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CURRENT COMMENT (OR IS IT A RANT?)
FOR OUR READERS
We have
always had an
EDITOR'S
page with an explanation of how
and why this site was begun. But
now, in addition, we will produce
a special
EDITOR'S "DAILY" COMMENT.
On that page you may find timely
information on anything from a
threat to Social Security or
Medicare, to how our editor is
feeling today, or how the weather
is developing around our
headquarters, or why we support a
critical upcoming vote in
Congress.
We hope you
will make the page a part of your
daily online activity. We will
change the comment every 2 to 3
days. There will be important
links to information on your
health, Medicare, Social Security,
money, and much more. A special
email address will be provided for
your important feedback. And we
encourage your feedback. Plug in
and become an empowered Senior!
YOU HAVE THE POWER - - IF YOU USE
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DID YOU KNOW?
Comment of the
Day: If
someone walks
into a gun
store, or a gun
show, and wants
to purchase 20
firearms, who
could believe
that these are
for a good
purpose?
(Fact:
400 Seniors are
killed by a gun
EVERY month.)
Social Security
and Medicare are
big issues, and
not everyone is
telling the
truth about
them. March 08,
2013|Michael
Hiltzik. Social
Security foes
are lying when
they say a
significant
portion of
benefits goes to
multimillionaires.
(read
entire article,
click:
biggest lies)
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May, 2013 - The
right-wing
Heritage
Foundation has
called on
Congress to PASS
NOTHING, but
rather
JUST INVESTIGATE
EVERYTHING. At a
time when
America faces so
many needs and
challenges, this
borders on
treason.
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Pope:
'If Banks Fail
It is A Tragedy,
If
People Die Of
Hunger It's
Nothing'
www.huffingtonpost.com
- Posted by SA May
19, 2013
VATICAN CITY,
May 18 (Reuters)
- Pope Francis
shared personal
moments with
200,000 people
on
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May 22, 2013 -
Lois
Lerner,
at the center of
the IRS
investigation,
has headed the
IRS
exempt-organizations
office since
2006. It
oversees the
familiar kinds
of nonprofits —
universities,
hospitals,
charities — as
well as the
murkier world of
“social welfare”
groups that also
dabble in
politics.
She was
appointed to
this position by
George W. Bush.

OUR
SENIOR
PROGRAMS
ARE AT
SERIOUS
RISK
Robert
Fassbach,
editor,
SeniorArk.com
June 18,
2013
Our senior
programs
dodged the
fiscal
cliff in
January.
But other
budget
fights are
racing at
us in the
next 30
days, and
the
Republicans
say over
and over
that they
want
"ENTITLEMENTS"
cut.
Believe
them.
Listen
carefully
to what
they say
on TV.
They mean
it. Will
we allow
them to
blackmail
the
Democrats
into
taking
this
action. I
think not!
As an
example of
Republican
intentions:
Debt
Ceiling
Showdown:
GOP
Pledges To
Extract
Cuts From
Obama
"Sen.
Pat Toomey
(R-Pa.)
said on
MSNBC's
"Morning
Joe" this
week, "We
Republicans
need to be
willing to
tolerate a
temporary,
partial
government
shutdown"
in order
to achieve
spending
cuts and
entitlement
reforms."
SO WHAT
CAN I DO?
Elected
officials
pay
attention
to your
opinion. I
mean - -
they
really do.
The
Senior
group,
AARP, is
jumping up
and down
trying to
get the
attention
of
Congress
on this
issue. But
Congress
already
expects to
hear from
them.
Congress
doesn't
necessarily
expect to
hear from
hundreds
of
thousands
of Seniors
like you.
Tonight
you can
change
that. Tell
the
President,
your two
Senators,
and your
Member of
Congress
that you
want
Social
Security,
Medicare,
and
Medicaid
protected.
You can
call or
email
them.
