Several months ago, my mother told me that her company CPC have the cut the budget of employee and their family's medicare because of the government cut the budget. They do not have enough money to support so many people and so many program any more. So they also cut the budget for scholarship program and the summer camp program. To my opinion, President Bush has spent too much money on th war. For more than 5 years, he can't even back now because he doesn't have any reason to explain it, or even he can't step back any more. My family have the low income, in order to get the medicare, the empolyer company need to consider each employee's working hours to eligible. Even my family could get the medicare, but we have to pay some medical sometimes because the program does not cover it any more. And those pills are espensive. What i ask is -- when could we end the war? Here is some amout of the Iraq War and the medicare:
- President Bush has already spent over $200 billion on the Iraq War.
- The ongoing costs of the Iraq occupation costs roughly $1 billion a week
- The VA hospitals and facilities should be the pride of our nation, not the dilapidated embarrassment they have come to be.
For a successful war? "By the time the Iraqi war is over and we have liberated the 27 million Iraqis didn't want our liberating force it will have cost U.S taxpayers a half a trillion dollars or about $500 billion. " For a better health-care system? "June 1, 2004 is the day that the new Medicare prescription drug cards will be effective for senior citizens. The administration of this program is a nightmare come true for seniors. Participants must first pay a $35 a month premium, then a $250 deductible and then have to pay a co-pay of $20 or so. Then when their out-of-pocket reaches about $1250 the plan stops, and doesn't kick in again until they have spent over $3000 or so. Then when their out of pocket reaches $5000, the plan will pay for almost all. " Participants have to choose a card that advertises partial coverage of some drugs, then commit to that card for months on end, even though the card providers can change their terms and coverage as often as they want, without warning. Last time when my parents made appointment with the doctor, they have to pay $25 dollars to see the docotor. My dad was wondering why. But the only answer he got is -- that's what the new rule say, without the payment, you can't see the doctor...nothing else we could do, only could pay the amount. To the people who suffer from the regular life, is that $25 a small amount to pay? It might costs their several days money for the food...
Link for the source: http://irregulartimes.com/index.phphttp://skeptically.org/parwho/id7.html
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3 comments:
what's the point of having Iraq War? If i were the President, i will spend those money for education, medicare, and economic but not for a war because that only waste money and life.....
i am strongly agree with you. But you know what, i don't think he could back to the original though because he got no reason to explain why he start the war five years ago and why he stop the war now. So the only thing he could do is contineous the war and wait for the next president to stop it...
I think it is unfortunate for senior citizens to have to pay more and more just for healthcare. It is no secret that the majority of the elderly are living on small allowances. Bush should come to his senses and see how much people are going to be sick and unable to pay for doctor appointments and medicine.
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