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Medicare premium is $110 a month , my advantage (from GM) is $34 a month

I'm on medicare , I know how it works. I went to ER a bill for $3,228 Medicare paid $256 Advantage paid $177 I paid $324 Hospitals and private Drs would go berserk at that reimbursement

but I agree with Trump's 6 promises

Yeah they agree with Trump 6 promises Trump has made about health care ‘INSURANCE FOR EVERYBODY’ http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trump-obamacare-promises-236021

Late edit , 2018 and 20 elections will fix ACA one way or the other , imo

Republicans would not go there of course. After 7 years they have no clue how to fix ACA If they don't fix ACA, 2018 and 20 will

You would not be a very good bipartisan. I do respect your honesty.

Maybe if they go to Medicare for all

As long as the U.S. has a nuclear deterrent capable of M.A.D. massive defence spending is not needed. The U.S. is in too much debt to continue being the world's policeman. Time for the UN to do it's job.

If Trump and a republican Congress screw up healthcare the pendulum will swing left in 2018. Many millions of people are now receiving needed healthcare under ACA who were not before. Is this bad? Fix the problems , maybe that is too complicated for a republican Congress. I'm Independent , I really don't support either partisan party right now.

Bill's average 24.9 pts per game 2016 is very good , defense bad , TT ok bridge 10. Buffalo Bills 16 G 399 total pts 24.9 average https://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats/team-points-per-game/2016/

The Richest Man in the World Could Be Putin International Business Times pointed out on Wednesday that Putin's fortune could be as much as $200 billion https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-02-17/vladimir-putin-could-be-worlds-richest-man-with-200-billion-net-worth-report-says

Voice of America (VOA) is a United States government-funded multimedia news source and the official external broadcasting institution of the United States The VOA charter—signed into law in 1976 by President Gerald Ford—requires VOA to "serve as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of news" and "be accurate, objective and comprehensive" https://www.voanews.com/

Study: 1 in 4 U.S. Jobs At Risk of Offshoring A quarter of all U.S. jobs and half of all low-skill positions could be offshored or automated in the coming years. https://www.usnews.com/news/economy/articles/2017-07-17/study-1-in-4-us-jobs-at-risk-of-offshoring So much for reducing national debt if even less people pay taxes Study: 3 in 10 Americans Haven't Recovered From Great Recession https://www.usnews.com/news/economy/articles/2017-07-13/study-3-in-10-americans-havent-recovered-from-great-recession

Trump voters don't believe Don Jr. met Russian lawyer Less than half of recently polled Trump supporters believe Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer, despite the president's eldest son admitting he attended the controversial meeting. In spite of confirmation from Trump Jr. himself, 32 percent of respondents said the meeting didn't happen and 24 percent said they're not sure. https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/07/18/trump-voters-dont-believe-don-jr-met-russian-lawyer/23036294/

So the healthcare system in the U.S. is fubar

Very good post Happy Days , I agree

GOP is in control till at least the 2018 Congress election. That will be a very important referendum . ACA needs big changes to work , repeal without improve would be a disaster. Can Congress pass Trump's extreme promises ?

Bills announce ticket distribution information for four practices All tickets are available starting Tuesday, July 18 at 9 a.m. at the following locations. http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/Bills-announce-ticket-distribution-information-for-four-practices/610a5123-e751-40c3-b50d-c2512245820d

I just hope Peterman and Cardale can show some promise this season. Trading up is expensive

This is the real tragedy . Why doesn't the msm make this known ?

I retired from a GM plant small city. In 1978 over 10k hourly jobs, today 1.4k jobs , half pay , no pension. Coal country is even worse for job loss I do see depression

The new jobs, min wage, P/T started by Clinton and unfair trade laws , H-2B and illegal immigration keeping wages low A lot of people have given up imo 59,000 to 65,000 died from overdoses in the US in 2016 and rising Drug Deaths in America Are Rising Faster Than Ever https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/05/upshot/opioid-epidemic-drug-overdose-deaths-are-rising-faster-than-ever.html

Trump officials open border to 15,000 more foreign workers The Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced a one-time increase of 15,000 additional visas for low-wage, seasonal workers for the remainder of this fiscal year, a seeming about-face from President Trump's "Hire American" rhetoric, following heavy lobbying from the fisheries, hospitality and other industries that rely on temporary foreign workers. The increase represents a 45 percent bump from the number of H-2B visas normally issued for the second half of the fiscal year, said senior Homeland Security officials in a call with reporters Monday. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/07/17/trump-officials-order-15000-new-visas-for-low-wage-workers/

Drug manufacturers in the U.S. set their own prices, and that’s not the norm elsewhere in the world. Countries with national health programs have government entities that either negotiate drug prices or decide not to cover drugs whose prices they deem excessive. No similar negotiating happens in the U.S. http://time.com/money/4462919/prescription-drug-prices-too-high/ good article explaining drug prices