Will President Obama put an End to the Medicare Rip-Off?

clipped from www.alzheimersreadingroom.com I bet you didn't know this. When your elected representatives in Washington voted on the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 they slipped in this dilly -- when Medicare buys prescription drugs from the pharmaceutical companies they are not allowed to negotiate the price they pay. Let me put it this way, we the taxpayers pay full retail price when Medicare buys prescription drugs -- for us. I can buy a 16 ounce can of Old El Paso refried beans in Publix for a $1.49. Or, I can go to Walmart and buy the same product in the same size for $1.09. I have a choice -- Medicare doesn't.

100 Million Adults Touched by Alzheimer's

Astounding. More information at the Alzheimer's Reading Room.

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HBO The Alzheimer's Project Open to all Cable Subscribers

clipped from www.alzheimersreadingroom.com HBO is opening  The Alzheimer's Project  to all cable subscribers. Got cable? Find the HBO channel and you are good to go starting May 10. Want a free copy of The Alzheimer's Project DVD? Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading Room and then go here to find out how to do it.