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In the long-term, excessive drinking can lead to the development of certain chronic diseases, neurological impairments and social problems. These include: Neurological diseases, including stroke and dementia. Cardiovascular problems, including heart disease, hypertension and atrial fibrillation. Psychiatric problems, including depression and anxiety. Certain types of cancer, such as breast cancer and colon cancer. Liver diseases, including cirrhosis. Social problems, such as diminished job performance, marital stress and lost productivity. Unfortunately, problem drinking isn�t always easy to spot. It doesn�t necessarily mean that a person is starting off the day with a shot of whiskey or regularly getting into bar fights on Friday nights. Rather, individuals who fit the �almost alcoholic� mold often display more subtle, sneaky symptoms. Below, Nowinski outlines some of the telltale warning signs of problematic drinking: Do you consistently drink alone? If you regularly drink by yourself, this might be indicative of an alcohol problem. Do you drink to relieve stress? Needing 2 or 3 drinks every night in order to unwind and de-stress is symptomatic of problematic drinking. Do you drink to alleviate physical or emotional pain? People who drink to mask chronic pain�whether it�s an aching back or perpetual feelings of loneliness�might be setting themselves down a dangerous path. �That�s why drinking problems are becoming epidemic among the elderly population, many of whom are widowed or divorced,� Nowinski notes. Do you look forward to drinking? �It might be a red flag if a person continually anticipates coming home and having that first drink,� Nowinski says. Have your relationships suffered? �There may be marital conflict as a result of the drinking, or performance at work will begin to suffer,� Nowinski says. Are your sleep patterns disrupted? People often rely on alcohol as a sleep aid, but it can have the opposite effect. �One of the symptoms of almost alcoholism is a disrupted sleep cycle that then leads to a loss of energy and vitality,� Nowinski says. �People feel chronically tired and sluggish.� Do you get uncomfortable in social situations where there is no alcohol?�At social gatherings, do you get anxious when there�s no booze in sight? Do you rely on beverages to help you �open up� and become more sociable? If you are troubled by your drinking habits and want to scale back, there are a number of simple lifestyle and behavioral tweaks you can make. For example, Nowinski recommends gravitating toward friends who are non-drinkers or moderate drinkers. He also suggests practicing drink refusal skills, or learning how to say no when somebody offers you a drink. �Sometimes that means making up something that people won�t question�such as, �I�m not drinking because I�m trying to lose weight,�� Nowinski says. Bottom line? The occasional beer or glass of wine isn�t likely to yield any serious long-term damage. As long as you don�t frequently overindulge, alcohol can be a part of a healthy�and fun!�lifestyle. But if you are worried that alcohol is beginning to take over, you might want to take stock of your behavior and consider a change of course. �We�re not trying to tell everyone that they can�t have any alcohol, or that everyone needs to abstain from alcohol,� Nowinski says. �But we do think it�s important to assess your patterns of alcohol use and evaluate its impact on your personal well-being.� This article originally appeared as on Spry Living


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Skip to comments.Allen West hearing live video: Allen West, Patrick Murphy race results challenged at 1 p.m.
Posted on 11/16/2012 11:35:54 AM PST by smoothsailing
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Well no sense wasting a good recess. Time for Murphy to hit a bar.
The silence of the GOP is deafening....
Any guesses on what the Court is going to do?
The Left never apologizes.
The Left never backs down.
Quite a few, I would imagine.
Allen West Denied
Sad. Why am I not surprised?
Damn, just tuned in to hear the judges final words . . .not in his power to grant the plaintiffs request under these circumstances. Yet another court plays the 'lack of standing' card. It appears the the court system stacked the deck with endless joker cards to trump justice. Disgusting.
I could just scream.
One hand of government covering for another one.
Governor West sounds good....
Speaker of the House. :)
He could teach Govs Krispy and Jindal a few things.
Does he have any other recourse now? I hate dems. Hate them.
"Speaker of the House."
If only that would be so!
He can appeal.
I think his best approach may be to continue pressure on the Florida SoS. The State Elections Division is not too happy with Gertrude Walker.
This afternoon, they will count the overseas ballots- I think they said there are only 5 or 6 to count which were received after election day. That is noticed for 3pm.
The canvassing board (County Commission Chairman, Circuit court judge, and Supervisor of elections)has the ability to decide to count all the early ballots after that, of they choose. If not, they can certify the results, and West and the voters can file a contest, and present their evidence for a recount.
That is the law. The ballots will remain impounded.
Yeah, but didn't the idiots of the house already nominate Boehner? Gohmert offered Gingrich up but nope, they want to go with the weepy bonehead.
Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Deetroit all have the same ACORN-inspired, DNC-ordered, maggot/parasite-enacted Fraud in EVERY Election.
Well stated, and my understanding as well. Besides, as conservatives we're opposed to activist judges, aren't we?
Plus there's this:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following item shall be added to the
agenda for the November 16, 2102 meeting of the St. Lucie County Canvassing
Board to be held in the office of the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections,
Orange Blossom Business Center, 4132 Okeechobee Road, Fort Pierce, Florida:
A.1. Consideration of the retabulation of any or all early voting ballots
cast for the November 6, 2012 General Election.
The Additions item will be heard at 4:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as may be
Perhaps Hizzoner is giving the Board one last chance to do the right think.
Will they take it???
Get the feathers!
While the conservatives and the patriots were sleeping then the democrats and the socialists were very busy filling all manor of positions with people of character like themselves. Judges who have no interest in patriotism or the rule of law.
Why would he nominate someone for speaker who hasn't been in the house for something like 14 years? I guess it's possible, but unlikely a non-member can be Speaker.
Yes, it i spossible and it is legal, and at this point I would say that it is necessary.
The house GOP stands for absolutely nothing.
They are worthless beyond my ability to even describe what worthless is.
I would support Newt for Speaker.
I agree the GOP - House, Senate, RNC - stands for nothing!
The Constitution does not require that the Speaker be an elected Member of Congress, but no non-member has ever been elected to the office.
PLUS! A contest proceeding would cover the entire District- bringing the "irregularities" in Palm Beach to light also.
West needs a better lawyer- twice now he has tried an end around on the law, and been shot down. Maybe he isn't old enough to remember the 1500+ election 2000 hearings, but he should actually read the case law, and not embarrass his client. Cherry picking counties for a recount, and trying to stop the certification process is just what Gore tried- and FAILED at every level! If his big name NY Lawyer knew anything about Florida law, the outcome might have been different. Although a contest proceeding statewide might have forced inclusion of the 1500+ military ballots Gore got rejected. Instead they pulled this same nonsense for 37 days, and ran out the clock.
Col West has opened the door.
We must fight election fraud.
It falls on We the People.
Silence is consent
Theres overwhelming evidence of fraud.- Here
>MITT ROMNEY in 2012! @PlanetRomney #tcot The Competent Conservative: Elections Have Not Yet Been Certified. Heres What You Can Do: - Here
Excerpt from Mitt Romney's reference:
These elections are NOT certified yet. The only way to get this investigated, much less recounted or overturned, is through the Secretary of State of each of the five key states: Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. EVEN IF YOU ARE IN ANOTHER STATE you can help. But it wont do any good to dilute our effort to challenge California or Michigan or other states. Until a major group gets involved to do more, here is the plan: Contact the Secretary of State of the state in question. See contact information below...
Read the rest- Here
SARAH PALIN speaks out on Twitter about massive Obama machine voter fraud:
>Sarah Palin @SarahPalinUSA Between suppression of the military vote and voter fraud, Obama stole another election. http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/46302 DEMAND A RECOUNT! #VoterFraud
>Sarah Palin;@SarahPalinUSA People need to stop pointing fingers within the GOP and investigate the Dems' massive voter fraud and suppression of the military vote.
The website,'Barack Obama Vote Fraud 2012' is keeping a running account of cases of voter fraud and what to do about it:
(Astonishing list. Most prominent 'vote fraud site' on the net) > Visit the site- Here
Most of 'Obama Voter Fraud' activity is moving to FaceBook. 'Obama Voter Fraud Volunteers' Here
'Obama Voter Fraud' on FaceBook- Here
Sign their petition- over 99,000 and counting -cards, emails- Here
Another petition, The 'We The People' petition has 60,000 signatures and counting- Here
'American Thinker'- "..Election stolen." Here-
'WND' List of voter fraud reports Here
'ATLAS SHRUGS' voter fraud list. 'Atlas Shrugs' has a list but cannot link. Contains video of eyewitness pollwatcher who verifies busload of Somalians bussed in, 95% spoke no english. Told to vote Obama. Google 'Atlas Shrugs voter fraud list'
< Hannity and Col Allan West slam voter fraud Nov 12- Here
Photo of SOMALIANS brought to Ohio voting stations by the busload, 95% of whom did not speak English, and told to vote for Obama, straight Dem ticket- Here
'Human Events', report pollwatcher eyewitness to busload of Somalians at Ohio poll, spoke no English, told to vote Obama Here
Must watch videos!
