With the mid-terns coming up the highest priority again seems to be health care.  Though this has been the case all along the Republicans have avoided specific details and the Democrats rationalize that Medicare for everyone is what the majority of Americans want.  Here are the realities to either party’s current stance: number one the Republicans don’t have a feasible counter offer to Medicare other than the repeal of Obama Care with the caveat that there will be something better…..

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Our first Pod cast is an open letter to President Trump regarding National Health Care October 10, 2018 President Donald F. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington D.C. Regarding National Health Care Solution Mr. President, My family and I want to thank you for the progress you have made in the America First and America Great Again and America Wealthy Again campaigns.  I want to add Make America Healthy Again to your priorities and agenda.  The timing is…..

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My upcoming TED talk presentation will present the idea of shifting the paradigm from Government  run Obama Care to a universal health care program without deductibles, coinsurance, limits on coverage for any reason and removal of the employer responsibility for the so called Blue Cross Health Insurance Model.  The shift is from a Medical Model and Social Models of care to an outcome model called the Enterprise Model.  First let me define the terms. The Medical Model: physician driven diagnosis…..

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Dictionary Definition of Monopsony:  the economic condition where the buyer (State and Federal Government) control the market and dictate the minimum standards of care and payment.  In other words, the buyer sets the price without the consideration of costs and defines the services to be delivered or the provides suffer the enforcement consequences (fines, penalties, and incarceration guilty until proven innocent. Why would the VA Hospitals not contract with skilled nursing facilities that have upwards to 200,000 empty beds nationally?…..

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Announcing Jerry and Shari’s new book … “Live and Love Forever “And They Lived Happily Ever After” (12 Wedding Vows For Ever After) This phrase borrowed, from fairy tale endings, is used to suggest that everything will work out perfectly  in the future.  It’s often used after a couple has just gotten married. “It was a beautiful wedding, and I just know that Jerry and Shari married November 29, 1959 will live happily ever after from this day forward until death do them part” … however it’s not like we real people magically live happily ever after certainly not forever … it takes a lot…..

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Shari and I are celebrating our 60th year together and 58th as man and wife.   Fortunately we aren’t dealing with what I’m calling chronic aging. Chronic aging is embracing 125 million Americans with its unhealthy lifestyle habits.  Chronic diseases are the biggest threat to longevity.  It is estimated that 61 million of aging American have up to five active chronic diseases.  And they are being told by researches and medical experts that most are unavoidable and irreversible.  Why?  Because “Modern…..

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Shari and I, when answering “what’s your secret for being married 60 years, always answer Sex, Kids and Rock-N-Roll”. We have defied the conventional aging wisdom … retire at 55, 60 or 65 and start the dying process.  We, on the other hand, started a new business at the age of 70, sold it when we were 76 and started a new career … co-writing this book.  The title is our mantra signifying our love of our children, grandchildren and…..

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AGE IS AN ATTITUDE Think old and pan for mold Think young and pan for gold Age is an attitude Thinking young is no platitude As soon as you’re old enough to think And your eyes start to focus and blink Age becomes a factor Somewhat a hindrance and a detractor In those younger years The strain of growing up can be the fears As each person goes at this own gait But in many respects tis maturity that can’t…..

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Medicare isn’t an entitlement … Medicaid likewise isn’t an entitlement (to qualify you have to spend down your assets to $2,000) … we who work and have income, pay for it through social security and income taxes and this gives us individually the right to be covered after we have exhausted our resources down to $2,000.  Medicaid is typically used for medical care in a hospital or nursing home … physicians don’t usually take Medicaid patients due to low payments.  Those that do…..

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Americans believe that Medicare is going to cover their medical costs after the age of 65.  That Medicare is an entitlement program. Wrong.  First of all we Americans have paid for the Medicare premiums through withholding so it isn’t an entitlement.  Medicare will only pay under Part A if the following rules are met: Must have a qualified 3 day stay in an accredited hospital Must be medically necessary Must be certified by a licensed physician or Doctor of Osteopathy Must…..

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