Day: February 6, 2012

Seniors Already Benefiting From Obama’s Health Care Reform

Post author By Ezra Grant
Post date February 6, 2012
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The nay sayers will say otherwise, but the facts are here and they’re here for all to see. The benefits of President Obama’s Health care Reform have already began to kick in, and seniors are benefiting tremendously.

Here are a few of those benefits:

Nearly 3.6 million people with Medicare saved $2.1 billion on their prescription drugs in 2011 thanks to the Affordable Care Act.
The average person with Medicare will save nearly $4,200 by 2021 because of the new law.
Medicare Advantage premiums have fallen by 7 percent on average and enrollment has risen by about 10 percent from 2011, and premiums are down by 16 percent since 2010.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius talked about these announcements during her trip to Florida, where 238,362 Florida residents with Medicare saved $141,948,339 on their prescription drugs in 2011 thanks to the health reform law, the Affordable Care Act.

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Polling Report: Special Mitt-Will-Be-the-Nominee-Edition

Post author By Robert I. Grundfest
Post date February 6, 2012
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Since I didn’t post a Polling Report for Nevada, my public wanted to know if there was a problem, or if I was indeed in good health. All is well. I’ve just been saying for a while that Mitt will be the nominee in posts both recent and past, and there aren’t too many other ways to say it. Well, I did say it in December, but that’s the last time I’m going to remind anyone. The upshot is that I will continue to write feverishly about the campaign, but not on a primary-by-primary basis. Unless Mitt gets upset. Which he won’t.

So for Nevada, I’m going to invoke the possibly unconstitutional religious-but-maybe-I-don’t-have-to-be-religious excuse. Romney won the caucus. ‘Nuff said.

As for Tuesday’s contests in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri, the tune hasn’t changed. I expect that Romney will win two out of three solidly, with a possible loss in Minnesota to Santorum, who is ahead in the latest polls. I’ll even go out on a limb and say that Romney will sweep them all. And he’ll keep on winning, but maybe not in Georgia because that’s Newt’s home state, and he – Romney – would be the Republican nominee.

Then Barack Obama will beat him like a linty rug in November.

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Tags 2012, Mitt is it, november, republican nomination, Romney

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Donald Trump Praises Donald Trump For Romney’s Win in Nevada

Post author By Ezra Grant
Post date February 6, 2012
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Mitt Romney should thank his lucky stars or better yet, he should bow down and worship at the altar that donald trump has prepared. For without the endorsement of the great donald – and yes, I intentionally spelled his name that way – Mitt would have lost in Nevada.

Appearing on his weekly television spot on the Fake News Network, donald trump gave praise to donald trump for Mitt’s win in Nevada.

“There was a lot riding on that particular race in Nevada and it was interesting, because the numbers were much, much greater than you thought,” Trump gloated. “And a lot of people are giving me credit for that. And I will accept that credit.”

Tags Nevada, vote 2012, win