Today is Friday, February 22, 2013 - we had 5" of snow last night. My stats today: 10 minutes of yoga, 10 minutes of lifting weights and 37 minutes of walking = 2.0 miles for a February total of 44.5 miles. My weight was 162.4 miles.
QUOTE from Robert Schuller, author and pastor: " Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly."
My THOUGHTS today have to do with our governor, Mr. Braindead, The Cedar Rapids Gazette had their own editorial this morning - I agreed with it. They urged the
Governor to expand Medicaid coverage to about 100,000 more low-
income Iowans. But Branstad is against it because he doesn't trust the federal government to keep its promises. If Iowa expands Medicaid coverage the governor believes, that someday, the feds will break on its promise to cover all, and eventually 90 per cent, of the additional cost.
The Gazette believes a more compelling problem is already here. And that's the sad fact that tens of thousands of Iowans do not have health coverage. No coverage for
illnesses, routine care, or preventive care. There are too many Iowans who are one accident or sickness away from disaster.This is a reality for many Iowans, many of whom are working.
Yes, the governor is worried about spending federal dollars to address the problem. But no matter what, somebody is going to pay for it. The costs will be passed on to the rest of us in the cost of care, our insurance rates will go up, and the hospitals will pay for it through charity care.
Governor, your resistance to this is hardly a path that leads Iowa to your goal of
making Iowa the healthiest state in the nation.
HUMOR for today: One of the hardest things about growing older, is having to listen
to a lot advice from one's own children
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