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| Health Centers - Support Health Care - Insured and Uninsured |
Health Centers and Health Coverage Expansion
Speakers talked about the findings from the Commonwealth Fund study on the state of community health centers.
MPA LLC-HPA is an Action project in "preparedness” for Milwaukeeans through All Hands on Deck, WE CAN Initiative (2010-2020). It bolsters the advancement of Urban Population health care and cost containment. It promotes stewardship and leadership from beneficiaries and all health care providers. It hosts, tract, analyze and report on public policies through public events.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Alliance Health Care Forums - Health Care - Affordable Health Care Update
C-Span -- Veterans' Transition to Civilian Life
Washington, DC | C-Span video for up-to-date information about our Veterans Health transition.
Take a listen.
Take a listen.
Welcome Back! MPA LLC Text4Baby Awareness
MPA LLC is a partner of Text4Baby and ask that we block-by-block share with mothers how "texting" with Text4Baby they can receive invaluable information about how to care for and what NEW INFORMATION is available for great care of her baby.
We recommend that caregivers for babies take the time and sign-up for "texting".
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Text4Baby - Tuesday, April 29, 2014
USA | This 20th anniversary of National Infant Immunization Week (NIWW) - April 26-May 3, 2014 - brings together partners and advocates to
highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable
diseases. It’s also a time to celebrate the achievements of immunization
programs in promoting healthy children, families and communities.
Text4baby promotes infant immunization year-round with
immunization reminders and information for pregnant women and new moms. This
past fall, Text4baby also sent a special series of interactive, educational
messages about the importance of the flu shot for pregnant women, moms and
infants over six months. These text messages connected moms to resources for
low-cost flu shots, and more than 16,000 coupons for a free flu shot were sent
to participants who live near a Rite Aid store.
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"Those who endorse and administer immunizations will once again promote the ever living stuffing out of them sharing only one side even though another side exists," by Cathy Jameson. Read Jameson view.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Affordable Health Care Log in - w/Joe of Tampa
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March 31, 2014 was the deadline for signing for year 2014.
We are sharing information for thought.
CLICK for the human interest story, Channel 10 News with Joe Pugh in Tampa, FL.
Text-4-Baby PSAs - w/Grammy Star Brandy
April 1, 2014
City Center Milwaukee | Tuesday Text4Baby Newsletter reminds Milwaukeeans about the PSA Campaign announced last month by Text4Baby. Below is one of the announcements.
City Center Milwaukee | Tuesday Text4Baby Newsletter reminds Milwaukeeans about the PSA Campaign announced last month by Text4Baby. Below is one of the announcements.
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC annoucement of its Due Diligence Statement
DUE DILIGENCE STATEMENT
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC
is a public policy and channel development business based in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin and near Lake Michigan. It is
a think tank that rigorously pursues public policy relative to economic
development and quality of life at the census tract and neighborhood level of
Milwaukee. It works with LIKE-MINDS to carry out All
Hands on Deck, WE CAN Infrastructural Initiative, data collecting, strategic
planning, use of land, use of resources, reporting to revenue sources,
reporting to conveyors of huge government funding, conducting research for
preparedness and calling attention to best practices and accountability for the
eradication of barriers denigning African American, other People of Color and
Work Challenged from the pursuit of happiness governed by the U.S.
Constitution.
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MPA LLC has adopted the model of the Global Development Alliance to help identify risks, threats, weaknesses, at its census tract, neighborhood level and EB-5 international engagements for economic development in the city of Milwaukee. It is to look at specific enhancement of co-locations, co-designing, co-managing, and co-funding and rewards earmarked and shared with African American, other People of Color and Work Challenged.
To identify breaches of rules and regulations that is unlawful and criminal.
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Some specifics of LIKE-MINDS are:
* A
self-imposed and PEOPLE-CENTERED think tank for resolution of issues and creating innovative opportunity for re-defining,
re-branding and UN-trapping census tract and neighborhood hidden talent and
vetted businesses.
* Building
blocks of a MUST-HAVE open and
inclusive-concept that honor entrepreneurship, fellowship, ownership,
citizenship, scholarship, apprenticeship, partnership, and stewardship.
