Posts Tagged Medicare
Crazy Jim Bunning Cuts Off Workers, Docs, Seniors
Posted by Roldo Bartimole in Politicians on March 1, 2010
March 1, 2010… All you need is one crazy Republican to shut down the government these days. And they do it.
Sen. Jim Bunning is doing the job, denying the unemployed compensation in a Republican induced deep recession. And now he has caused payments to doctors for Medicare payments to be cut drastically.
Happy Days are Gone Again, sing the Republicans.
Isn’t this just what we needed to put us into a Depression.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/01/bunning-objects-to-extend_n_481144.html
It’s a Deep Depression for Many
Posted by Roldo Bartimole in Economic Development on September 25, 2009
For some of us the recession is nasty but for minorities it’s a devastating Depression.
That’s the real conclusion of a study by the Center for American Progress.
The report notes that the “severity of the recession has erased most of the modest gains that families experienced in a few areas during the past business cycle from 2002 to 2007, such as homeownership.”
“The decline in economic security during the recession is much sharper for minorities than whites,” the report said.
The report notes poverty at 9.1 percent for whites, 31.2 percent for African-Americans and 28.4 Hispanics.
Those latter figures for minorities show a Depression, not a recession.
Special efforts need to be made on a national level to address these disparities.
One obvious one: health care for those in poverty via a government sponsored program equal to Medicare.
The report in full can be accessed here: