Month: February 2014

House Sends PACE Expansion To Senate

The State House, Jan. 27, unanimously voted to send to the Senate a measure  to allow nearly 40,000 Pennsylvania seniors to maintain access and allow nearly 10,000 additional seniors to qualify for the PACE and PACENET prescription drug programs, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)

House Bill 777 would allow seniors who would be bumped from eligibility by Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) to stay in the PACE and PACENET programs and also would deduct Medicare Part B premiums from one’s income in order to increase eligibility for both programs.

PACE and PACENET offer life-sustaining medications to approximately 300,000 older Pennsylvanians. Current income eligibility levels for PACE are set at less than $14,500 for a single person and less than $17,700 for a couple. PACENET, which covers those individuals with incomes exceeding PACE maximums, is open to individuals earning between $14,500 and $23,500 and couples with incomes between $17,700 and $31,500. The minimum age to participate in the programs is 65, and they are funded from proceeds of the Pennsylvania Lottery.

House Sends PACE Expansion To Senate

Omnibit Trivia 2-3-14

Manfred Von Richtofen, The Red Baron, bought a little puppy he thought was going to be a "lap dog". The pup grew up to be a Great Dane. Richtofen and the dog, who he named "Moritz" became inseparable. The huge dog not only slept in the same bed but accompanied the flying ace on flights. Once the playful canine while chasing a rolling airplane ran into a propeller. Moritz escaped with minor injuries but the prop shattered and had to be replaced.February 3 2014 Omnibit Trivia by William W. Lawrence Sr.

Manfred Von Richtofen, The Red Baron, bought a little puppy he thought was going to be a “lap dog”. The pup grew up to be a Great Dane. Richtofen and the dog, who he named “Moritz” became inseparable. The huge dog not only slept in the same bed but accompanied the flying ace on flights. Once the playful canine while chasing a rolling airplane ran into a propeller. Moritz escaped with minor injuries but the prop shattered and had to be replaced.

 

33 Percent Switched Doctors

eMarketer.com reports that about 33 percent of US adults switched doctors in the last five years. It noted that word of mouth was the main way the new M.D. was found followed by an insurance provider directory. 33 Percent Switched Doctors -- eMarketer.com reports that about 33 percent of US adults switched doctors in the last five years. It noted that word of mouth was the main way the new M.D. was found followed by an insurance provider directory.

The information comes from a survey last September.

We suspect that it isn’t going to apply for 2014.

33 Percent Switched Doctors

Progressives Leave Economic Skid Marks

Progressives have ruled Venezuela since 1998 turning the once  oil-rich nation into a crime-ridden basket case.

Bridges are collapsing, power outages are chronic, as are food shortages, and despite — well,  because — of its draconian gun restrictions it has one of the highest murder rates in the world.

Perhaps, however, the biggest indication of its leftist descent into the Third World is that it has run out of T-P. That’s right, no more toilet paper, albeit we can be confident that the government-connected and their girlfriends still have access to this valuable commodity.

Hey all you Democrat voters and other assorted Obama-zombies — tell yourself that It Can’t Happen Here.

Progressives Leave Economic Skid Marks

Progressives Leave Economic Skid Marks

 

 

Lottery Winners Could Lose Back Taxes

The State House, Jan. 29,  sent a bill that would deduct back taxes from  Pennsylvania Lottery winners to the State Senate reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129).

House Bill 1489 would require the Department of Revenue to conduct a background check on any individual who wins more than $2,500 as a result of playing the Pennsylvania Lottery. That background check would reveal whether or not the winner owes any back taxes. If so, the amount of those delinquent taxes would be deducted from lottery winnings. In addition, the bill also directs the Department of Revenue to request that the Department of Public Welfare (DPW) determine if the prizewinner is currently a recipient of public assistance benefits prior to making any lottery winnings payment. If the prizewinner is found to be receiving public assistance benefits, DPW must determine if the individual remains eligible for public assistance benefits.

Current state law only requires the Department of Revenue and the Department of Public Welfare to work together to garnish lottery winnings when back child support is owed. In the event someone owes both child support and taxes, the child support would be deducted first.

Lottery Winners Could Lose Back Taxes

Delco Pats Reschedule Feb. Meeting

The Delaware County Patriots meeting featuring popular WPHT 1210 talk show host Chris Stigall, originally scheduled for tomorrow, Feb. 3, has been moved to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 at the Knights of Columbus Mater Dei Council Hall, 327 N. Newtown Street Road (Route 252), Newtown Square Pa., 19073.

Stigall’s career has run the gamut from interning on a late night talk
show to press assistant for a United States Congressman to that of a
sought after speaker at civic clubs and political action committees. He is a frequent   contributor to print publications, including
Philadelphia Magazine.

To reserve a spot or to get more information, please call 610-572-3442.

Delco Pats Reschedule Feb. Meeting

Song Banned From The Oscars

Here is “You’re Not Alone”, the song written by Bruce Broughton and Dennis Spiegel and sung by 64-year-old  Joni Eareckson Tada, which was among the candidates for Best Original Song but had its nomination rescinded after a private investigator hired by a competitor found that Broughton sent some of the members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences an email asking them to give it a listen. The song comes from the faith-based movie of the same name.

Song Banned From The Oscars

Omnibit Trivia 2-1-14

Omnibit Trivia 2-1-14 by William W. Lawrence Sr.

Alaskans are among the last to eat hardtack, the old sea ration,  as a significant part of their diet. Interbake Foods of Richmond, Va. makes just about all of it from them.

They are also the ones who bake the Girl Scout cookies.

hardtack, the old sea ration

Americans Watch Super Bowl

About 181 million Americans, which is about three quarters of all U.S. adults, are expected to watch Super Bowl XLVIII tomorrow reports eMarketer.com.

Each is expected to spend $68.27 on Super Bowl related items the vast majority of which will be for food and drink. However, 8 percent expect to buy team apparel and 6 percent decorations and 7 percent a brand new TV.

 Americans Watch Super Bowl

Hoyer Demands White House Equal Pay

President Obama in his State of the Union speech, Tuesday, demanded that  businesses pay women the same they do men claiming that in the private sector women get 77 cents for every dollar given a man.

It’s a distortion, of course, and a seriously dishonest one as women get paid about the same for the same work and experience, and the cause of the gap is mostly due to life choices.

There are exceptions, however, were true sex discrimination occurs and one of those exceptions is, well, the Obama White House.

The Washington Times has discovered that the median salary for a female staffer there is $60,000 compared to $71,000 for a male.

House Minority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD5) was confronted with this by Brietbart News and asked if he thinks Obama should pay his female staffers equally to any equal work done by men.

“Well, of course,” he said.

We join Congressman Hoyer’s cry of outrage and demand that Obama begins treating women fairly! What is he? Some kind of a Muslim?

By the way, former White House communication director Anita Dunn has said that Obama White House fits “all of the classic legal requirements for a genuinely hostile workplace to women.”

Hoyer Demands White House Equal Pay