Why isn't AARP doing more to protect the elderly from losing their benefits under Medicare? Why aren't they even attempting to protect their own constituency?
When Obama doesn't answer the question about what do you do when an elderly patient needs a hip replacement because he or she is going to die any way, where is AARP?
Where is AARP when the President talks about taking away hundreds of billions of dollars of benefits from Medicare recipients and cutting doctor's fees?
Where is AARP? Why do we bother paying fees to an organization that is sitting on the sidelines when it comes to protecting the elderly and saying nothing.
The millions of us on Medicare should remember who is taking away our benefits the next time we vote.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Mr. President, Please Don’t Take My Medicare Insurance Away
Just because I’m a Senior Citizen doesn’t mean you should write me off in favor of a younger generation who never worked for the benefits you are trying to transfer from me to them.
If I need a hip operation, please don’t deny me because I’m old and going to die anyway.
If I need a knee replacement, please don’t tell me with the time I have left I can limp around or use a cane or a wheel chair.
Who are you and your Congressmen henchmen to decide when I do or don’t need an MRI that might detect a problem that could save my life?
What happened to us all getting insurance that is as good as the health insurance that members of congress have?
Why are you trying to take our benefits away?
Why are you trying to make it unprofitable for our doctors to give us the care we need?
Why are you doing this to us?
Do you think we’re disposable?
Do you think we won’t notice what you’re doing?
Do you think we don’t care?
Do you think we don’t vote?
If I need a hip operation, please don’t deny me because I’m old and going to die anyway.
If I need a knee replacement, please don’t tell me with the time I have left I can limp around or use a cane or a wheel chair.
Who are you and your Congressmen henchmen to decide when I do or don’t need an MRI that might detect a problem that could save my life?
What happened to us all getting insurance that is as good as the health insurance that members of congress have?
Why are you trying to take our benefits away?
Why are you trying to make it unprofitable for our doctors to give us the care we need?
Why are you doing this to us?
Do you think we’re disposable?
Do you think we won’t notice what you’re doing?
Do you think we don’t care?
Do you think we don’t vote?
Friday, June 12, 2009
Is Medicare At Risk From National Health Care?
The money to fund a new National Healthcare System is going to have to come from someplace. The cost is estimated in some circles at over 1.3 trillion dollars over ten years. Some estimate the cost as much more. Most Government entitlement programs have a history of costing more than projected.
The Obama administration plans to partially offset this cost by saving 117 billion dollars over ten years on Medicare expenses. This will result in a decrease in the services covered by Medicare as doctors and hospitals leave a system that no longer pays them adequately.
A decision has evidently been made that the elderly are going to die anyway so why bother giving them the quality of healthcare that could prolong their lives. Don’t you think your life is worth saving/?
What are the elderly going to do to protect their medical insurance benefits? Will they protest these proposed changes? Will they contact their Senators and Congressmen to evidence their dissatisfaction and back it up at the ballot box in the 2010 interim elections? Will AARP finally come off their neutral stand and back up their members? Will Seniors organize to protect their benefits and access to their doctors?
Then there is the Administration’s current position that they will force doctors who accept Medicare to accept a new proposed Government backed insurance carrier. This will only result in driving more doctors out of the system that accepts Medicare. There is already a movement by a number of doctors to stop accepting Medicare recipients because of poor payment conditions. And as part of the Administrations program to take benefits from Seniors, they are going to try and eliminate the private insurance companies that offer additional benefits to us over our basic Medicare plan. Who is going to make up the difference to us – Medicare?
Has the Democratic Party written off the elderly voter? Do they think they can get away with taking away our benefits to pay for the uninsured? Is this the kind of new National health Care system that you want? Do you want your hard earned health care benefits redistributed to others? Wake up Seniors. It’s time to take a stand and protect your interests. It’s time to find your voice and tell the powers that be that you are not going to take losing your benefits without them losing your vote.
Who gives the current Administration the right to say you don’t need a particular medical treatment because you are going to die any way?
To view this and other articles on the new middle aged generation please go to http://newmiddleagedgroup.blogspot.com
The Obama administration plans to partially offset this cost by saving 117 billion dollars over ten years on Medicare expenses. This will result in a decrease in the services covered by Medicare as doctors and hospitals leave a system that no longer pays them adequately.