* Recognize and
provide solutions for 7-deadly wrongs – cronyism, forked-tongue, bait-n-
switch, exploitation, discrimination, fraud and CONFLICT of INTEREST.
* Shun DISRESPECT, fragmentation, misrepresentations, monopoly-oligopoly-proxy control in Milwaukee, bait-n-switch, Willie Lynching and Jim Crowing.
* Expose the truth while clearing the air of cronyism, forked-tongues, exploitation and discrimination.
* Shun DISRESPECT, fragmentation, misrepresentations, monopoly-oligopoly-proxy control in Milwaukee, bait-n-switch, Willie Lynching and Jim Crowing.
* Expose the truth while clearing the air of cronyism, forked-tongues, exploitation and discrimination.
* Seek the good
and Oath of office a representative, in spite of cover-ups and SWAY by
wrongdoing.
* Expose FRAUD in individual and group representatives that receive government funding.
* Expose FRAUD in individual and group representatives that receive government funding.
* Creating Feng-shui and Yin-Yang approach for expanded growth.
* See what is and get it done – clerk, scribe-writer and producer.
* DEMAND
immunities and protection of the U.S. Constitution.
* Not waiting for permission but will set the Mission.
* Get to ACTION not rhetoric and SCAM.
* Post organizations and ratings.
* Call for
Mission to match efforts.
* Have a
Call-for-Success.
* Respect self and others.
* Tell it
like it is.
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District-to-District Evaluation of vendors, organizations, businesses and government agencies, March 17 - March 31, 2014
Monday, March 10, 2014
NEW Research - Blood Test to predict Alzheimer's Disease or memory loss
New blood test for detecting Alzheimer's disease and pre-memory loss show lower level of lipids is a causal factor.
What is Lipid?
Any of a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents (such as vitamins A, D, E, and K). They include many natural oils, waxes, and steroids.
The pros and cons are at the level of the End-user. It is whether the customer wants to know. Until and unless there is a cure soon, the question becomes why would you want to know for some. Also, the blood test will not be available for a period in the near future. How near? Not known.
Some wound say it allows planning options. Some would say it opens the door wider to knowledge about the growing disease and allows research for a cure. Additionally, the test was done on older patients. The question become, when did the low lipids start? Is it genetic? Is it environment? Is it racial? Is it centered in one gender over another?
Therefore, additional tests and research is needed. This includes younger subjects - even babies.
What is Lipid?
Any of a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents (such as vitamins A, D, E, and K). They include many natural oils, waxes, and steroids.
The pros and cons are at the level of the End-user. It is whether the customer wants to know. Until and unless there is a cure soon, the question becomes why would you want to know for some. Also, the blood test will not be available for a period in the near future. How near? Not known.
Some wound say it allows planning options. Some would say it opens the door wider to knowledge about the growing disease and allows research for a cure. Additionally, the test was done on older patients. The question become, when did the low lipids start? Is it genetic? Is it environment? Is it racial? Is it centered in one gender over another?
Therefore, additional tests and research is needed. This includes younger subjects - even babies.
Monday, February 24, 2014
REPEAL STAND YOUR GROUND LAW - Violates 14th Amendment - NOW IS THE TIME
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| NOW IS THE TIME - REPEAL STAND YOUR GROUND - HARM'S WAY |
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
NOW IS THE TIME for a Repeal of the Stand Your Ground laws in Florida and across the United States of America. Stop the Harm’s Way and lack of equal protection under the law.
NOW IS THE TIME for a Repeal of the Stand Your Ground laws in Florida and across the United States of America. Stop the Harm’s Way and lack of equal protection under the law.
Respect-4-Respect Petition is an effort to speak out about the Stand your Ground law specific Harm’s Way effect on African American. WE know it is African Americans, African American teenagers NOW; but, this law will claim other citizenry as time goes by with the same trigger-happy rule-of-thumb. Stand your Ground legally promotes lawlessness, discrimination, stalking, profiling, myths, criminalizing, privilege-to-kill and growing threat of by-design murder.