VIDEO-- Programmer Testifies About Rigging Elections With Vote Counting- Here
VIDEO- Illegal Aliens Caught Voting and Stealing Elections In Florida In Vast Numbers- Here
VIDEO- MICHAEL SAVAGE: How Obama fixed the 2012 election- Here
VIDEO- Massive voter fraud discovered in April- Here
VIDEO- Whistle blower speaks out about voter fraud- Here
We can not wait for 2014 and 2016 to regroup and figure out new strategies. By then it will be too late. The Marxist/Muslim usurper will have completed his planned distruction of America. That's what people fail to understand.
We must act NOW.
Start with the election. If we let the Rats get away with this massive voter fraud, we're no better than a bananna republic.
We must keep digging and pounding him every day, in every way we can- phony birth certificate, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, his hidden life, records....
We are FReepers. We must fight!
Those who shrug and accept this atrocity without a fight are not worthy to be called Freepers!
Join us!! See thread, 'BARACK OBAMA FRAUD 2012- (MUST READ- MUST GO VIRAL!)' thread- Here
Voter Fraud Links
The American Dream; 22 Signs That Voter Fraud Is Wildly Out Of Control And The Election Was A Sham
Town Hall : Obama Lilely Won The Election Through Voter Fraud
American Thinker: Was The Election Stolen?
WSVN-TV Almost 1K Ballots Found In Broward Elections Warehouse:
Pundit Press; In Florida Obama Got Over 99% In Broward County Precincts:
Natural News.com: 19,605 to Zero IS Statistical Proof Of Outright Vote Fraud in 2012 Presidential Election:
Realville, USA: The Great Election Robbery of 2012?
WND: Here's How Touchscreens Killed Romney Votes
The American Dream: Election Fraud? Obama Won More Than 99% Of The Vote in More Than 100 Ohio Precincrs
WND: The Big List Of Voter Fraud Reports:
US House Speaker West File.
I am so disheartened by everything that is happening in our once-great country. The dishonesty and illegality has skyrocketed just since the election and it was bad enough before! We are doomed.
Grrrrr-turd wasn't supposed to order a recount on her own according to FL statute. Then, she took even greater liberties by stopping a recount when it broke in the other direction.
I plan to live the rest of my days as well as I can and the hell with the government...I will not let them control ME.
The judge is full of BS...............
This is the full article that Mitt Romney tweeted about:
(see above)
These elections are NOT certified yet. The only way to get this investigated, much less recounted or overturned, is through the Secretary of State of each of the five key states: Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. EVEN IF YOU ARE IN ANOTHER STATE you can help. But it wont do any good to dilute our effort to challenge California or Michigan or other states. Until a major group gets involved to do more, here is the plan:
Contact the Secretary of State of the state in question. (See contact information below. Please provide others in COMMENTS.)
Send them the press clippings, or personal testimonials of clear vote fraud witnessed. (Statistical aberrations are helpful too like a historical 50% turnout in 2004, 2008 but a 90% turnout in a specific precinct despite an overall LOWER state turnout.)
Demand a public recount AND investigation, with a commitment to fight to replace THEM in the next election if they do not do so.
Email/Phone/Visit EVERY WEEK if not EVERY DAY. This will take weeks of steady pressure to get them to move.
Get your friends and neighbors to do the same.
Contact the OTHER 4 states to do the same as above.
Contact the Governor and the local GOP office with the SAME pressure.
(List of web contacts for each below)
If you are in those states (or know people who are) start attempting to find OTHERS with evidence of fraud. See if you can identify the precinct judges where the statistical aberations occur to pass along to the True the Vote which is set up to sue these entities with Judicial Watch.
Try to visit (or call) your local representative asking for their help to put pressure on. It doesnt hurt that if they dont or wont you make it your goal to find and fund a challenger to them for allow open and honest elections the fabric of freedom in this country to not only go unchallenged, but to institutionalized.
Contact your city, state and national media to keep this story alive as well. (Fox News has an email just for this at firstname.lastname@example.com)
Help us find, fund or coordinate willing lawyers, statisticians, pollsters and activists.
I can not reiterate enough that if this is NOT CHALLENGED NOW, we will could loose the House of Representatives in 2014 and possibly every election forward to massive voter fraud. Imagine Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi reenacting the first two years of Obamas reign with more Stimulus, Cash for Cars, Solyndras and ObamaCares.
This fight can not be put off for another election cycle or another day. Or there will no longer be a constitutional America. Put down your foot and make the declaration, THIS VOTE FRAUD WILL NOT STAND!