A decision has evidently been made that the elderly are going to die anyway so why bother giving them the quality of healthcare that could prolong their lives. Don’t you think your life is worth saving/?
What are the elderly going to do to protect their medical insurance benefits? Will they protest these proposed changes? Will they contact their Senators and Congressmen to evidence their dissatisfaction and back it up at the ballot box in the 2010 interim elections? Will AARP finally come off their neutral stand and back up their members? Will Seniors organize to protect their benefits and access to their doctors?
Then there is the Administration’s current position that they will force doctors who accept Medicare to accept a new proposed Government backed insurance carrier. This will only result in driving more doctors out of the system that accepts Medicare. There is already a movement by a number of doctors to stop accepting Medicare recipients because of poor payment conditions. And as part of the Administrations program to take benefits from Seniors, they are going to try and eliminate the private insurance companies that offer additional benefits to us over our basic Medicare plan. Who is going to make up the difference to us – Medicare?
Has the Democratic Party written off the elderly voter? Do they think they can get away with taking away our benefits to pay for the uninsured? Is this the kind of new National health Care system that you want? Do you want your hard earned health care benefits redistributed to others? Wake up Seniors. It’s time to take a stand and protect your interests. It’s time to find your voice and tell the powers that be that you are not going to take losing your benefits without them losing your vote.
Who gives the current Administration the right to say you don’t need a particular medical treatment because you are going to die any way?
To view this and other articles on the new middle aged generation please go to http://newmiddleagedgroup.blogspot.com
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Depression Aging
This economy can age you prematurely if you let it. Stop listening to the doom sayers and get out there and do something.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
The Futures Market On Christmas & New Years
Please feel free to use this article as long as credit is given to the resource box.
© Copyright, Arthur Levine 2008
Words: 372
Keywords: Christmas, New Years, Future, Happiness, Faith, Miracles
All three major indexes are up the sky’s the limit on the coming Holidays. They are very bullish on the coming of Christmas and New Years.
Smart investors full of faith and hope are convinced that the Holidays are coming once again this year bringing with them people of good cheer and an abundant faith in the future.
So what if the economy is in rocky shape we have survived recessions before.
So what if people are a little depressed over the loss of jobs, things are definitely going to get better, aren’t they?
So what if we can’t spend as much money on presents as the year before, that is not what the Holiday is all about, is it?
It’s getting to be that time of year when we should take a few moments out of our busy lives to count our blessings. You are blessed, aren’t you? You must if you and your family are still around to read this.
Let’s no waste time worrying about what could have been. Let’s spend our time planning on what we are going to do differently in the future.
Let’s spend our time promising to polish up our faith.
Let’s spend our time being thankful for the blessings that we do have.
Now is the season of unlimited potential. Isn’t it wonderful that so much good can come of us developing the promise that each one of us possesses to do good deeds and care about each other.
Now is the season to throw off the inhibitions that have kept us from being all that we can be.
Now is the time to make the most of our talents and knowledge.
Now is the time for all of us to use our imaginations to create a vision of how we want our lives to be and then make the effort to see that our dreams come true.
We can do it. We can make the Holidays the happiest time we have ever had. We can come together in the spirit of the Holiday and make miracles happen.
Are you ready to have some fun?
May your dreams come true.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
*****
Please join us on this Holiday season at http://johnnyoops.blogspot.com. We can have a lot of fun. Johnny is still recovering from Thanksgiving.
© Copyright, Arthur Levine 2008
Words: 372
Keywords: Christmas, New Years, Future, Happiness, Faith, Miracles
All three major indexes are up the sky’s the limit on the coming Holidays. They are very bullish on the coming of Christmas and New Years.
Smart investors full of faith and hope are convinced that the Holidays are coming once again this year bringing with them people of good cheer and an abundant faith in the future.
So what if the economy is in rocky shape we have survived recessions before.
So what if people are a little depressed over the loss of jobs, things are definitely going to get better, aren’t they?
So what if we can’t spend as much money on presents as the year before, that is not what the Holiday is all about, is it?
It’s getting to be that time of year when we should take a few moments out of our busy lives to count our blessings. You are blessed, aren’t you? You must if you and your family are still around to read this.
