11.13.2009 5:32 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Patrick Naeger’s comments regarding AARP’s support of the health care reform bill approved by the House of Representatives illustrates his misunderstanding of the savings generated by the plan. Mr. Narger’s assumes this money results from reduced benefits. I suggest that he read the…
11.03.2009 5:36 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sadly, many people in the health care debate are ignoring simple ecomonics and common sense in favor of talking points of the right wing and insurance industry coalition. The fact of the matter is that neither the current government system,…
10.28.2009 6:21 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Now that the thugs from the organized mobs against healthcare reform have left the town hall meetings and the private sector healthcare insurance companies greed for profits before people has been exposed, it’s finally time to pass a healthcare reform…
10.22.2009 5:40 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Seventy plus years ago, the Federal Government got into the pension business with the beginnings of Social Security. With the simple thought that no senior in America should be destitute, the government placed a tax on every wage earner with…
10.19.2009 4:48 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
As a retired, senior citizen, I can only hope and pray that any health care reform bill passed by Congress will affect neither my Medicare insurance benefits, nor my Medicare supplemental policy. As one living on a fixed income, who depends upon Medicare and AARP to fully…
10.01.2009 6:18 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
With regards Donovan Larson’s posed questions, “How long will Missouri voters put up with our ridiculous senators?” and “When will we and all U.S. citizens get production out of the Senate?” Many think changing representative’s or senators by voting them…
09.02.2009 6:15 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
It is obvious to me that most complaints about Medicare comes from those not yet old enough to be Patients. My experience follows:
Twenty years ago when I first enrolled in Medicare, he conducted all my annual physical testing in his…
08.26.2009 5:02 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
I am a senior citizen, receiving social security and medicare. In a recent speech, President Obama stated that the reason we needed to completely reform our health care system was because the insurance companies were raising rates and people could…