Via SafariWoman at TeamNetworks.net
Heres contact info for all states:
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(877) SOS-Ohio (767-6446)
TTY Toll-free: (877) 644-6889
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Fax Numbers: (850) 245-6217 or (850) 245-6218
Email: email@example.com
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House of Representatives
U.S Capitol Switchboard 202-224-3121
(1) Rick Scott, Governor of Florida
(2) John R. Kasich, Governor of Ohio
(3) Bob McDonnell, Governor of Virginia
(4) Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin
(5)Tom Corbett, Governor of Pennsylvania
(6) Rick Snyder, Governor of Michigan
(1) Mitt Romney
(2) Republican National Committee
(3) National Republican Senatorial Committee
(4) National Republican Congressional Committee
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
(5) FOX News
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(9) Shawn Hanity
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(11) Michelle Malkin
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Newt's good.
Allen West as Speaker of the House would be better.
Bullypulpit to hammer Obama and every democommie with.
heh, I do appreciate that honestly.
I am far from perfect, but I would do much better than this useless surrender monkey, Boehner I do expect.
In the very least, Obama if you want to play ball then show up with a ball. So far, not only have you not brought a ball, you haven't even brought yourself to the game, put your proposals on the table, or there is nothing to discuss at all.
Persoanlly, I would love LOVE LOVE Allen West as speaker of the house.
Absolutely agreed.
Allen West is an admirable human being.
I have to say I have a ton for respect for this gentleman.
No one in the GOP or Romney camp have the Nads to demand an investigation into the massive voter fraud throughout the country. They're all gutless eunuchs in my opinion.
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Hikohadon wrote:peeker643 wrote:I must be a fool. I thought the faster, smarter, more experienced, more athletic, better-in-every way thing did that.
And Weeden hasn't wronged me, he was just wrong from jump. Holding onto him because you were okay initially is ignorant and flat-out dumb.
Prove to me he's the guy. Very simple.....go.
Lord god...
I don't need to prove shit b/c I don't give a shit about Weeden. You're the only one talking about Weeden, numb nuts.
The conversation was TRYING to be about Alex Smith, not He Who Shall Not Be Named. As far as I'm concerned, they have NOTHING to do with each other because I'm pretty sure they're going to replace Weeden with SOMEONE, so he's very likely not going to be part of the equation anyway.
"Alex Smith is better than Weeden" doesn't mean anything to me. Neither does "Alex Smith is WAY better than Weeden". Because neither of them makes me noticeably more excited to get Alex Smith than [insert a whole buncha names here] because I feel that Alex Smith is Mediocre, and it took him a long fucking time just to get that far.
If you want me to get excited about Alex Fucking Smith, you'd have to compare him favorably to GOOD QB's.
Otherwise, he's still King of Meh.
EDIT - And I still acknowledge that he's probably the best option that will be available (at least for the short term). Just that if the Browns fail to get him, I'm not gonna lose a ton of sleep over it.
Lord God-
I'm talking about Weeden because he's the fucking quarterback and because he blows. Replace him with JB and I'd be happy. Replace him with Alex Smith and I'm happier because Smith is better than JB (if not more entertaining) Just fucking replace him and move to the next option so people like you and everyone else that fails to see what's so obvious can laugh about their support of the guy and move on and complain about Smith. The QB of the Browns blows goats. Get another fucking QB of the Browns. No one is losing sleep over it. But a few people are clinging to way too much pride.
Just get a guy that can play fer fucksake. I don't care who it is anymore than you do but I do KNOW WHO IT AIN'T EVER GONNA BE.
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Skip to comments.Doctors demand Obama apology
Posted on 07/23/2009 12:20:43 PM PDT by VirginiaConstitutionalist
Doctors demand Obama apology
Pitching government control, President falsely accuses doctors of conspiring to make children sicker
WASHINGTON -- Dr. Richard S. Kerr, M.D., a West Virginia Libertarian Party member and a retired doctor with 36 years experience, asked President Barack Obama Thursday to apologize for comments made in his Wednesday night press conference accusing doctors of conspiring to make children sicker for profits.
President Obama should be ashamed of himself for trying to scare Americans into supporting his government takeover of medicine by falsely accusing doctors of making children sicker. I have never heard a more disgusting or blatantly phony conspiracy theory. We treat our patients with the respect, care and concern you will never find in Obamas government-run rationed care bureaucracy, said Dr. Kerr.
On behalf of my colleagues, I respectfully ask President Obama to apologize for such a slanderous lie and ask him to stop engaging in sickening conspiracy theories to push his government-run scheme. These cheap scare tactics are beneath the dignity of the office of The President and perfectly illustrate why more and more Americans are losing faith in Barack Obama.
