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Medicare D(isaster): Incorrect Info As Fact? | 14 comments (14 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Medicare D(isaster): Incorrect Info As Fact? (4.00 / 2)

"If enrolled after January, one's penalty will be 1 percent for each month of delay, calculated against this year's national average monthly premium of $32.20."

After January or after May 15th, Kid? It's bad enough as is, but making the penalty retroactive to the first of the year while telling people they have another couple weeks to sign up without having to pay it would be criminal.

One way or the other, this darkness has to give....

by Denim Blue on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 09:31:27 AM EST

Straight From The Article (none / 1)

Many people mistakenly have been told that if they wait until January to enroll, their penalty will be 1 percent for each month of delay, calculated
against this year's national average monthly premium of $32.20. That would have resulted in a permanent penalty of $2.25 a month on top of their drug plan premiums.

Best I can do.

(Mine was a paraphrase, sorry for any ambiguity on my part.)

"First, they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." Mahatma Gandhi

by Street Kid on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 01:28:42 PM EST
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Re: Straight From The Article (none / 1)

Ah, next January (2007). That makes sense. I was reading it as this last January and thinking that they were going to impose a penalty on people who signed up in February, March, April & the first half of May, 2006 - I don't think I'd had enough coffee yet either.

One way or the other, this darkness has to give....

by Denim Blue on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 04:44:22 PM EST
[ Parent ]

PS Am I understanding you comment correctly? (none / 1)

Just woke up and turned on the computer, haven't had coffee yet.

"First, they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." Mahatma Gandhi

by Street Kid on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 01:30:15 PM EST
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Re: PS Am I understanding you comment correctly? (none / 1)

So coffee is your lifeblood also Kid..? I can't live without coffee nor do I want to.

'Poverty is the worst form of violence'--Gandhi

by chocolate ink on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 03:59:21 PM EST
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COFFEE!!!!! (none / 1)

Lifeblood describes it perfectly. I drink about 2-3 pots a day.

Just like my dad--after he had his first heart attack, the first thing he did when he came home from the hospital was make himself a pot of Maxwell House. (Did he ever bitch when he was in the hospital and they only gave him Sanka!) Still had his hospital bracelet on too!

And, IMO, whoever invented decaf ought to be shot!

"First, they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." Mahatma Gandhi

by Street Kid on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 04:32:19 PM EST
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Re: COFFEE!!!!! (none / 1)

I'm aware of all those pros/cons on coffee as I've told all my life I should cut down on my coffee however my response has pretty much been fuck that. I take that back one time I got so tired of listening to people bitch about my coffee drinking-trying to tell me that if I quit drinking coffee ALL my health problems would disappear(yeah right)so I tried decaf for several months-pretty hideous and felt no better what so ever..so fuck that again and never looked back.

I do realize some people have a problem with caffeine-my sister is unfortunately one of them-can't drink anything but decaf(ugh..)..she can't even eat much chocolate especially later in the day due to the caffeine in chocolate-that just sucks plain and simple.

No one nor all the studies done has ever proved definitively to me that coffee is bad for you.

'Poverty is the worst form of violence'--Gandhi

by chocolate ink on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 04:52:09 PM EST
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Re: COFFEE!!!!! (none / 0)

I'm aware of all those pros/cons on coffee

Me too. When I told my doctor how much coffee I drank, he said, "As long as it doesn't make you feel jittery." (This was after telling me that it is recommended that 2-3 cups per day is what is recommended.)

I mean, I use a mug! 2-3 cups would probably fill that in one sitting.

"First, they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." Mahatma Gandhi

by Street Kid on Sun Apr 30th, 2006 at 05:34:23 PM EST
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Medicare D(isaster): Incorrect Info As Fact? | 14 comments (14 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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