Health Care Reform and the "Doughnut Hole"
| By belboi - Nov 9th, 2009 at 3:31 pm EST |
October 27, 2009
Dear Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow:
Far be it from me to say or do anything to defend Sarah Palin, however her claims to the Obama Administration in creating “death panels” is far from wrong.
The “death panels” were created by a Republican Congress and Senate under the Bush Administration with their creation of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit(?).
As a diabetic, it is important for me to take my insulin regularly to keep my blood sugar readings as normal as I can. The Part D Prescription Drug Benefit works very well for the first half of the year. However, come August and September, I deplete my benefit and enter what they call, “the Donut Hole” where we pay full price until we reach the third tier of catastrophic coverage.
My insulin alone during this “donut hole” is $358.00, which I cannot afford to pay. I rely on my Doctor to have insulin samples on hand to help me out until January of the next year. More than half the time, my Doctor does not have any samples probably because there of a lot of people in my predicament.
This has taken a mighty toll on my body in that I am losing my eyesight, my kidneys are overworked and I run the risk of kidney failure. I have diabetic neuropathy in both my lower legs and numb areas in my feet which make it feel as though I am walking on gravel. I stand a good chance of having an amputation or two in the near future. The sad thing about this is that I am 49-years of age.
That Republican Congress and Senate under that Republican Bush Administration have already signed my death certificate. They are the true death panel that Sarah Palin wants to blame on President Obama.
I know there are probably several “hundred” thousand retired and disabled individuals in this dilemma. The average Social Security Benefit is more than $100.00 LESS THAN my own personal benefit which means if I can’t afford my insulin or prescription during the “donut hole” period, there are MANY more that can’t get theirs either.
Thank you Republicans. And you wonder why your party is in such a mess.
Respectfully,
Brian Lund
Colorado Springs, CO
Cc: President Barack Obama, White House
Senator Harry Reid, Washington DC
Representative Nancy Pelosi, Washington DC
Colorado Springs Gazette
Colorado Springs Independent
Dear Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow:
Far be it from me to say or do anything to defend Sarah Palin, however her claims to the Obama Administration in creating “death panels” is far from wrong.
The “death panels” were created by a Republican Congress and Senate under the Bush Administration with their creation of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit(?).
As a diabetic, it is important for me to take my insulin regularly to keep my blood sugar readings as normal as I can. The Part D Prescription Drug Benefit works very well for the first half of the year. However, come August and September, I deplete my benefit and enter what they call, “the Donut Hole” where we pay full price until we reach the third tier of catastrophic coverage.
My insulin alone during this “donut hole” is $358.00, which I cannot afford to pay. I rely on my Doctor to have insulin samples on hand to help me out until January of the next year. More than half the time, my Doctor does not have any samples probably because there of a lot of people in my predicament.
This has taken a mighty toll on my body in that I am losing my eyesight, my kidneys are overworked and I run the risk of kidney failure. I have diabetic neuropathy in both my lower legs and numb areas in my feet which make it feel as though I am walking on gravel. I stand a good chance of having an amputation or two in the near future. The sad thing about this is that I am 49-years of age.
That Republican Congress and Senate under that Republican Bush Administration have already signed my death certificate. They are the true death panel that Sarah Palin wants to blame on President Obama.
I know there are probably several “hundred” thousand retired and disabled individuals in this dilemma. The average Social Security Benefit is more than $100.00 LESS THAN my own personal benefit which means if I can’t afford my insulin or prescription during the “donut hole” period, there are MANY more that can’t get theirs either.
Thank you Republicans. And you wonder why your party is in such a mess.
Respectfully,
Brian Lund
Colorado Springs, CO
Cc: President Barack Obama, White House
Senator Harry Reid, Washington DC
Representative Nancy Pelosi, Washington DC
Colorado Springs Gazette
Colorado Springs Independent
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