When I retired, Medicare became my primary health insurance, fully covered by American taxpayers (and federal debt-holders), while Anthem/Blue Cross became my secondary health insurance, fully covered by the University of California. I will never have to spend a nickel of my Social Security benefits or inflation-adjusted defined retirement income on my health insurance. But [...]
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) released his proposed 2013 budget yesterday and before the ink was dry, the left was attacking buy viagra online it like vultures on a carcass. Ryan was being portrayed as the bogeyman of seniors’ concerns about Medicare. As part of his effort to control an out-of-control bureaucracy, his plan includes: Increasing [...]
According to the latest ADP jobs survey for June, the private sector's contribution to the job market is smaller than expected. (See the WSJ article, “Private Sector Adds Few Jobs,”) Yep, looking at the bare-bones private sector, minus Census jobs (which do quite well of padding the employment numbers), the results are somewhat troubling. Large and medium-sized [...]
For those of you who have not had the opportunity to pick up a copy of the 2,074-page ObamaCare law (H.R. 3590) for some light reading, the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) has published a short, two-page analysis on the new long-term care entitlement program discussed in the law (see “The New Long-Term Care Entitlement“).
A few weeks ago, my 73-year-old mother received a letter from her internist announcing his retirement from the medical profession. Being that the man is 78 years old, this comes as no suprise. However, he had originally planned on working a few more years until he realized that Medicare reimbursements were not enough for him to stay [...]
Beginning in 2013, the recently passed health care reform bill will impose new Medicare taxes on unearned income for single filers with adjusted gross incomes of $200,000 a year or more and joint filers with AGIs of $250,000 a year or more. The new 3.8 percent will apply to any rent, royalties, dividends or capital [...]
As if the Democrats' proposed health care bill is not enough to send a person to the urgent care clinic, there is a lesser-known move that has garnered attention among those concerned about the growing entitlement burden: the House voted this week to approve a package which would eliminate the “Medicare trigger.”