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Archive for 2010
November/December 2010 UpdateMonthly Email UpdateIn this issue:
December 30, 2010 | Read more… 60 Plus Blasts FDA DecisionRationing of Cancer Drugs Begins in EarnestAlexandria, Virginia – Jim Martin, the Chairman of the national senior advocacy group 60 Plus Association, released the following statement regarding the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to deny breast cancer patients access to the last-stage cancer drug Avastin. The FDA decision to “de-label” the drug ensures that insurance companies and Medicare will drop coverage for the drug. December 16, 2010 | Read more… Cuccinelli Cares About Liberty, Hudson A Hero For Freedom(Alexandria, VA) – 60 Plus Association Chairman Jim Martin made the following statement today regarding the 4th Circuit decision striking down the provision of Obama’s healthcare legislation that mandates that Americans carry a minimum level of healthcare coverage, the central and most controversial component of the plan. December 14, 2010 | Read more… Senior Voice – Winter 201060 Plus NewsletterIn this issue:
December 9, 2010 | Read more… A Death Tax “Compromise”?Democrats and Republicans compromise on death tax rates for two years(Alexandria, VA) – Yesterday Democrats and Republicans reached a potential agreement on various tax issues. What President Obama failed to emphasize in his speech is that he is delaying the big discussion on the death tax another two years. December 7, 2010 | Read more… Obamacare to Wipe Out 74% of Private Practice PhysiciansGovernment run healthcare to result in catastrophic crisis of care in coming years(Alexandria, VA) – Post-Obamacare America is going to have a lot fewer doctors practicing, according to a new study released by the Physicians Foundation entitled “Health Reform and the Decline of Physician Private Practice.” According to the survey of 2,400 physicians, 74% of doctors said they plan to retire, quit, or work part time as a result of the on-going medical reforms pushed by the Obama Administration and Democrats in Congress. December 7, 2010 | Read more… Deficit Commission Making Social Security Solvent? Again? Seniors Should Run These ‘Embezzlers’ Out Of TownReaction to Deficit Commission report by 60 Plus Association Chairman Jim MartinSocial Security is not a debt creator. Commission Co-Chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles should look in the mirror as should certain other Commission members, specifically Senators Hugh Gregg (R-NH) and Kent Conrad (D-ND). They’ll see honest-to-God debt creators, themselves! December 7, 2010 | Read more… |
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