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To: simplicity who wrote (505390)	8/30/2012 6:11:53 PM
From: MakeMyDay	Respond to of 794257

Well said.

To: simplicity who wrote (505390)	8/30/2012 9:36:57 PM
From: skinowski	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794257

An ailing economy is repairable. The process may require some temporary quality of life sacrifices, but the reward will be worth the sacrifice. The loss of freedom, the loss of national identity, and the refusal to face a deadly enemy threatens irreversible destruction Perfectly said. Exactly true.

To: simplicity who wrote (505390)	8/31/2012 1:46:47 AM
From: SmoothSail	1 Recommendation Respond to of 794257

Great article.

To: simplicity who wrote (505390)	8/31/2012 3:13:15 AM
From: KLP	2 Recommendations Respond to of 794257

Wonderful article.....I think Romney knows the other problems you mentioned, but first has to tackle the economy and JOBS at first.....I'm pretty sure he will have other task forces working on all the other items that have been neglected, or deleted, etc..... I KNOW for sure that repealing Obamacare if it is possible at all is another First and Top Priority....One of my close relatives is a Sr Nurse and has related some of the issues they have already.... The relatively small private hospital where she is currently working was fined by the Government for Admitting patients some bureaucrat in DC decided shouldn't have been admitted as a patient, but rather should have stayed on the 2.5 day Observational Admit and then sent home.....She really does think that some patients lives are at risk, but is tired of tangling with the Admistration......the fine was $12 Million dollars, BTW for the year....And THAT is just one of the things......It is particularly disheartening when one realizes that one doesn't have to be 65 for the "medicare rules" to apply.....The Hospitals all are run for all the patients on the Medicare rules..... Beware....If Romney should lose, we KNOW Obama won't change his signature mess.......We must work to help Romney win....plus we need Repub Senators AND House members for a majority of both....

To: simplicity who wrote (505390)	8/31/2012 12:03:15 PM
From: KLP	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794257

We need to know as Americans some/all of the changes and regulations that are underway already that will change our health care situation in so many ways. The real and actual things that will affect our own medical situations as well as those for people we love and care about. Have you ever thought of maybe working with other gifted writers and researchers to provide information for the US citizens on what we need to know, and what, if anything, we can do about it? For instance.....When we all started working and paying for Medicare back in the 1965 era, we knew that supposedly the Part A was "Free" (we would pay for it out of our pay checks for the next decades until we retired so of course it wasn’t Free) and we would have to additionally pay for the Part B (Doctors, labs and other work) when we actually retired......Well, in those years, if you had to be hospitalized for whatever reason, you were admitted if you were ill or needed surgery. Not admitted on an "observational admit...." And you weren't discharged until you could semi-cope on your own. So we were in the hospital for a few days longer than we are now....In 1965, retiring seemed a long time away, and most of us thought that we would have our choice of insurance.... Not true now. There are few if any, insurance companies that will write for those past 65, UNLESS they are still working. And now, instead of being able to cope on our own before being discharged, we are sent home in 3, max 4 days after a hip replacement, or sent to a nursing facility with less care, and unless you have a good supplement, not much help with the cost. And even then, you might not be admitted to that secondary nursing facility, so are left to seek help from family and friends who are NOT nurses, nor trained in providing shots, IV's etc.... People really don't know what they are in for until it happens to them.....and honestly, we need some accurate reporting about real life situations and how to cope with the events we are faced with. Re your thoughts of: At the same time, there are three glaring crises facing this country which, if not soon addressed, and if not soon brought into the forefront of the national consciousness, will not be reversed, and may prove fatal to the American experiment itself. Those three crises are embodied in (1) our dramatic loss of personal liberty, (2) the erosion of our national sovereignty, and (3) the threat of radical Islam to our very survival as a people TOTALLY agree! But what we need to know, both for ourselves and for others we know .....is WHAT can each person do about each of these important threats.....I honestly believe we would have more support and more knowledgeable citizenry if we knew what big and little things we could do to help. Most women and men that can are working more than an 8 hour day, plus taking care of their families....both children and their aging parents (see the above comments....) SO to work together as a untied team, maybe some check lists of items could help....concrete ideas that people could tack up by their desks at home, or their telephones, or computers.....