Feds stick state with the tab for Medicare

[NVMojo]

I know alot of Nevada senior citizens who showed up to vote REPUKE for President. They get what they deserve. Sorry for the cynicism ...

CARSON CITY -- A deadlock in Congress has left Nevada stuck with a $134,000 bill for October for the premiums for some residents' Medicare Part D coverage.

And unless the state wants to cut off aid to 1,715 low-income senior citizens and disabled Nevadans, it may have to continue paying at least $134,000 each month.

Until now, the federal government had been covering the $78 monthly Medicare premiums for people who are 65 or older or who are disabled, and have monthly incomes of $1,097 to $1,464 a month. In Nevada, the state paid the premiums each month and was reimbursed by the federal government at the end of each quarter.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-other/2005/oct/20/519537031.html

[Vincardog]

1. Send it to AARP let them spread the knowledge

[superconnected]

2. I feel bad for the seniors

but I'm still not far enough away from the election to forget that there was a big base for Bush there.

[0rganism]

3. Guess they'll just have to eat cake

We got a lot of starving corporations who need their big government subsidies and bailouts to feed. Sorry guys, better luck next life.

[ShockediSay]

4. This is a tax increase!

sloughed from the federal government to the states.

No 2 ways about it; they are raising taxes.