Let’s no waste time worrying about what could have been. Let’s spend our time planning on what we are going to do differently in the future.
Let’s spend our time promising to polish up our faith.
Let’s spend our time being thankful for the blessings that we do have.
Now is the season of unlimited potential. Isn’t it wonderful that so much good can come of us developing the promise that each one of us possesses to do good deeds and care about each other.
Now is the season to throw off the inhibitions that have kept us from being all that we can be.
Now is the time to make the most of our talents and knowledge.
Now is the time for all of us to use our imaginations to create a vision of how we want our lives to be and then make the effort to see that our dreams come true.
We can do it. We can make the Holidays the happiest time we have ever had. We can come together in the spirit of the Holiday and make miracles happen.
Are you ready to have some fun?
May your dreams come true.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
*****
Please join us on this Holiday season at http://johnnyoops.blogspot.com. We can have a lot of fun. Johnny is still recovering from Thanksgiving.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
A Non Human Response Computer Program
We all know the frustration of dealing with a computerized response to a customer service question when the telephone program won’t allow you to speak to a real live person and the canned response doesn’t answer your question or solve your problem by referring you to option 1 or 2 or 4, but now we have to deal with the vileness of virtual email responses.
That’s right folks, some computer programming genius convinced that he has all the answers is now responding to our plaintive pleas for help via email with a programmed response. Don’t think I am telling you the truth – try asking for a manager in an email reply when your question isn’t answered or your problem solved.
These geniuses are convinced they can give us canned answers that are no responsive to our questions and that we will have no choice, but to accept them.
Example:
If I can be of assistance to you in the future, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
But they didn’t answer my question or solve my problem. I will spare you the details. All they did was give me excuses as to why they couldn’t help me and then end by offering to help me in the future. I will not be pacified by such nonsense. I want real answers from a real person; someone who can think on his feet without referring to a data bank for the wrong answer once he thinks he has profiled me. We can’t be stereotyped so easily, can we?
What does some computer program really know about me, or you for that matter: our passions, our wants, our desire to overcome the obstacles that constrain us.
I ended my reply email by asking to speak to a manager before I print this article. If you are reading this now I have not spoken to or heard from a manager by email or any other means of communication known to man such as by mail or telephone, but then what would some virtually vile software program know about a response from me that they could not possibly have anticipated or stored in their knowledge bank.
They don’t have human managers, only programs.
My question to you my friends is are we going to sacrifice out individuality to the machinations of some computer program designed to save the institution money and drive us crazy in frustration, and if not what are we going to do about it?
Would only real people please respond to my question?
Hi, this is Arthur Levine asking that if you share my frustration with programmed responses that you answer my question at the comment section of: http://answerthequestion123.blogspot.com.
That’s right folks, some computer programming genius convinced that he has all the answers is now responding to our plaintive pleas for help via email with a programmed response. Don’t think I am telling you the truth – try asking for a manager in an email reply when your question isn’t answered or your problem solved.
These geniuses are convinced they can give us canned answers that are no responsive to our questions and that we will have no choice, but to accept them.
Example:
If I can be of assistance to you in the future, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
But they didn’t answer my question or solve my problem. I will spare you the details. All they did was give me excuses as to why they couldn’t help me and then end by offering to help me in the future. I will not be pacified by such nonsense. I want real answers from a real person; someone who can think on his feet without referring to a data bank for the wrong answer once he thinks he has profiled me. We can’t be stereotyped so easily, can we?
What does some computer program really know about me, or you for that matter: our passions, our wants, our desire to overcome the obstacles that constrain us.
I ended my reply email by asking to speak to a manager before I print this article. If you are reading this now I have not spoken to or heard from a manager by email or any other means of communication known to man such as by mail or telephone, but then what would some virtually vile software program know about a response from me that they could not possibly have anticipated or stored in their knowledge bank.
They don’t have human managers, only programs.
My question to you my friends is are we going to sacrifice out individuality to the machinations of some computer program designed to save the institution money and drive us crazy in frustration, and if not what are we going to do about it?
Would only real people please respond to my question?
Hi, this is Arthur Levine asking that if you share my frustration with programmed responses that you answer my question at the comment section of: http://answerthequestion123.blogspot.com.
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