Who Is Looking Out For Us Old Folks?

Well, it’s started! I, and many others were notified by mail on Oct. 27 that our Medicare Advantage Plans monthly fee will be increased by 100 percent in 2010.
It really is more than 100 percent because the preferred plan will now have $10 and $15 co-payments for doctors and $200 per day for a hospital stay.
In other words, this Alabama insurance company has given itself a bailout before Washington comes up with a plan.  Who is looking out for us old folks?
Members of Congress — especially the upper house of Congress, which is the Senate — should read the Bill of Rights. Guess what? It guarantees certain rights of the citizen, you know, the American people. We older American citizens can now start to be concerned about our future. It may be too late.
If prayer is included in the decision making, it must be behind closed doors or in secret. Which is fine, as long as prayer is included, because in my opinion, our country is headed in the wrong direction without God’s guidance.
Those czars should be instructed that America does not need to be transformed. America is the greatest country in the world. They should advise their boss to stop the wasteful spending, balance the budget, and then all of them should go back to their home.
Before they leave, I would instruct them that the American people will not accept Socialism.
You see, our elected friends on the hill will never use Medicare or an Advantage plan when they retire. We elect them to office and they vote themselves benefits and salary increases.
Our great country is very much in need of “all” Americans getting involved in daily prayer for our leaders.
Jake Cannon, Dothan, AL,  Nov. 04, 2009