The two recent trials in the state of Florida, in-the-court cases, for the death of two African American teenagers, Trayvon Martin, 17 years and Jordan Davis, 17 years proves that the law Stand your Ground is extremely bias and racial in its intent and implementation. It said the teens were automatically guilty even though they were not the perpetrators. It has sent a message of one-side law and privilege of the Caucasian race dictates rights (human-civil-legal) and one can shoot-and-kill without reprisal.
The two recent trials in the state of Florida, in-the-court cases, for the death of two African American teenagers, Trayvon Martin, 17 years and Jordan Davis, 17 years proves that the law Stand your Ground is extremely bias and racial in its intent and implementation. It said the teens were automatically guilty even though they were not the perpetrators. It has sent a message of one-side law and privilege of the Caucasian race dictates rights (human-civil-legal) and one can shoot-and-kill without reprisal.
WE CAN AND MUST DO BETTER THAN THIS.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY - A National Treasure
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| Booker T. Washington House on Campus |
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| Booker T. Washington, his wife, staff & wealthy donors |
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| L-R: Booker Taliaferro Washington, son, E Davidson Washington and son, Booker T. Washington Jr. CLICK photos - Enlarge |
February 20, 2014
TUSKEGEE, AL | Tuskegee University is a Private, Historically Black University located in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA; established by Booker T. Washington. The campus has been designated as the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, a National Historic Landmark.
Tuskegee University's campus is the only school in the United States to hold this distinction.
Tuskegee University is home to over 3,100 students from the U.S. & 30 foreign countries. Tuskegee University is ranked among the 2014 Best 378 Colleges & Universities by the Princeton Review & 5th among the 2014 U.S. News & World Report Best HBCU's.
Tuskegee University is conveniently located approximately 1 hour 45 mins drive from Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world's busiest airport.
Tuskegee University is home to:
- The Tuskegee Airmen
- Scientist George Washington Carver
- Architect Robert R. Taylor.
- Distinguished Alumni
- Academy Award & Grammy winner Lionel Richie
- Olympic Gold Medalist Alice Coachman
- Congressman Alexander N. Green
- Four Star General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.
- Radio Host Tom Joyner
- National Book Award Winner Ralph Ellison
- Super Soaker Inventor Lonnie Johnson.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Dr. George Washington Carver - Scientist/Inventor
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| Dr. George Washington Carver - Inventor/Scientist Tuskegee Institute |
CLICK and LEARN.
Monday, February 17, 2014
BLACK HISTORY & AMERICAN HEART MONTH
"So many struggled so that all of us could have a voice in this great democracy and live up to the first three words of our Constitution. We the people."
February 17, 2014
USA-WORLD | February is Black History Month. It is also American Heart month. We remember and we do.
African American History - MORE
American Heart - MORE
The Immune System - Your Gut, has more significance than you might think
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WHOLE BODY RESEARCH International Research | The American Parasite is a research video that merit your time. Why? It may solve some discomforts you are having or will have if you are not wise. The advertisement provides stats in a "storytelling" format with chronological order - years, events, findings and changes.
Why? It talks about the trends, marketing and lobbying that allows fat, sweets, sweetners, addictive uses of trendy advertisement. Why? It could save you your health sanity.
Born Frees and Millennials, listen up.
RESPECT-4-RESPECT
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February 16, 2014
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin | City Center - As part of its effort to reduce discrimination, profiling, myths, criminalizing, murder and by-design Enduring Concentrated Poverty in the world, especially Milwaukee; the RESPECT-4-RESPECT campaign is launched.
African American babies, moms, dads, youth, young adults, relatives, seniors, elders make-up their immediate family. The foster parents and guardians have stepped in to fill the voids caused by the social diseases that have separated family members.
It is important to note that even though our families have a history of being "separated", still we rise recognizing the importance of mom, grandmother, dad, sister, brother, grandfather, aunt, uncle and extended family [slaves sold on Auction blocks, men and women forced to separate from family during key childhood growth to work for a Caucasian owner; our men sent away, men, children and women made to work in the fields for sharecropping (misnamed) and as domestics (whenever needed) to take care of Caucasian families while their children go lacking; to work without wages or proper wages, benefits and social security not paid; separated during Jim Crow with bombings, beatings and castration of our men and killing of African American men - placed with weights on them and put in rivers and/or hung-from-a-tree; African American women were separated from their husbands and sought for the sexual pleasure of the Caucasian owners; and young girls' virginity taken by Caucasian; separated when family members were sold separately as mother, father and child - depending on the desires of the Caucasian owner].
Today, it is the separation by double- and triple standards for selfish gains in the marketplace or targeted crimes for "misdemeanor" and "felony" crimes that disproportionate snag African American and other People of Color - Truth and Sentencing (heavy overuse and misuse). The separation by wholesale criminalizing and decade stocking of mega prisons (industrial prison complex) in small Caucasian towns and cites to boost their economy. Our men and women separated by many, many miles and family face difficulty to visit.
Then there are permanent separations caused by life sentencing (3 strikes you out drug crimes) and murders by homicides in the neighborhood vy neighbors and by police. Separation of young males and females, men and women head of household (parents) have caused family "breaks", but no matter what, we stay connected. Then, there are the false cases found false after decades of imprisonment. I wonder how many of us are sitting in "prison" falsely convicted by those who failed to give "due process" because of bigotry and racism? How many have been put to death that were innocent?
Recently, we see a new phenomenon, "Stand your ground" law that has taken the life of two young African American males under 20. They were murdered. We have gone too far. Whether it is homicides at the census tract and neighborhood level by members of the same race or police. Or, Caucasian stalking - vigilante - privileged thinking that is more and more a threat. This is not right. We must stop it cold. It has become a "sick addiction" by some.
RESPECT-4-RESPECT
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC is gearing up for ongoing response to the "open season", predatory and growing threats of the man-made diseases that prompt hate, psychopathic and sociopathic behaviors, distrust, and privilege-thinking.
MPA LLC RESPECT-4-RESPECT CAMPAIGN
The word-of-mouth campaign will allow LIKE-MINDS to join in solidarity to prevent and turn-off the lawlessness, violence, shootings, brutality, murders and economic sabotage for response to the diseases of racism, bigotry, discrimination, intolerance, exploitation, bullying and by-design Enduring Concentrated Poverty.
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC knows that we can do better, if we choose to. This is your "Call to choose to".
Respect-4-Respect is another effort of AHOD/All Hands on Deck, WE CAN to re-define, re-brand and UN-trap hidden talent and vetted businesses at the census tract and neighborhood level, especially African American and other People of Color. These are the diverse populations that traditionally are burden with disparity and remain so far from deserved economics - even though People of Color work and pursue the rights guaranteed under the law. Even though they work two or more jobs to feed their families, pay their bills, plan to send their offsprings to college and the pursuit of happiness - Even though they are upright and law abiding - They remain with an infrastructure sub-level to what they put in the coffers.
Respect-4-Respect says, Enough already!
Respect-4-Respect says, Earth is the only planet known at this time a human can habitat for generations, it is wise that we get along.
Respect-4-Respect says, put yourself in the other person's place and see how you fair.
RESPECT-4-RESPECT says no one is Exempt.
Respect-4-Respect says, document criminalizing incidents with "Storytelling" and be sure to call names and give timeframes.
Respect-4-Respect says compete for a more aware and engaging neighborhood and world of ownership, citizenship, stewardship and accountability by ALL.
Respect-4-Respect says "put-in-check" inappropriate acts and remove those who fail to respect African American and other People of Color with "quickness" - this includes incarceration of elected-appointed-hired representatives, MEDIA pressure to print the ugly truth, use the tool of "recall" more often as well as joint and/or class-suits with "7-figure plus amounts attached".
Respect-4-Respect says tell the true stories so myths are corrected, rich and vibrant cultures are known and state-of-the-art wrongdoings are front and center for those who do not care, those in denial and those who do not know.
Respect-4-Respect says if you are a Caucasian Millennial that feel you have NO responsibility to what your forefathers did to enslave or your parent generation continued wrong to African American, you will need not only to "re-think your thesis" but you will need to benchmark your future with a leadership to correct the wrongs of "false and misguided" privilege behavior in the public square - this starts with not turning a blind-eye to wrongful acts that are unjust, how you treat African American and other People of Color and the vigorous change of LAWS that perpetuate racism.
