Blogs have been talking about 10 Questions, a new opportunity for people to ask the candidates questions about the issues they care about. It is sponsored by blogs from both sides of the aisle, as well as the mainstream media and looks like it will be quite interesting and, more importantly,…
New poll out of Florida today, with AARP members (both Democrats and Republicans) saying that they are likely to change their vote on key issues like health and financial security. What's really interesting is that voters say they don't know enough about candidate positions on these issues to make…
A fresh CNN poll calls it - 61 percent of Americans want Congress to override President Bush's veto of SCHIP. We'll see what happens, as the vote is scheduled for tomorrow.
As Ray mentioned below, AP is reporting that the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is 2.3 percent for next year. While an increase is important to help people keep up on the cost of basics, this is not enough to keep up with the ever expanding cost of health care. Medicare premiums…
Iowa's Republican caucus goers want to hear from the Republican candidates on health and financial security issues. This comes from an AARP poll released today in IA that shows one of every three GOP caucus goers in IA is an AARP member or Divided We Fail volunteer.
To collect Social Security that is... Yesterday, the first Baby Boomer filed for Social Security. Behind Kathleen Casey-Kirschling are the over 80 million Americans who will retire in the next 20 plus years. Knowing this is coming, it seems like a great time to start looking at the ways to make…
It has arrived! Widely reported and discussed in the blogosphere - Congressional Republicans have said they are developing a health care plan. This is progress. With everyone agreeing that the current system is no longer working, we are finally starting to move in the right direction.
Today, the titans of industry have convened for a daylong meeting in Williamsburg, VA to chat about the issues of the day. The focus of today's event? Health care. It is definitely a sign of changing times that CEOs are talking about this as an issue. When Starbucks spends more on health care than…