Don't use
post
office
mail,
because by
the time
it is
checked
for
hazards,
these
issues may
be
decided.
Here's how
you do it:
PRESIDENT
OBAMA:
EMAIL:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments OR
PHONE:
202-456-1111
SENATORS:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
For email
and phone.
CONGRESSMAN:
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
To get
email and
phone.
I HAVE
EMAILED
THE
PRESIDENT,
MY
SENATORS,
AND
REPRESENTATIVE
MANY TIMES
IN THE
LAST TWO
WEEKS -
BECAUSE I
KNOW THEY
LISTEN!
PLEASE DO
IT!
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Robert
Fassbach,
editor
SeniorArk
- April 17
in the
U.S.
Senate we
witnessed
PROFILES
IN
COWARDICE,
as 46
Senators
turned
their
backs on
90% of
America,
and bowed
in fear
before the
National
Rifle
Association.
By a vote
of 54 to
46, the
Senate
refused to
pass
expanded
background
checks for
the
purchase
of
firearms.
Most
Senators
voted for
the
background
checks,
but 60
votes were
needed to
pass it.
What a
bunch of
WUSSIES.
Is it any
wonder
that
Congress
is
respected
below the
lowest of
the low in
this
country?
This means
that
criminals,
terrorists,
and the
severely
mentally
ill, can
continue
to walk
into a gun
show or go
online to
purchase
immense
firepower
with NO
QUESTIONS
ASKED. It
means that
a buyer
can go to
a gun show
or online,
and
purchase
multiple
weapons,
drive into
a high
crime
area, and
sell
them
out of a
trunk or a
van to
anyone
with the
cash. It
means that
the
wild-west
mentality
that has
killed
over
10,440
Americans
AFTER
NEWTOWN
(December
14, 2012)
will only
intensify.
87
Americans
die at the
end of a
gun EVERY
DAY, about
15 of them
senior
citizens.
EVERY DAY
we have
acts of
TERRORISM
with 87
victims in AMERICA.
Daily, the
NRA tries
to scare
the hell
out of
Americans
so we
will rush
out and
buy the
biggest,
most
expensive,
most
killing
gun
possible.
And don't
forget the
2,000
bullets
you may
need in
case there
is an
intruder.
PROFITS
TRUMP LIFE. The
terroristic
organization
responsible
for
thousands
of these
deaths
every year
in America
is the
NRA, and
the chief
terrorist
is Wayne
LaPierre.
They must
be
stopped,
and
SeniorArk.com
encourages
you to
continue
to contact
your
Representatives
and
Senators
to express
your
outrage at
their
actions,
or should
we say - -
their
inaction.
We believe
that the
outrageous
cowardice
that we
witnessed
in the
Senate
today will
rally a
huge
outpouring
of support
for the
tightening
of gun
laws.
Please be
a part of
it. We
will.
In the
white
space
below, we
have
published
the names,
the roster
of shame,
the 46
cowards
whose jobs
were more
important
than
America.
SENATORS:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
For email
and phone.
CONGRESSMAN:
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
To get
email and
phone.
LIST
OF THE
COWARDLY
SENATORS
WHO TURNED
THEIR
BACKS ON
90% OF THE
AMERICAN
PPEOPLE,
AND VOTED
EITHER TO
SAVE THEIR
PITIFUL
JOBS,
AND/OR IN
FEAR OF
THE NRA.
THEIR
NAMES ARE
FOLLOWED
BY THEIR
TWITTER
HANDLES.
TWEET THEM
EVERY DAY
AND TELL
THEM YOU
ARE
ASHAMED OF
THEM. THIS
IS NOT THE
TIME TO
LET UP.
"GEAR UP"
INSTEAD. THEN
VOTE THEM
OUT IN
THEIR NEXT
ELECTION.
SENIORARK
TWEETED
EVERY ONE
OF THEM
(TOOK 6
MINUTES)
WITH THIS
MESSAGE:
"You
have blood
on your
hands.
Your
shameful
vote on
background
checks is
aiding and
abetting
murderers
and
terrorists."
I typed
the
message
once, then
copied and
pasted it
into the
other
Senators'
space. You
need to
have a
twitter
account,
sign in,
then click
on each
blue tag
after the
Senator's
name
below. We
will tweet
them with
a message
tomorrow,
and
tomorrow,
and... We
will also
tweet the
Senators
who voted
yes, and
thank
them. If
you are
confused,
email
talkbacktobob@aol.com.
(Update:
I'm
tweeting a
message
daily.
Please
join me.
As of June
17
I'm
still
sending
"challenging"
daily
tweets to
every one
of these
Senators.
ARE YOU
STILL WITH
ME? See
what I'm
tweeting
at :
@R_F_F)
PLEASE
JOIN ME.
CAUSE A
CHANGE.
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* YOU CAN HELP TO ROOT OUT
MEDICARE FRAUD
Medicare recipients asked to
fight fraud
The Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services estimates
that Medicare, the health
care program for seniors,
and Medicaid could be losing
as much as $70 billion to
criminal fraud, waste and
abuse each year. That amount
is unacceptable for Harold
...
Seniors can be of great help
in saving money for our
health system by reporting
FRAUD.
WHAT IS MEDICARE FRAUD?
Fraud occurs when someone
intentionally falsifies
information or deceives
Medicare. Abuse occurs when
doctors or suppliers don’t
follow good medical
practices, resulting in
unnecessary costs to
Medicare, improper payment,
or services that aren’t
medically necessary. A
complaint about the quality
of care you got from a
doctor, hospital, or other
provider or facility is not
considered fraud or abuse.
If you have a complaint
about your quality of care,
please
click here.
Examples of possible
Medicare fraud are:
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A healthcare provider
bills Medicare for
services you never got.
-
A supplier bills Medicare
for equipment you never
got.
-
Someone uses another
person’s Medicare card to
get medical care or
equipment.
-
Someone bills Medicare for
home medical equipment
after it has been
returned.
-
A company offers a
Medicare drug plan that
hasn’t been approved by
Medicare.
-
A company uses false
information to mislead you
into joining a Medicare
plan.
Read complete Medicare
article on
Preventing Medicare Fraud
and Abuse
*******
Seniors, always remember, if
you are EVER in need of
ANYTHING,
email:
seniorark@aol.com
We may
not be able to help, but we
WILL TRY.
And we
WILL answer your email.
Email
us--we want to be
bothered.
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June 17, 2013 - Chilly body
language is evident, as
President Barack Obama meets
with Russian President
Vladimir Putin during the
G-8 Summit at Lough Erne in
Enniskillen, Northern
Ireland, on June 17, 2013.

June 14, 2013 - Lightning
strikes the Willis Tower,
formerly Sears Tower, in
downtown Chicago on June 12,
2013. A massive storm system
with heavy rain, high winds,
hail and possible tornadoes
moved into Illinois and much
of the central part of the
Midwest on Wednesday.

June 11, 2013 - A group of
Munduruku Indians carrying
bows and arrows occupied the
headquarters of Brazil's
Indian affairs bureau on
Monday. The Indians from the
Amazon Basin are
demonstrating against
violations of indigenous
rights and calling for the
suspension of the huge Belo
Monte hydroelectric project,
on the Xingu, Teles Pires
and Tapajos rivers, which is
aimed at feeding Brazil's
fast-growing demand for
electricity.
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TODAY'S IMPORTANT NUMBERS
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January 2001 the
national debt was $5,728,195,796,181
January 2009 the national debt was $10,656,877,048,913
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* 40% - Americans throw away 40% of food every year, worth
$165 Billion. Could feed at least 75,000,000 humans.
