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Yesterday, my paying job got done at about 5:00 pm. I started early as usual but got distracted by life, like eating breakfast, buying gasoline, going to atm to get cash and making a return trip to the homestead. Usually I do some of Thursday deliveries on Wednesday but picking up Lisvey after school kind of put a wrench into that and a late start did not help either. So the long march on the Thursday was about an hour longer than usual. The math lesson was a little bit geometry and a little bit multiplication and not much more than checking homework. I'm thankful for that. I'm also thankful for the Internet. One forgotten assignment was retrieved through a text message regarding vocabulary words for a civics class. I'm still not sure if Lisvey remembers who Joe Biden is or who the other senator from Florida is. Sometimes I even forget about Bill Nelson.
Last Sunday, the Miami Herald had a front page story about medicare fraud which totals hundreds of millions of dollars. The thieves steal money through fraudulent reimbursements and more than a few of these criminals retire to Cuba, out of the reach of law enforcement.
And the health care roll out goes on.
The one of the biggest questions in public policy continues to be wrestled with. Should public funds be spent on those with the greatest need or those most likely to benefit.
In some ways down here in Florida the lack of the expansion of the Medicaid program won't help the poor as intended, and may allow the insurance companies to continue to sell junk insurance for another year and continue to lobby for even more concessions that will delay and debilitate reform of a broken health care system that is too expensive, allows gaps in coverage and fixes that don't fix.
Last Sunday, the Miami Herald had a front page story about medicare fraud which totals hundreds of millions of dollars. The thieves steal money through fraudulent reimbursements and more than a few of these criminals retire to Cuba, out of the reach of law enforcement.
And the health care roll out goes on.
The one of the biggest questions in public policy continues to be wrestled with. Should public funds be spent on those with the greatest need or those most likely to benefit.
In some ways down here in Florida the lack of the expansion of the Medicaid program won't help the poor as intended, and may allow the insurance companies to continue to sell junk insurance for another year and continue to lobby for even more concessions that will delay and debilitate reform of a broken health care system that is too expensive, allows gaps in coverage and fixes that don't fix.
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