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Attacking Social Security
Monday, 16 August 2010 15:00

Op-Ed Columnist

Published: August 15, 2010

Social Security turned 75 last week. It should have been a joyous occasion, a time to celebrate a program that has brought dignity and decency to the lives of older Americans.

Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

But the program is under attack, with some Democrats as well as nearly all Republicans joining the assault. Rumor has it that President Obama’s deficit commission may call for deep benefit cuts, in particular a sharp rise in the retirement age.

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Pharmacists Take Larger Role on Health Team
Monday, 16 August 2010 14:54
 

Published: August 13, 2010

Eloise Gelinas depends on a personal health coach.

Tami Chappell for The New York Times

Pharmacists Brittany Bryant, center, and her sister Stephanie, right, lead a chair aerobics class in Augusta, Ga.

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At Barney’s Pharmacy, her local drugstore in Augusta, Ga., the pharmacist outlines all her medications, teaching her what times of day to take the drugs that will help control her diabetes.

Ms. Gelinas, a retired nurse, also attends classes at the store once a month on how to manage her disease with drugs, diet and exercise. Since she started working with the Barney’s pharmacists, she boasts that her blood sugar, bad cholesterol and blood pressure have all decreased. “It’s my home away from home,” she says.

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Senate Democrats' New Small-Business Deal
Friday, 06 August 2010 18:07

By DAVID ROGERS | 8/5/10 11:39 PM EDT

George Voinovich is shown walking outside the White House. | AP Photo
Democrats are hoping that Repbulicans such as Sen. George Voinovich will join them. | AP Close

Senate Democrats set in motion a new plan Thursday night to free up their small business relief bill: guarantee votes first next month on small businesses relief from tax reporting rules in the Democrats’ own healthcare reform law.

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Covering New Ground in Health System Shift
Tuesday, 03 August 2010 09:32

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July 23, 2010 RMAC Meeting with Representative DeGette's Staff
Wednesday, 28 July 2010 09:24

RMAC Representatives

Hazel Floyd

Joe Halpern

Barbara Wilcox

 

RMAC members met with Andrea Autobee, Senior Congressional Aide to Representative DeGette in her Denver office. We reviewed the RMAC 2010 Agenda.

Catastrophic Coverage for Medicare:

We stressed that this is unfinished business that the health care reform bill did not take care of. In fact, the bill created discrimination against Medicare recipients, because those under age 65 will have catastrophic coverage when the exchanges open in 2014.

Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate Formula:

DeGette agrees that a permanent fix to the SGR formula is needed. Andrea will find out if Representative DeGette has a specific solution in mind and inform us. If she has a proposed solution, RMAC can help spread the word to our members and in our meetings with other legislators and their staffs.

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