The midterm elections are less than a month away and could well decide not only the future course of America but the very existence of our nation as we know it. One of the main issues raised by Democrats is healthcare. Many of their campaign ads have featured and targeted older Americans because they are
People are living longer today than they have for many centuries. It’s not uncommon for parents in the 50s and 60s to be caring for their parents who are in the 70s, 80s and 90s. In many cases, providing the necessary care and support of elderly parents falls on their senior children and many will
Have you ever shopped for a new car? You quickly learn that some models are basic, without all of the extras that are nice, but also jack the price up higher and higher. If you can afford a model with all of the extras, then great, but for many working-class Americans, they can only afford
Which is more unpleasant – going to the dentist or having to go to a hospital? Both can be painful, expensive and make it difficult to sleep or get needed rest. Most people hate having to go to a hospital and if they are like me, it’s avoided at all cost. It has to be
What are the most important problems facing America as we enter 2018? How would you answer that? Is it the possibility of nuclear war with North Korea? Bitter partisan politics in Washington DC? The Mueller investigation? Is it energy, economy or other problems? Gallup asked a number of people what the most important problem facing
In 1990, 37 million Americans – about 10 percent of the U.S. population – had no health insurance. Many of these people were low-wage workers whose jobs didn’t offer coverage. There was a groundswell of support for far-reaching changes to the health care system, sparked partly by the rising cost of coverage and care. “It appeared that
One of the things about the Affordable Care Act that never made sense to me was why it raised the age of children covered under their parent’s policy, from 21 to 26. The entire success of Obamacare working was built upon the premise that millions of young healthy adults would enroll in healthcare plans. Since
Barack Obama’s flagship legislation was the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more commonly referred to as Obamacare. The law had nothing to do with patient protection or providing affordable healthcare. Under Obamacare, many doctors, clinics and hospitals were supposed to enter patients’ medical histories into a national database, regardless if the patient knows about
Democrats and the mainstream media have been gloating over the reports of a higher than expected number of Obamacare enrollments in the opening days or open enrollment for 2018. However, even with large numbers for open enrollment, there is no certainty that many of these people will still have the same healthcare plan by the
Millions of Americans are facing a Medicare nightmare with little chance of waking up and finding it wasn’t real. Most Americans reaching the age of 65, have worked their entire lives. If you’re like me I first started working and drawing a paycheck that had federal deductions for Social Security and Medicare when I was