In his Wednesday night press conference, Obama claimed, you come in and you've got a bad sore throat, or your child has a bad sore throat or has repeated sore throats, the doctor may look at the reimbursement system and say to himself, you know what, I make a lot more money if I take this kid's tonsils out.
For President Obamas information, pediatricians do not perform tonsillectomies. If he doesnt know that, then he has no business centrally planning your familys health care, said Dr. Kerr.
For more information on this issue, or to arrange an interview with the Libertarian Party, please call Director of Communications Donny Ferguson at 703-200-3669 or 202-333-0008, x. 225, or email email@example.com.
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The "Great Unifier" strikes again. Way to go, Ears.
0bama does not care.
So he's pissed off conservatives, independents, doctors, cops...who is next?
I hate zero . And bow insulted dogs and cops
Dang, I'd switch to this doc if he were in my network.
zero's going to have to watch his Chicago style knee-jerk reflex. It doesn't sell.
On iPhone meant docs
On iPhone meant docs
No way any smooth talking tonsil doctor is going to con me! Obama is looking out for us now, and paying our mortgages, and putting gas in our cars!
Barack-TOTUS = Buffoon
Stick to the script, stupid.
Lotta apologies in the works....crickets chirping....
The police union: President Obama's Wednesday night criticism of Cambridge, Mass., police has drawn a rebuke from the Fraternal Order of Police
When Obambi gets off the teleprompter. gee he gets in trouble.
Yeah well, the doctors are racist!
Don't hold your breath.
The kids the doctors treat are racist!!
Yeah, just keep burning those bridges, Mr. President. You've even ticked off many liberals. Keep burning those bridges and we'll keep watching your poll numbers drop.
So if I understand correctly, reimbursement schedules influence health care decisions and that's a bad thing, so the solution is to create the great-great-grand-daddy of all reimbursement schedules and make sure it apllies to each and every person in the USA. Okay. Got it.
But if that doesn't work out so well, how about a return to the fundamental principles of personal choice and responsibility?
Obama is a radical indoctrinated arse for spewing these slanderous remarks. He doesn't care who he hurts as long as he can sell his socialist big government "utopia".
To hell with an apology, they should demand he resign in disgrace.
Firemen (Sotomayor) ha
Now THAT is gonna leave a mark.
HusseinCare is about power and control, not health.
Easy there! that sounds like racist code and hate speech!
He's really an ignorant person, and that's as mild as I can put it. That anyone classifies him as brilliant is amazing. If he is, it certainly isn't evident.
Amen Dr. Thank you for speaking up. Wish more people in your profession and around the country would do the same.
Amen Dr. Thank you for speaking up. Wish more people in your profession and around the country would do the same.
Who is left Obama that you really give a sh*t about? Go back to the world hood. Lock the door and leave the key under the mat, you are about done slamming this country, user.
HusseinCare is about politicians getting their grubby little mitts in the healthcare system's 1/7 of the US economy!!
"President Obama should be ashamed of himself for trying to scare Americans into supporting his government takeover of medicine by falsely accusing doctors of making children sicker. I have never heard a more disgusting or blatantly phony conspiracy theory. We treat our patients with the respect, care and concern you will never find in Obamas government-run rationed care bureaucracy, said Dr. Kerr. "
Yeah, and they say Birthers are crazy.
Hey Zero, do lawyers ever make decisions "just to make money"? Why don't you clean up your own profession before delving into areas you know nothing about?
He might think twice before canceling movie-night at the Whitehouse next time.
Get in line behind the 'racist' cops.
"Welcome to ObamaCare. Now bend over and let me see those expensive tonsils."
Why the hell would anyone want to go to med school anymore? We are in deep dod doo.\
Its a lot of school for no reward.
Like the white coats weren't a giveaway.
ears ? yeah those are funny too, but what the heck is with his blue lips? I have never seen anyone of any race with blue lips, it's freaky looking and distracts me when I try to force myself to watch him.
Good one.
So according to Pres. Urkel a doctor is going to perform a surgical procedure on a kid that will require postoperative visits for 90 days INCLUDED in his anticipated $270-290 fee when that same doctor can be giving this child palliative decongestants and parent demanded antibiotics for a course of 4-5 visits compenstaed at $75-150 per visit AND STILL NEEDING A TONSILLECTOMY in the future.
I don't know how you run a business Mr President .....oh never mind, I forgot you never ran anything in your life.
IIRC, decades ago physicians found that children with continuous allergy problems were sometimes (maybe often) cured of their allergy problems when their tonsils were removed. It has something to do with the immunoglobulin response triggered by otherwise non-offending allergens irritating the tonsils.
Just before putting us to sleep with his droning, he swallowed a bucket load of those Happy-Pretend Blue Pills.
Who is left Obama that you really give a sh*t about?
Any American...and who's listed in Napolitano's DHS report:Military Vets and those who believe in the 10th Amendment.
Wasn't Obama the one who said as Clinton did that people who try to make you afraid are lying to you? But that was when he was trying to get elected on a very poor security platform and his stance on terrorism was shake hands play nice hope and change ...
Now it's scare the hell out of them, it's the only way we can get what we want?
Let's see: gun owners, christians, ex-military, business owners, doctors and now cops. Who's next to be vilified by his off-the-cuff remarks. He better stick to the tele-prompter next time.
Just goes to show what kind of people in the won's orbit.
Too rich!
How is that hope & change working out, OBAMA?!
Good thing Obama played the race card at the end of the "press conference," otherwise, this would have been the story everyone was talking about today.
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By Dr. Peter Budetti, CMS Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Program Integrity
Today, I had the privilege of joining HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to open the new CMS Program Integrity Command Center that is speeding up the process of identifying fraud, and stopping criminals from defrauding Medicare and Medicaid.
The new Command Center is bringing together Medicare and Medicaid officials, as well as law enforcement partners from the HHS Office of the Inspector General, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and CMS's anti-fraud investigators. The Command Center will gather experts from all different areas – clinicians, data analysts, fraud investigators, and policy experts – into the same room to build and improve our sophisticated new predictive analytics that spot fraud, and to then move quickly on a lead, once potential fraud is identified. The technology also allows us to connect with field offices to track down leads in real time.
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ATRA extended the various tax benefits that had expired Dec. 31 -- with one exception. Noticeably missing from the legislation was an extension of the 2% reduction of the employee's share of Social Security Tax withholding and the corresponding reduction in the Self-Employment Tax. This 2% reduction in payroll tax withholding for 2011 and last year was the latest incarnation of George W. Bush's disastrous rebate checks.
So starting Jan. 1, everyone got a 2% cut in pay!
Beginning with the first paycheck of this year, the employee's share of the Social Security tax returns to 6.2% and will apply to wages of up to $113,700, the new maximum Social Security wage base. The Self-Employment Tax will return to 15.3%, with the Social Security component of 12.4% limited to $113,700 of combined maximum W-2 income and net earnings from self-employment.
The maximum Social Security wage base for 2012 was $110,100. So the maximum withholding for Social Security tax increases from $4,624.20 last year to $7,049.40 this year, an increase of 52.45%.
Also new for 2013 is the "Additional Medicare Tax" of 0.9%, a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka "Obamacare"). This applies to single employees earning more than $200,000 and married couples who earn more than $250,000. Employers are required to withhold the new tax on wages exceeding $200,000 for all workers, regardless of marital status. So for 2013 the employee Medicare tax rate, normally 1.45%, will rise to 2.35% on earnings in excess of $200,000. The Medicare Tax applies to all wages -- there is no limit as there is with the Social Security tax.


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Skip to comments.Why Was a 2.3% Medical Excise Tax Showing Up on Receipts from Sporting Goods Giant Cabelas?
Posted on 01/05/2013 9:17:20 AM PST by yoe
January 1, 2013 brought a host of new taxes, fees, and charges to the American people. Some of them were anticipated. Others, like the (Medical Device Excise Tax) (MDET), were not at least not in this way.
How so? Well, the MDET has started showing up on the receipts for purchases made at sporting goods giant Cabelas. This receipt from one such store in Texas is making the rounds on the web. It shows an additional tax has been added to the purchase, after the local sales tax of nearly 10% was charged.
[snip] What is a Medical Excise Tax? Which devices will be affected by it?
TheBlaze asked the people responsible for collecting the tax the (Internal Revenue Service) (IRS). There is much information about this new tax on the IRS website. Lets start with the obvious question, What is it?
"Section 4191 of the Internal Revenue Code imposes an excise tax on the sale of certain medical devices by the manufacturer or importer of the device."
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
You mean.....you mean......the customers end up paying the tax? It doesn't come out of Obama's stash? Cruel, cruel world.
We have to pass the bill to find out what's in it.
That excise tax also applies when you sell a house, or any financial security.
This is in addition to the Obamacare payroll tax 3.2%.
It is a good thing for sales receipts to itemize all the government extortion charges. More retailers should help make it much more obvious to consumers where their money is going.
The company for which I work anticipated it. In fact they (we) lobbied against it much of last year.