Respect-4-Respect says the African American and People of Color have a leadership, citizenship and stewardship role and responsibility that calls for honoring your history of leadership in America, promoting safety and health in your neighborhood, role-modeling, respect-for-self as well as others, dress code - acceptable public dress code, correct "in-public" language and decorum, civility, honoring your duty as a man, woman, child, bringing NO shame to your family, keeping up neighborhood beauty, passing-on and using your African and American cultures, teaching the young with "by-positive example" and using religiously voting practices to send the message of accountability.
Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.It is important to note that even though our families have a history of being "separated", still we rise recognizing the importance of mom, grandmother, dad, sister, brother, grandfather, aunt, uncle and extended family [slaves sold on Auction blocks, men and women forced to separate from family during key childhood growth to work for a Caucasian owner; our men sent away, men, children and women made to work in the fields for sharecropping (misnamed) and as domestics (whenever needed) to take care of Caucasian families while their children go lacking; to work without wages or proper wages, benefits and social security not paid; separated during Jim Crow with bombings, beatings and castration of our men and killing of African American men - placed with weights on them and put in rivers and/or hung-from-a-tree; African American women were separated from their husbands and sought for the sexual pleasure of the Caucasian owners; and young girls' virginity taken by Caucasian; separated when family members were sold separately as mother, father and child - depending on the desires of the Caucasian owner].
Today, it is the separation by double- and triple standards for selfish gains in the marketplace or targeted crimes for "misdemeanor" and "felony" crimes that disproportionate snag African American and other People of Color - Truth and Sentencing (heavy overuse and misuse). The separation by wholesale criminalizing and decade stocking of mega prisons (industrial prison complex) in small Caucasian towns and cites to boost their economy. Our men and women separated by many, many miles and family face difficulty to visit.
Then there are permanent separations caused by life sentencing (3 strikes you out drug crimes) and murders by homicides in the neighborhood vy neighbors and by police. Separation of young males and females, men and women head of household (parents) have caused family "breaks", but no matter what, we stay connected. Then, there are the false cases found false after decades of imprisonment. I wonder how many of us are sitting in "prison" falsely convicted by those who failed to give "due process" because of bigotry and racism? How many have been put to death that were innocent?
Recently, we see a new phenomenon, "Stand your ground" law that has taken the life of two young African American males under 20. They were murdered. We have gone too far. Whether it is homicides at the census tract and neighborhood level by members of the same race or police. Or, Caucasian stalking - vigilante - privileged thinking that is more and more a threat. This is not right. We must stop it cold. It has become a "sick addiction" by some.
RESPECT-4-RESPECT
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC is gearing up for ongoing response to the "open season", predatory and growing threats of the man-made diseases that prompt hate, psychopathic and sociopathic behaviors, distrust, and privilege-thinking.
MPA LLC RESPECT-4-RESPECT CAMPAIGN
The word-of-mouth campaign will allow LIKE-MINDS to join in solidarity to prevent and turn-off the lawlessness, violence, shootings, brutality, murders and economic sabotage for response to the diseases of racism, bigotry, discrimination, intolerance, exploitation, bullying and by-design Enduring Concentrated Poverty.
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC knows that we can do better, if we choose to. This is your "Call to choose to".
Respect-4-Respect is another effort of AHOD/All Hands on Deck, WE CAN to re-define, re-brand and UN-trap hidden talent and vetted businesses at the census tract and neighborhood level, especially African American and other People of Color. These are the diverse populations that traditionally are burden with disparity and remain so far from deserved economics - even though People of Color work and pursue the rights guaranteed under the law. Even though they work two or more jobs to feed their families, pay their bills, plan to send their offsprings to college and the pursuit of happiness - Even though they are upright and law abiding - They remain with an infrastructure sub-level to what they put in the coffers.
Respect-4-Respect says, Enough already!
Respect-4-Respect says, Earth is the only planet known at this time a human can habitat for generations, it is wise that we get along.
Respect-4-Respect says, put yourself in the other person's place and see how you fair.
