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Seniors In Dark About Health-Care Benefits
Senior Citizens In the Dark on Benefits of Health-Care Reform By karoli Wednesday Jul 28, 2010 7:00am Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to be limited to senior citizens. Over the past couple of months, the Chamber of Commerce has taken great pains to misinform small businesses about what the Affordable Care Act does for them, too. But out of nearly 700 seniors quizzed about what health-care reform meant for them, not one was able to get all of the answers right. A recent National Council on Aging poll conducted between July 9 - July 12, 2010 yielded some pretty startling statistics. |
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Posted by North East Democratic Assoc. Featured Content at 03:07 AM on 07/28/10
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Howard Dean - No More Apologies, It's Time To Stand Up For Our Convictions
For some time now, various "reporters" and on-air personalities on the Fox News Network have failed to report the full story or relevant facts, instead indulging in race baiting in order to exploit people's fears and crank up the fringe of their audience. This was exemplified by Glenn Beck's nightly assault on Van Jones earlier this year. Recently, Fox has cranked up stories about the Department of Justice's decision not to prosecute a voter intimidation case against a Black Panther group and even worse, calls for Atty. General Holder's resignation. And now, the Sherrod Debacle. Turns out Van Jones' name was added to a website without his permission, a fact the group finally admitted some time after he resigned. And maybe he said some things about the Republican Party that he shouldn't have -- but that has nothing to do with the fact that he is a brilliant environmental organizer. It also turns out that it was the Bush Administration who decided not to prosecute the case against the black panthers because as Bush's Assistant Attorney General Perez testified, "the facts did not constitute a prosecutable violation of the criminal statues, and under the Obama Administration Justice Department a judgment was won in a civil case. |
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Posted by North East Democratic Assoc. Featured Content at 05:07 AM on 07/26/10
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The Middle Class in America Is Radically Shrinking. Here Are the Stats to Prove it
Posted Jul 15, 2010 02:25pm EDT by Michael Snyder in Recession Related: ^DJI, ^GSPC, SPY, MCD, WMT, XRT, DIA From The Business Insider Editor's note: Michael Snyder is editor of theeconomiccollapseblog.com |
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Posted by North East Democratic Assoc. Featured Content at 04:07 AM on 07/26/10
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Economy Performs Better Under Democrats
Democrats. Saving American Capitalism Since 1933. |
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Posted by North East Democratic Assoc. Featured Content at 11:07 AM on 07/21/10
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Crossville Woman Denied Right To Vote
July 20, 2010 Panel denies Eldridge right to vote Action comes despite taking GOP pledge By Michael R. Moser Editor |
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Posted by North East Democratic Assoc. Featured Content at 04:07 AM on 07/21/10
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