* 3 - Most abundant elements in known universe: hydrogen,
helium, oxygen. (BBC News, Science and Environment)
* 3,000 -
Approximate number of people killed by
terrorists on 9/11/2001
* 380,000 - Approximate number of Americans killed BY
GUNS, BY EACH OTHER, AT HOME, since 9/11/2001.
* 37 Days - Time it takes for 3,000 Americans to be killed by
guns.
* 1 - There is only one way to say RE-COG-NIZE. Reconize
does not exist.
* 1 - There is only one way to say NU-CLE-AR. Nucular does
not exist.
* #1 offender -
Wal-Mart is #1 with employees
receiving state-funded health care
in every state that released the data.
* 70% - Of all products sold at Wal-Mart are imported from
China, the largest Communist country in the world.
* 17.4 million. American homes that have difficulty putting
food on the table every day.
* 46 million - Americans living in poverty.
* 40 - American billionaires who have agreed to donate half
their fortunes to charity
* 85% - Seniors who already receive Social Security benefits
electronically (no paper check)
* 25 million $$ - Amount Sarah Palin has "cashed in on" since
her 15 minutes of fame. So much for so little.
* 10,000 - Number of boomers who begin collecting Social
Security every day
* All
but 4 - Number of Republican Representatives who voted to end
Medicare with a voucher instead in 2011.
* 0 - Number of Democrats who
voted to end Medicare with a voucher instead.
* 3,000,000 - Soft drink vending machines in the U.S. One for
every 100 people.
* 237 - Miles the average European walks per year
* 87 - Miles the average American walks per year
* 87 - Number of Americans who die from a gun EVERY DAY.
* 27% - Gift cards never redeemed in the
U.S.. Over $8 Billion worth of gift cards were never used from
2006.
* $700 - $1000 per MONTH. Amount
Medicare Advantage insurers are paid by Medicare for your
care.
* $772,000,000 - Amount AARP was
paid by health insurance companies in 2008. Beware their
opinions on this subject.
* $15,000-plus - Average 2011 cost
for an employer-based family health insurance policy
* 2.1 - USA spends $2.1 trillion/year on
health care. Double per person spent in any other country.
* 45 million - # of Americans on
government-run health insurance - It's called Medicare! It
works...very well!
* 47 - years Medicare has served the needs
of America's Seniors - July 30, 2012 > 47th birthday
* 43rd - U.S. life expectancy - 42 nations
are higher. We wonder why this is so.
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ARE
YOU FALLING INTO THE DOUGHNUT HOLE?
**15 ways to survive a fall
into that dreaded abyss**
June 17, 2013
Yes, Part "D" is a bizarre system, crafted
by a slight-of-hand Congress, mostly written by
the drug and insurance companies. Yes
it can be overwhelming to the Senior who needs more than a
minimal amount of medication each year. But do not despair.
There are specific things you can do
today to survive this convoluted program, and the doughnut
hole at its center.
Read Complete Article
Also, what you do today can slow, or prevent, a fall
into the doughnut (donut) hole. See:
Surviving Medicare Part "D".
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MANY ELIGIBLE LOW-INCOME SENIORS NOT
APPLYING FOR PART D SUBSIDY
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the
Congressional Budget Office have estimated, respectively, that
about 2.6 million to over 4 million individuals who may
qualify for the Medicare prescription drug low-income subsidy
are not receiving it. Various barriers, such as reluctance to
disclose personal financial information or lack of knowledge
of the subsidy, may prevent potentially eligible Medicare
beneficiaries from applying for the subsidy. To view the
highlights of the report, go to:
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08812thigh.pdf.
To see if you qualify, or to apply, go to:
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/prescriptionhelp/
Also
see:
Latest Health News ,
Latest Medicare News ,
Latest Social Security News |
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Updated:
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Inflation Defined:
"Inflation
is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you
used to get for five dollars when you had hair." ~Sam
Ewing

SeniorArk editor's daughter's dogs.
They both seem content, don't you think?

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