The estimate is that it will hit us to the tune of 40 million dollars. That's either a lot of streamlining ("lean" processes) or layoffs.
dividends cannot be affected, so we are on pins & needles.
Well done, Congress.
This a good thing if they can charge it directly on receipts, then it is visible and not hidden. Otherwise prices go up and it looks like the seller is just trying to make more $$$.
But since it only affects millionaires and billionaires, it doesn't matter, right? (I can't wait for the uninformed electorate to finally wake up.)
Yesterday it occurred to me that if they get mad about the new payroll tax, then see all these other taxes and the cost of everything going up, maybe they will turn on him. It won't get rid of him, BUT, if they're vocal enough, maybe it will keep him from passing anything else AND influence the 2014 election. (I'm looking for a silver lining.)
If I see this tax on a receipt I will just put the item back and not buy it. Everyone should do this unless they need the product for health or safety reasons.
I went to the Cabela's website and searched "medical tax in stores"
Here's the result:
My guess is that any product that specifically has 'medical' in its name is hit for this tax. Unfrigging real.....
So, in the end, it was a computer glitch. You can get it refunded from Cabela's.
Um, ok.
Nope. It was a computer glitch. Cabela's will refund the money.
Starve the beast in 2013!
Good to hear but I didn't see this in the story.
I'm wondering if an ace bandage counts as a "medical device" or a training device to prevent tennis elbow.
I wonder if special shoes to prevent shin splints are medical devices.
Maybe high top basketball shoes (prevents ankle sprains) are "medical devices".
Maybe running shoes (running is good for preventing heart attacks) are "medical devices". Ditto for swimming suits. Come to think of it, any athletic device is good for health and maybe a "medical device".
Maybe "the salad bar" is a medical device, or "fat free food" is a medical device.
Maybe automobile catalytic converters (helps asthma patients) are medical devices.
Fruits and vegetables could be medical devices (aids with bowel movements) along with vitamins.
Temperpedic beds along with Posturepedic beds, memory foam pillows might be medical devices (promotes good sleep).
I guess seat belts and air bags are on the medical device list (prevents injury in auto crash).
Homedics massagers are probably on the list too.
Dr. Schoals foot implants ditto.
Maybe alarm systems, mace, and small handguns are medical devices (helps prevent rape).
You know maybe we can balance the budget with the medical device tax afterall.
I believe this is a scam. I shopped at Cabela's yesterday and there was no such 'tax' on my receipt, nor anyone else I know who has bought from Cabaela's since the first of the year at several of their stores.
I wish there was a way of putting the actual amount of corporate tax a product has in its price on the label.
i still dont understand why gas stations dont post it on the pump...
I've seen it posted on many gas pumps in California.
Typically, the clerk/cashier won't know? What can one do in that case? In any intercourse with a manaer, one must know what one is talking about. "I'm not paying this because ________."
It is possible that there are as many as 100 separate taxes on just a loaf of bread. Starting with the purchase of the seed and fertilizer by the farmer, the fuel for his tractor etc. etc. all the way to the delivery and shelving of the product at your local store. Think about it. Taxes are everywhere...and YOU pay them.
"Maybe the salad is a medical device, or fat free food& is a medical device.
Maybe automobile catalytic converters (helps asthma patients) are medical devices.
Fruits and vegetables could be medical devices (aids with bowel movements) along with vitamins.
Temperpedic beds along with Posturepedic beds, memory foam pillows might be medical devices (promotes good sleep).
I guess seat belts and air bags are on the medical device list (prevents injury in auto crash).
Homedics massagers are probably on the list too.
Dr. Schoals foot implants ditto.
Maybe alarm systems, mace, and small handguns are medical devices (helps prevent rape).
You know maybe we can balance the budget with the medical device tax afterall."
Folks, welcome to the Arbeitsziehungslager. I have been warning this for years.
It's in there. Read the full story at The Blaze.
It wasn't a scam. It was a computer glitch. Cabela's will refund the money to anyone who asks.
From the article:
There are two main categories of devices exempt from the tax. First, eyeglasses, contact lenses and hearing aids are specifically listed as being exempt. The second and broader category, commonly referred to as the Retail Exception, exempts a device which is of a type which is generally purchased by the general public at retail for individual use.
So, probably, the individual items you listed are exempt.
bow strings? are a medical device?
Idiots, just nuts.
Since I was over there copying something else, here ya go:
A series of phone calls to both the corporate offices of Cabelas as well as three Texas outlets where the taxes have been showing up yielded what appears to be a satisfactory explanation and resolution.
