Author: Street Kid

[From the diaries by susanhu. Another must-read by StreetKid.] AP Senate Democrats told stories Thursday of weeping older people who were unable to get their medicine as Congress opened hearings into problems with...

Here’s another one: the new $1,740 annual limit for Medicare coverage on each of two categories of “medically necessary” physical therapy at outpatient facilities not affiliated with hospitals. Translated, this...

As stated in other diaries, rationale for the shift from Medicaid to Medicare D was that those who are eligible to receive Medicare D would be able to exercise their right to “choose” the plan that would cover their...

ANALYSIS …President Bush is finding it harder and harder to rally support from within his own party for major initiatives….with Social Security restructuring and many other ideas from his speech a year ago still...

[From the diaries by susanhu. Street Kid is the go-to person who’s doing a hell of a lot of research on this atrocious, life-threatening mess of a Medicare plan. Check out her other recent diaries for more reports and...