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Posted by RodZ on February 17, 2010 · 5 Comments
Is the government really responsible for our healthcare or for purchasing our insurance? Are we where we are in life because of the decisions we make? I made a decision many years ago to have a career that provided me with certain benefits that I could carry forward in my life, including a very good [...]
Filed under Bloviate · Tagged with America, education, financial trouble, Government, government programs, government responsibility, healthcare, helping hand, insurance plan, Medicaid, medicare, medicare medicaid, Personal responsibility, reform, retirement plan, social security, unemployment insurance, welfare, welfare system
Posted by RodZ on January 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Well, the vacations over, I took some time off for my son’s wedding and now its time to look at the new direction the liberals in Congress and the President are taking after trying to figure out the message of the voters. They still aren’t listening to us and as usual they are trying to [...]
Filed under A Political View · Tagged with Beck, Bush, business individuals, capital gains tax, Deficit Reduction, democrats, fraud waste, health care, Health care reform, health care system, insurance reform, Maddow, medicare, medicare fraud, medicare system, Olbermann, President, reform, Rush, Schultz, tax reductions
Posted by RodZ on January 5, 2010 · 2 Comments
Fox News reported that the Mayo Clinic in Arizona is no longer taking Medicare patients because they are only recovering about 55% of their costs. I see this as a trend that is not likely to end anytime soon. The Congress thinks it can fix health care but has never done anything to fix Medicare. [...]
Filed under A Political View · Tagged with Arizona, Congress, current system, Fox news, Government, health care, health care industry, health care providers, insurance companies, insurance plan, Mayo clinic, medicare, medicare patients, nancy pelosi, no doubt, private insurance
Posted by RodZ on December 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
I am confused, it strikes me that the original plan was to get more affordable health care for all of us. The original plan was to insure the uninsured. The original plan was to reform the system and prevent folks from abuses by the health care system and insurance companies. Is that how you remember [...]
Filed under A Political View · Tagged with affordable health care, Harry Reed, health care providers, Health care reform, Health care reform bill, health care system, medicare, medicare tax, Senate debates, senate democrats, stealth mode, true reform
Posted by RodZ on October 26, 2009 · 5 Comments
I watched the Keith Olbermann show, Countdown, for several nights in a row and listened to his moving plea for healthcare reform. In this hour long program Keith spoke passionately of his father’s brush with death and how he was thankful that he was able to get one of the top five surgeons in the world [...]
Filed under A Political View · Tagged with blog, conservative, countdown, fathers, healthcare, healthcare reform, impassioned plea, insurance companies, keith oblermann, Keith Olbermann, kidney transplants, liberal, living in america, medicare, medicare coverage, medicare system, preexisting condition, simple answer, skilled surgeon
Posted by RodZ on September 25, 2009 · 2 Comments
Wow! I have been watching the house committee debate on the newest health care plan this past week. Again the liberals are bound and determined to have an all or nothing go at health care. The cuts to our seniors under the guise of reform will kill the advantage plan. The current spin is that [...]
Filed under A Political View · Tagged with Advantage plan, civil service reform act, committee debate, employees retirement system, federal employees retirement, federal employees retirement system, health care plan, health care plans, Health care reform, Max Baucus, Medicaid, medicare, salary average, seniors