RESPECT-4-RESPECT says no one is Exempt.
Respect-4-Respect says, document criminalizing incidents with "Storytelling" and be sure to call names and give timeframes.
Respect-4-Respect says compete for a more aware and engaging neighborhood and world of ownership, citizenship, stewardship and accountability by ALL.
Respect-4-Respect says "put-in-check" inappropriate acts and remove those who fail to respect African American and other People of Color with "quickness" - this includes incarceration of elected-appointed-hired representatives, MEDIA pressure to print the ugly truth, use the tool of "recall" more often as well as joint and/or class-suits with "7-figure plus amounts attached".
Respect-4-Respect says tell the true stories so myths are corrected, rich and vibrant cultures are known and state-of-the-art wrongdoings are front and center for those who do not care, those in denial and those who do not know.
Respect-4-Respect says if you are a Caucasian Millennial that feel you have NO responsibility to what your forefathers did to enslave or your parent generation continued wrong to African American, you will need not only to "re-think your thesis" but you will need to benchmark your future with a leadership to correct the wrongs of "false and misguided" privilege behavior in the public square - this starts with not turning a blind-eye to wrongful acts that are unjust, how you treat African American and other People of Color and the vigorous change of LAWS that perpetuate racism.
Respect-4-Respect says the African American and People of Color have a leadership, citizenship and stewardship role and responsibility that calls for honoring your history of leadership in America, promoting safety and health in your neighborhood, role-modeling, respect-for-self as well as others, dress code - acceptable public dress code, correct "in-public" language and decorum, civility, honoring your duty as a man, woman, child, bringing NO shame to your family, keeping up neighborhood beauty, passing-on and using your African and American cultures, teaching the young with "by-positive example" and using religiously voting practices to send the message of accountability.
Enforcement Tools
Truth and Sentencing of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution
MPA LLC defer to the legal and abiding words of the:
- DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- CONSTITUTION
- PREAMBLE
- ARTICLES - 7
- AMENDMENTS - 27
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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.===============================
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, . . .
PREAMBLE
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We the People of the United States,in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare,and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
CONSTITUTION
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Article I
Section 1
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
Section 2
1: The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
2: No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
3: Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.2 The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term often Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
4: When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.
5: The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Can we count on you joining us? NOW is the TIME.
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UPDATED: Monday, February 17, 2014
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UPDATED: Monday, February 17, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Health Care Talking Points – Medicare Beneficiaries & Cost
Health Care Talking Points – Medicare Beneficiaries
February 13, 2014
One of the reasons for forming a
national health insurance opportunity was to curb cost while providing needed
health care for millions of Americans that did not have insurance regardless to
a reason given; i.e., lack of income to
purchase and maintain insurance coverage, pre-disposition, adult students on
parent (s) insurance.
On October 1, 2013 the initial coverage started. On January 1, 2014, the full implementation
of the Affordable Health Care law went into effect. Today, Americans are more and more finding
their way to insurance coverage.
What does that mean?
It means we have opened the door to
opportunities and more responsibilities to working with the ups and downs that
a NEW national insurance brings to the table.
It means all/ALL must do their share to help ensure that our country
have HEALTHY PEOPLE. It says, some will
find fault and challenges while others will be gleeful and willing to take
ownership in making their health and health care a reality. If we continue the course of due diligence to
correct issues that are target-rich, over time things will increasingly get
better. Patience. Use of open-wide communication that is
correct and when it is incorrect, correct quickly and move on.
The trend lines will vary depending
on age, income, workers (full vs part-time), individual vs family and group
policies on the market. The population
at-large will go through preparedness.
This too will vary depending on access to knowledge, internet access, customer
care and assistance availability, communication of paperwork, accuracy of the
information and then correction of information, timeframe of flow of
information and of course, the Medicare budget and CMS/Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Centers care coordination and management that is theirs alone. This ranges from access to Healthcare.org to
once there is access, can the information be found easily and sign-up is as
seamless as possible. It means that the
federally-assisted networks providing connectivity for states that chose not to
provide the umbilical cord for life with Affordable Health Care law benefits
and policies.
