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Social Security Scandal: How Noncitizens Are Abusing the System

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Tim Hains – Antonio Gracias, a venture capitalist involved with Elon Musk’s DOGE, said millions of illegal immigrants have been given Social Security numbers over the past four years, enabling them to sign up for Medicare and vote.

“If I hadn’t seen this myself, I’m not sure I’d have believed it. I went through it myself, mapped it, and Elon is right—this is true,” Gracias said at a GOTV event in Wisconsin on Sunday.

They claim DOGE found 20 million dead people marked as alive by Social Security and that the number of Social Security numbers issued in 2024 was nearly ten times the number issued in 2021. Continue reading →

Dirty Hospitals, Deadly Consequences

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HospitalGermsCameron Salisbury – It looked like a crime scene.

As I walked down the hospital corridor to visit an ailing friend, I was struck by the number of rooms with closed doors covered in yellow ‘caution – keep out’ tape. These were rooms housing a patient with a deadly and highly contagious hospital-acquired infection, like MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphlococcus Aureous) or C Diff (C Difficile). Both are caused by easily corrected hospital practices that endanger patients, including a lack of hand washing, contaminated instruments, and unsanitary procedures.

It was a crime scene. Continue reading →

Does Medicare Pay If You Are in a Car Accident?

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MedicareInsurance can seem complicated, and if you’re trying to figure out what is best for you, you might feel overwhelmed. It’s important to consider what will and won’t be covered by every insurance, and this is especially true when you are considering Medicare.

For many people, Medicare is the best option, but you need to examine the details ahead of time. This is because there are so many things to think about, such as whether the Mutual of Omaha Medicare Supplement plan is an option that will comfortably cover your needs or not. As there are so many options out there when it comes to Medicare, your decision shouldn’t be rushed.

Does Medicare pay if you are in a car accident?

Many services are covered by Medicare. If you find yourself in a car accident and in need of California auto accident lawyers, you can rest assured knowing you will not need to also cover any expensive medical bills. Medicare will cover your hospital bills and any needed follow-up services. Continue reading →

How Health Care Works in America, and Why It’s So Bad

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Keith Jackson, MD – We all know in our hearts that a well functioning society should reward intelligence and hard work.  This runs counter to the thinking of those who consider this concept aggressively hurtful to the stupid and lazy, but it is something we know should be true. Merit should matter.  Similarly, we know that well functioning medical care should reward good care of the sick and the intelligent pursuit of seeking even better outcomes.  Many things are working against merit-based reward in health care, however.

Capitalistic principles should help reward the best medical practitioners.  After all, in the archetypical example, if you make the best basket, I’m more likely to part with my best pelt in trade.  Merit is rewarded most reasonably with the capitalistic model.  If the doctor is known to provide the best care, he will be the most financially successful. Continue reading →

Big Pharma Made $711 Bln Overcharging Seniors And Disabled

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End The Lie April 10 2013

big pharmaThe 11 largest drug companies have made $711 billion in profits in just a decade, largely due to overcharging Medicare, which does not seek out competitive prices and uses taxpayer funds to support Big Pharma.

Since Medicare is prohibited from purchasing drugs based on their cost, its prescription drug program has been making large payouts to drug companies that have overcharged the program for years, according to an analysis by Health Care for America Now (HCAN).

“There is nothing wrong with a company making profits – that’s what their supposed to do. But the drug industry’s profits are excessive as a result of overcharging American consumers and taxpayers,” writes Ethan Rome, executive director of HCAN, for the Huffington Post. “We pay significantly more than any other country for the exact same drugs.”

Rome notes that per capita drug spending in the US is 40 percent higher than in Canada, 75 percent greater than in Japan, and nearly 300 percent greater than Denmark.

The 11 largest global prescription drug companies have skyrocketed since the Medicare Part D prescription drug program was launched in 2006. The government health program enables seniors and the disabled to buy taxpayer-subsidized coverage for many of the most widely disseminated medicines. But Medicare is prohibited from negotiating prices with pharmaceutical companies or seeking out more cost-effective drugs, thereby costing seniors, the disabled and American taxpayers billions of dollars more than some argue the drugs are worth.

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