p>: )</p> Obama, Mike Pence head to Cap…tag:wethepeopleusa.ning.com,2017-01-04:2482704:Comment:2622842017-01-04T14:58:49.312Zcharles royerhttps://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profile/charlesroyer
<p>Obama, Mike Pence head to Capitol as battle to repeal Obamacare begins<br/> <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-mike-pence-head-to-capitol-as-battle-to-repeal-obamacare-begins/" target="_blank">http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-mike-pence-head-to-capitol-as-battle-to-repeal-obamacare-begins/</a></p>
<p>Obama, Mike Pence head to Capitol as battle to repeal Obamacare begins<br/> <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-mike-pence-head-to-capitol-as-battle-to-repeal-obamacare-begins/" target="_blank">http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-mike-pence-head-to-capitol-as-battle-to-repeal-obamacare-begins/</a></p> In devastating new estimates…tag:wethepeopleusa.ning.com,2016-12-17:2482704:Comment:2613242016-12-17T13:58:54.711Zcharles royerhttps://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profile/charlesroyer
<p>In devastating new estimates on the economic effects of Obamacare, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's signature health insurance law will result in a bigger reduction in working hours than previously anticipated. <br/> <a href="http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/cbo-obamacare-2-million/2014/02/04/id/550803/" target="_blank">http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/cbo-obamacare-2-million/2014/02/04/id/550803/</a></p>
<p>In devastating new estimates on the economic effects of Obamacare, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's signature health insurance law will result in a bigger reduction in working hours than previously anticipated. <br/> <a href="http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/cbo-obamacare-2-million/2014/02/04/id/550803/" target="_blank">http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/cbo-obamacare-2-million/2014/02/04/id/550803/</a></p> Well jack trump won but you'r…tag:wethepeopleusa.ning.com,2016-12-04:2482704:Comment:2608372016-12-04T23:05:38.758Zcharles royerhttps://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profile/charlesroyer
<p>Well jack trump won but you're just so sure you know the next outcome.Just like you were so sure trump couldn't get elected.You are a JACK!</p>
<p>Well jack trump won but you're just so sure you know the next outcome.Just like you were so sure trump couldn't get elected.You are a JACK!</p> that will take another two ye…tag:wethepeopleusa.ning.com,2016-12-04:2482704:Comment:2609212016-12-04T18:15:15.735Zjack ludwighttps://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/profile/jackludwig
<p>that will take another two years to try and by that time the veto override will have failed.</p>
<p>that will take another two years to try and by that time the veto override will have failed.</p>