How Not to Treat Seniors and People with Disabilities.
Bernie and two of his colleagues (Sens. Kaine and Alsobrooks) put together a list of the harms this madman and his sycophants have done in their first 100 days.
I’ll make this short, as the document speaks for itself. Down below is the Table of Contents, and you can click this link for details.
Let me just say: until Congress reinvents itself, lots of health delivery is going to get harder with these maniacs in charge of the nation’s procedures and medicines.
Everyone who doesn’t have a retiree plan from someone should be checking their plan’s description for 2026. The ANOCs (Annual Notices of Change) are supposed to be sent out this month. That means if you don’t like what they’ve designed for next year, you can use the plan finders on Medicare.gov and this NYS website to find more suitable coverage and sign up for new ones between October 15 and December 7.
Our OLR plans work differently. Senior Care people shouldn’t be expecting any ANOC from Medicare itself, maybe becaise CMS considers it too stable a program to warrant the cost of an annual change notice.
But for the supplemental coverage and other choices offered by our unions, you could check out the July versions of the OLR’s comprehensive plan manual and separate rate chart. We can change from one plan to another each November.
A final thought, on COVID vaccines.
Gov. Hochul signed an executive order allowing pharmacies to administer these to anyone who wants them for at least another month, but the details are less clear.
As one pharmacist told a reporter for the Buffalo Spectrum News 1: If the federal government isn’t giving clear guidance on the rollout, and particularly how these vaccines are going to be paid for, insurance companies are “not likely to follow suit and just cover these products.” Coverage may end up being plan-specific, so you need to make a phone call or two before assuming these will be free.
Please do some homework this fall. Help yourselves, and help others who can’t help themselves so easily.
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