Rainy day.. feels just like a Carpenters song... the other day I found a tape I had made with songs by the Carpenters. Karen Carpenter, in my opinion, had a beautiful voice.. it was a real shame that she had to die so young.
Speaking of dying young... the Carroll County Times had an obituary today about a three year old child who just died of a brain tumor. Why would an omniscient and all caring God allow a little child like this to die before being able to experience life?
Doctor Huxtable... I can't believe that he did what is alleged... yet.. we will find out because now a judge has ruled that cases against Bill Cosby can be heard. Personally, no matter what he did, I think that his humorous sketches are hilarious.
Our day started with the electrical power being out for a couple of hours. Probably had something to do with the buckets of rain descending upon us. Thank goodness it wasn't snow again.
I attended the NARFE board meeting at the Westminster Senior Center... where lots of mentally and physically citizens were attending some kind of function in the main open area. Some of the attendees were sound asleep while facilitators were trying to talk to them. Kind of sad to see.
Later in the day, I spent a few hours at my General Practitioner's office.. I passed the examination and now I get to arrange next for a double open MRI, the filling of a hole in my teeth formed by the loss of a couple of fillings, the arrangement to get the claws called toenails clipped, and a visit to my dermatologist to see if the weird growth on my left hand is cancerous or not. Oy weh! What a curse it is to grow old!
Did you know.... You cannot tickle yourself. (try it)
Medicare
AARP came up with six ways to strengthen Medicare on its 50th anniversary. (Thank heaven for Lyndon Johnson):
1.Notify everyone by mail about Medicare options before their 65th birthday. Right now, such letters only go to those already receiving Social Security benefits.
2. Let latecomers get coverage right away. Right now, there are penalties for lateness in signing up and you can only sign up in an annual enrollment period.
3. Let Medicare negotiate bulk discounts for Part D prescriptions. Right now, negotiation is banned for Medicare, but not for Medicaid.
4. Amend the three day rule. (I'm mixed up on this... I think there has been a change.. I need to check with an expert like Francis Kane.)
5. Stop penalizing people who return from overseas retirement. Now, if you haven't signed up for Medicare, even if you live abroad, you will be penalized for lateness when you get back to the US.
6. Remove or raise annual limits on coverage for rehabilitation therapies.
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