Beneficiaries
Here are some today thoughts for
looking at some consideration for those who receive Medicare
Income is a
determinate and it is factored in health care payments. This is drastically unfair for those who have
been discriminated against and denied equal access to the benefits of
employment, education attainment and improvements that are received from
employment; i.e., benefits taken from wagers and wages while working in the
marketplace. Given the history of
discrimination and stolen benefits from African American and other People of
Color; the asset investment fund is null and void.
Turning a blind eye, engaging in
segregation, exploitation and non-reporting is a
chicken-coming-home-to-roost. It turns
out that millions are left-in-the-cold with very dismal amounts to garner
health care – especially when African Americans have a long history in working
in America and for long, long hours per day for Caucasians who by design took
funds, failed to pay correct wages as they did for their like-kind. Today, for there to be the necessary changes,
this knowledge must be exclaimed to highest rooftop and mountains of Congress.
The Code of Conduct that has
supported greed and wrongful fact that disallowed education attainment for
better/best employment, the funds were stolen from African American and other
People of Color wages (low and unequal wage to support family) and the wages
that was not placed in the labor bank for Social Security must be vocalized as
part of the solutions. Casting blame and demonizing is out-of-order.
Truthful and strategic solution
building is the prudent way to go.
This is very critical in the dialogue
of today - It cannot be swept under the rug.
Lack of INCLUSION and WIDESPREAD “un-
and under-employment” in the labor force coupled with low-no wages is still a growing
concern to African and other People of Color.
It must also be a solution concern for/of those in governing, budgeting
and policy making.
The widespread discrimination is yet
a factor for improved employment and introduction to higher paying jobs. Therefore, the coming generations of African
American and other People of Color will have similar if not worse seeking to
gain the status of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. For the coming generations, they will likely
continue and the cost will no doubt be higher.
Not only must the policies be realistic but it must also seek ongoing
opportunities that will curb and delete the disparity gap.
To set-up policies that disown the
discriminatory and predatory policies in America that now put drastic and disproportionate
rates between what Caucasian have in income (8x that of African American and
asset that include retirement and equity in homes again is night and day
difference.
Social
Security, home equity, and present income is ludicrous and inappropriate as an
asset tool that is used in determining cost sharing and other budgeting issues. Likewise, to try to demonize and penalize
folk who have worked in environments of hostility, low wages, exploitation,
lack of education attainment and sometimes brutality is insane and should be
pointed out as loudly as possible.
Since the formula for cost-sharing going
forward looks at income, equity and investment nest eggs
(mutual fund benefits, 401k, etc.), federally-assisted exchanges and all
exchanges should be out-front with communication, face-to-face dialog, encouragement
and incentives to academic health networks to ensure that the training is
across the board for adding geriatrics to rotations in academic training and
higher salaries for geriatric care as part of career selections. Given the population care that will be needed
in the decades to come, aging is one of the top ambulatory services.
Budget
and financing
• Medicare is 16% of the federal
budget and rising as a share of the budget and the economy
• Medicare faces long-term financing
challenges, with fewer workers to support retirees, and growing number of
Medicare beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
• Beneficiaries incur relatively high
out-of-pocket expenses as a share of income and household budgets (no limit on
spending, dental, or long-term care)
• Medicare’s benefit structure is
complex (traditional Medicare); unclear how well beneficiaries navigate private
marketplace, but have many choices
Other
challenges
• Improving care management and
targeting interventions to beneficiaries with the greatest needs and highest
costs
• Setting fair payments to plans and
providers (e.g. the SGR/Sustainable Growth Rate)
Most people on Medicare are of modest
means, and half lived on less than $23,500 in 2013
– A small share has high incomes
• Most people on Medicare have some
savings and home equity, but the range of assets among beneficiaries is wide
– Half of all Medicare beneficiaries
have less than $61,400 savings or less than $66,700 in home equity
• Income and assets are projected to
be somewhat greater among the next generation
– Much of the growth is projected to
be realized among the upper income and asset levels
Budget and financing excerpts:
Gretchen Jacobson and Tricia Neuman –
Kaiser Family Foundation, January 13, 2014
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