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To: goldworldnet who wrote (221110)	9/25/2007 3:09:30 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793687

Nice find, BTW. We'll have cause to come back and look at these later....

To: goldworldnet who wrote (221110)	9/25/2007 8:55:35 AM
From: lexi2004	Respond to of 793687

Goldworldnet, This is just wonderful! So very helpful when looking at the candidates. Thank you. I heard something on the news yesterday that I liked very much that Hillary Clinton said. Now this isn't an endorsement of Hillary or anything of that nature. It's just a very important matter that I hadn't heard anyone else address. What she said was this, "No more donut holes!" For the younger people on the board who don't have someone older on Medicare, this is what a donut hole is. Once you go on Medicare, you need to have a supplemental insurance to pay the portion that Medicare doesn't pay. In addition to this, you need to get a prescription card and one that was highly recommended was the one that AARPs suggests - a Medicare Rx Plan. My heart goes out to my aunt and older people that I know that are in this fix. What happens is this and this is using their BEST plan. You pay $40 a month for the card and for that you get a reduced rate on drugs. Until you and the card provider together pay up to around $2400 you are considered in the donut. After that happens you have to along with the co-pays you have paid, but not adding in what the insurer paid, have to pay around $3850 out of your pocket. That is consider IN THE DONUT HOLE. My aunt is on Nexium. If during that time she sent off for 3 months, and when you send off you get the SPECIAL price, it's over $400. If you buy it at a drug store and get a monthly supply, it's around $200. How many of our senior citizens can come up with $400+ extra a month? If they can't send off for the 3 months, then they have to pay the 30 day supply at the drug store. After you work your way out of the donut hole, then you get in another category and I think for many things you pay 5% of the cost. There is a plus here, if you only are on generic, you can get the generic through the donut whole for $6 for 3 months most of the time. I'm trying to think what she's on, but I believe Plavix, Cosar, and Nexium are three that have NO generic, so you bite the bullet on these. Anyway, my point here isn't to discuss Medicare and insurance cards for this is a political BB; however, when you have someone like Clinton speak to the AARPs and that's the group she was addressing and she says, "No more donut hole!", IMHO she's going to get votes. I'm sure my aunt will vote for her. Why? Many of these senior citizens can hardly make it and then they have to go through this for their meds?????? It's awful IMHO. I know other older people that only survive by using coupons. One lady told me she went to a place that had triple coupon day and then some other special discount and that was the only way she could get her food that she needed. All my life I've been involved politically or active in organizations to help others. If not for my own serious responsibilities I have at home, I would seriously think about fighting for these senior citizens. They need any advocates they can get with what they have to endure. Okay, off my soap box. BTW, nice BB here. Thanks for the nice interchange of ideas we've had with those of you who have responded to me. Lexi