Count me as one who really wanted Obama to lose and Romney to win despite the appearances of a physically disabled person voting for the Republican candidate – and I have dealings with may a disabled person who voted (and feel) far differently. Some background to explain:
- I have Muscular Dystrophy and use a power wheelchair to get around due to progressing physical issues
- I receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). I've been hesitant to disclose this as it seems counterintuitive for someone with my condition to ‘vote against my own self-interest’ as many a liberal blog commenter may suggest
- Obviously, Medicare is my only medical insurance
- I want desperately to make enough income to ditch the SSDI and the part-time income of $1000/mo I am allowed before I am 62 (57 now) to avoid being moved to the minimal and lower SSA retirement benefits
- I do not like relying on the SSDI as it goes against my grain of preferring to earn my income…not accept benefits
It appears a contradiction to want to ditch the SSDI and with our new attempt to grow from our new and small Alcam Writing LLC business. So why the republican candidate then? It has to do with unintended consequences of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), aka Obamacare, in this one of several areas...
As a disabled consumer utilizing Medicare, I am concerned is the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). PL 111–148, P.189:
“This advisory board under this paragraph shall consist of 15 members appointed by the Comptroller General of the United States…”, a political appointee and in the not elected, so there can be no minimal recourse available to myself...like a vote against.
Further, how will this group of 15 choose what medical procedures will this board allow or deny in my case…will so-called quality of life issues (such as my MD) be an important parameter? What about political affiliation? Can questions like this along with the probable exploding PPACA costs start to become items that may minimize or deny me care?
(there are more reasons for not chosing to vote for the president...will post later)
With her okay, the shadowy power station is my submittal to SSS2. The picture was taken through the window on a bus on the way to Heathrow on the last day as Patti wrote. How could our daughter know that later on this would be a great shadowy post?
Count me as one who really wanted Obama to lose and Romney to win despite the appearances of a physically disabled person voting for the Republican candidate – and I have dealings with may a disabled person who voted (and feel) far differently. Some background to explain:
Our brood these days is smaller though, with son Cameron and daughter Allegra - here on the first day of school about 28 August 1996. He was in first grade, she in third grade. Time fies as she graduated college in 2010, and he next month - but like my family growing up then ours still grow now...
For Ruby Tuesday 2, my rubies are simple - showing the embers in one of the fireplaces at the historic David Humphreys House in Ansonia CT, built in 1698. Of course, today we are spoiled by having triple-paned windows, fiberglass insulation real central heating systems - here, the entire heat on cold winter days was provided by the three central fireplaces, with uneven heat to say the least.
