With the growing debt in this country, the lack of federal stimulus dollars and the political arguing, comes the reduction in state funded Medicaid for those that need it most. States like Hawaii are limiting hospital stays to as few as ten days in a calendar year. Basically that means that after ten days you're out on the street whether you are well enough or not, or you pay out of pocket. As it is now, to get Medicaid assistance I would have to pay around 75% out of pocket from my monthly disability payment in order for Medicaid to kick in.
Senator Sherrod Brown, (D) Ohio, announced a 3.6% cost of living adjustment, (cola), for those on Social Security. It has been a number of years since the last cola and while it's great to finally get one, it doesn't amount to much when it comes to assisting an already impoverished class of Americans.
If I take my disability stipend and multiply it by the 3.6% increase it amounts to less than $61 per month. Barely enough to fill a gas tank once a month, or pay for one night out (if your single) and certainly less than one more day in the hospital. While Obama-Care is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, it would at least assure an elderly person the opportunity to receive the necessary care needed for those afflictions that come with age.
Politicians, especially those in the Republican party, spend so much time defeating the proposals from the Democrats they fail to come up with a plan of their own that doesn't involve protecting the rich. When will the politicians realize the people of this country are tired of their posturing and gamesmanship?
I know I have said in the past we need to restructure the political system in this country, but it's time. It is time to stop protecting the rich, the lobbyists and start working for the people who elected them.
Senator Sherrod Brown, (D) Ohio, announced a 3.6% cost of living adjustment, (cola), for those on Social Security. It has been a number of years since the last cola and while it's great to finally get one, it doesn't amount to much when it comes to assisting an already impoverished class of Americans.
If I take my disability stipend and multiply it by the 3.6% increase it amounts to less than $61 per month. Barely enough to fill a gas tank once a month, or pay for one night out (if your single) and certainly less than one more day in the hospital. While Obama-Care is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, it would at least assure an elderly person the opportunity to receive the necessary care needed for those afflictions that come with age.
Politicians, especially those in the Republican party, spend so much time defeating the proposals from the Democrats they fail to come up with a plan of their own that doesn't involve protecting the rich. When will the politicians realize the people of this country are tired of their posturing and gamesmanship?
I know I have said in the past we need to restructure the political system in this country, but it's time. It is time to stop protecting the rich, the lobbyists and start working for the people who elected them.
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