senior citizens

http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-charlotte/how-to-get-health-care...

Until people understand the full, true and real cost of health insurance, it is going to be very difficult to get the political will ginned up in the voting population to demand change from our elected leaders.

This might be one way to do it.

One of Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin's legislative goals in 2010 was North Carolina's recognition of and passage of the special Long-Term Care Partnership initiative, which provides an incentive for individuals to plan ahead for future long-term care and nursing home care needs while preserving and protecting one's savings and estate for the family from Medicaid spend-down requirements. To learn more, go to this link.

Earlier this month I posted the item at this link.

Now less than two days remain for open enrollment for Medicare Part D for the 2010 year.

Go to tonight's WRAL-TV coverage on the same subject at this link here, and be sure to spread the word today among your senior friends, loved ones, and caregivers of loved ones.

Courtesy of your friendly (BlueNC) neighborhood state Insurance Commissioner ... :)

Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin wants to remind the state's 1.3 million Medicare recipients that the Medicare Part D annual election period started Nov. 15, and will continue through the end of this year.

Seriously? Why is it that in order to be guaranteed health care in this country you have to be in the last third of your life? The most expensive part of your life in terms of medical and healthcare?

Most of the time I write about voting issues, but today I want to let you know about a bill meant to help our vulnerable elderly and the people who care for them.

Please ask your Representative to sign on as a co sponsor of HB 91, a bill to help the caregivers of persons suffering from dementia. I've personally been the primary caregiver for my elderly Mother since the late 90's and still am today.

HB 91 Rapp, Goforth and Fisher (Primary Sponsors) - FUNDS FOR PROJECT CAREGIVER ALTERNATIVES TO RUNNING ON EMPTY (C.A.R.E.)

1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

2 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

3 HUMAN SERVICES, DIVISION OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES, FOR PROJECT

4 C.A.R.E. WHICH PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEMENTIA AND

5 THEIR CAREGIVERS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA STUDY

6 COMMISSION ON AGING.