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301-663-9230Go. O’Malley introduces program, which provides veterans and their families with unique opportunities to enjoy the rich natural habitats of Maryland
The program has set 35 fall fishing trips for veterans and members of the armed services.
The program has set 35 fall fishing trips for veterans and members of the armed services.
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The report also found that allowing current contributors to divert funds out of the general Social Security fund into private accounts will “exacerbate the shortfall in revenues for current and future retirees as well as for current and future recipients of disability and survivors insurance.”
Social Security played a major role raising millions of seniors out of poverty, but the big gains last year are due to a series of one-time events that won’t be repeated.
If we give tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires that cost us $700 billion that we don’t have, that money has to come from somewhere. And we’ve got to be able to provide for our veterans. I’d rather choose veterans. I’d rather choose these young people who are looking for scholarships.
This is why seniors who have questions about Medicare and the new health law should contact their State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP), usually located with the Department/Commission of Aging, for independent advice, and not slanted from the politician’s thirty second sound bite.
In addition, there will be new protections against elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation as well as free wellness visits under Medicare and incentives to providers to coordinate care – all taking effect in 2011.
President Barack Obama lobbied for another $250 when it became clear seniors would not get an increase in 2011. However, Congress took up the issue, but Senate Republicans, along with 12 Democrats and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, voted down the second bonus payment.
Here's the intro: In 2008, about 8 million Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in their states' Medicaid programs. For these dually eligible individuals, Medicaid pays for the Medicare premiums and other out-of-pocket expenses such as deductibles and coinsurance, and for Medicaid-only services such as long-term care. Dual eligibles tend to be among the sickest and poorest persons with complex health care needs. Prior studies revealed that compared with other Medicare beneficiaries, dual eligibles are more likely to be in poor health, have multiple chronic physical conditions, and have more than one mental/cognitive condition. On average, dual eligibles incur almost twice the…
Josephine Streiner, 92, is a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is also the oldest living ghoul from the 1968 horror classic "Night of the Living Dead." "It was definitely one of the highlights of my life," says Mrs. Streiner, who lives in Pittsburgh and appeared in several scenes as short-haired ghoul, or zombie, walking in a nightgown with her arms outstretched. Like many of the original zombies, now in their 70s and 80s, Mrs. Streiner never imagined that a few minutes on a grainy black-and-white film would, decades later, bring her requests for autographs and other trappings of near-celebrity. But…
