On Kids and fundraisers: What are the limits?
Posted on November 23 at 9:14 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I make cash donations. I'm not going to send my kids around pushing overpriced junk onto all the neighbors and I don't want to buy that stuff either. They can still go to the party if they make a donation. I also take issue with the Chucky Cheese and Culver's ice cream cone visiting the schools to push junk food onto the kids. My kids need permission to watch the President speak about education, but not to have some costume push them to go to a restaurant and eat fast food???? What is wrong with this picture????
On Report: Nuclear power won’t solve global warming
Posted on November 21 at 8:40 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
It's supposed to be 62 tomorrow, guess that means global warming is true! (according to some of you)
On Stupak Amendment is an insult to women
Posted on November 17 at 6:34 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
So people who lose their very wanted baby to a fatal birth defect should a) be forced to carry a dying child to full-term or b)be forced to pay for the procedure to deliver the baby early so they can heal and try again? Sounds compassionate to me! NOT!
On Family still looking for missing man
Posted on November 15 at 8:22 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
He probably didn't have any insurance so they kicked him out. :(
Posted on November 12 at 3:59 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
It's a whole lot easier to do when they are under a year. Took 1 nap to get over it at 10 months. Took a week for the one I took it away at 13 months. Of course, it is a convenience for the parents to quiet them and I think some parents are as addicted to them as the kids. I did miss it one EARLY morning a week after I took it away from my baby and he wanted nothing to do with it...he was awake and so was I!
On Former Baraboo basketball star hurt in bar fight
Posted on November 10 at 7:47 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
They got the message and changed the title!
On As benefits shrink, premiums are growing on many health insurance plans
Posted on November 9 at 12:47 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
There is plenty of blame to go around as to why health care costs are so high.
1) Insurance companies (high CEO pay, complex rules that require an entire staff at the doctor's office just to figure out and comply with, advertising and other non-health related expenses, etc.)
2) Hospitals (high CEO pay, trying to compete by having the newest, most expensive technology, constant remodeling/updating to look good)
3) Patients (not taking care of their own health, not utilizing health care in the most effective ways--like overusing the ER or going to the doctor for every little virus or ache, frivolous lawsuits).
4) Doctors (defensive medicine--testing too much to protect themselves from lawsuits, ordering unnecessary care for monetary benefits, not recommending generics, or not knowing the cost differences between different options, being too cocky to admit when they don't know what they are doing)
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These are just a few examples for each player in the healthcare game. It is indeed a very complex issue and change needs to happen at all levels.
On As benefits shrink, premiums are growing on many health insurance plans
Posted on November 8 at 9:44 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Zoom, some people don't understand health care reform, they are just against it because Beck or Rush or somebody TOLD them to be against it.
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Reality is, if we do nothing, we will all be going broke just trying to buy insurance, let alone trying to pay the medical bills that our insurance won't cover! Our premiums on private insurance went up 700% in 7 years! In those same 7 years, our deductible went up significantly too. That is above average, but it happened. Employers cannot absorb the huge increases any longer (as this article points out) and must pass the costs on to their employees. And self-employed people are lucky to find coverage that is even close to affordable, especially if they have any pre-existing conditions.
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The current healthcare reform bill is a start. I hope they also incorporate some of the ideas from the Republicans for cost containment and tort reform. This is an issue everyone should be concerned about, it affects every single American.
On Madison man charged with assaulting disabled woman
Posted on November 8 at 9:26 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
1. The criminal in this story is most likely in jail where he cannot hurt another disabled person.
2. The criminal in this story most likely does not read this comment section.
3. Therefore, commenting about him can do no good.
1. MarkTwain stated that he currently works with disabled people and could hurt them with his lack of compassion and his insults.
2. MarkTwain obviously reads this comment section.
3. Therefore, writing about his rude comment could cause him to reconsider his attitude towards the disabled and could do some good. (Doubtful, but possible,at least more possible than impacting the criminal from the story!)
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On Kids and fundraisers: What are the limits?
Posted on November 23 at 11:01 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Another parent and I voiced concerns at a PTA meeting about the fundraising and the characters, especially for the younger grades. I went the next month, and found that topic of discussion was omitted from the minutes of the meeting. Nothing changed that I am aware of as the characters were back this year.