Customer service reps for Cabelas stated the added tax was a computer glitch that has been fixed. In one case, a representative offered to take my receipt information over the phone and expedite a refund to my credit card. Cash purchases that were hit with the extra 2.3% tax must return to the store for a cash refund.
From what I can see in the article, it's expected the tax will be collected at the distributor level, thus hiding it from the consumer. If there was a mess-up here, it was in tipping the hand of the government.
Wait until people start getting their W2 forms this month. The employer's contributions to health insurance will be listed and folks are going to get sticker shock. Heh. Good.
This turned out to be a computer glitch and Cabela's will refund the money.
But ya gotta wonder ...
Somebody had to program this. Somebody wrote the code to charge a medical excise tax either on specific items sold at Cabela's or on all Cabela's receipts. Seems like a weird glitch. I can understand that they were updating their source code for taxes since it's the beginning of the new year. And I guess they could be pulling the tax and it's description from a database and maybe the wrong tax was indexed, but still it's weird.
According to the page your search found, both tires and GPS devices are listed ... along with bow strings and just about everything else they sell. Everything must have some sort of real, poosible or imagined medical use ...
"It is possible that there are as many as 100 separate taxes on just a loaf of bread. Starting with the purchase of the seed and fertilizer by the farmer, the fuel for his tractor etc. etc. all the way to the delivery and shelving of the product at your local store. Think about it. Taxes are everywhere...and YOU pay them"
Which is why the phony "market" (along with commodities/oil) rose this week, and fed employees were after raises, because of the cliff extortion
Many (if not most) have been behavior-conditioned, and bred into, that propaganda that "Bush" tax rates are a good thing, not realizing that had the "cliff" not gone through the market drops 400 > points, and the savings (in multiples) begins at the store.
Those that think they are not double or triple COST-"taxed" because of the "Bush" so called "cut", are totally brainwashed or behaviorally-conditioned inbred, never having experienced a 5 and 10, 37 cents/gallon, nickle candy bar, 1200$ VW, nice brand new OWNED (not rented-payments from a bank) for under 3000$ brand new, and a nice new home under 20K.
Those that "think" the preservation of the "Bush" ("mark my words, no new taxes" Family) "cuts" RATES) saved them money, are now subject to sustained higher price pressures, or price pressured to spend less, lowering their living standard.
Productivity is not matching, nor sustaining these levels, and the reason feds wanted pay raises.
Toothbrushes and tampons count ...
We had dinner in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago and there was a 4% charge tacked onto the dinner bill for "Employer Mandates".
My health insurance premium went up 27% this year (144% last year) I don't understand, I thought all this health care stuff was supposed to be free??? /s
download irs form 720 and look at part II - there has been an excise tax on some sporting goods for years, so I wonder if they just mislabeled what was being taxed?
"And I guess they could be pulling the tax and its description from a database and maybe the wrong tax was indexed, but still its weird."
Not it isn't, the MO for the shakedown gang. Move the goalposts shakedowns.
In fact, what is happening is now a "duty"/"tariffs" on each "citizen" by 1. behavior (any), and 2. movement (anywhere)...now SUBJECTs of the State.
"Extortion-Care is the Government Work-Camp: Arbeitsziehungslager"
I notice that gas pumps no longer list the state and fed fuel taxes.
Yeah, I get that, but the federal government didn't program the software that prints Cabela's receipts. It's a weird computer glitch.
Work makes you free.
What's a giant cabela and why is there a tax on it?
The price of my rheumatism medicine is going up?!!!
Here it is. Got to pass the bill to see what is in it!
Good Hunting... from Varmint Al
So...the Medical Excise Tax on Cabela's purchases is for the use of medical equipment to remove the bullets and fragments from Obama's Amish Children when they are tagged during a crime?
I prefer a Cap on Taxes than a Tax on Capping....
Work makes you free.
The Son makes you free.
I hope it says OBAMACARE MED TAX on every receipt.
The original intent, as I understand it, was for medical devices, such as pacemakers or wheelchairs, to now be taxed.
I've heard some people interpret this to also include every piece of gauze, or cotton swab used by a dentist when having your teeth cleaned, now being taxed.
I suspect at some point, any item used in the medical profession which may be purchased over the counter, will not fall into the medical device category, otherwise they could also be deductible items.
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peeker643 wrote:e0y2e3 wrote:Poor sweet little Peeker killed too many brain cells in Vegas:
Daboll is in Miami, Chud is in Carolina.
My weekly fantasy fortunes depend on Miami putting up some numbers on the Jets tonight as my opponent has the Jets D. So I'm a bit pre-occupied with the Miami O.
Not a good spot to be in at all if you're me.
And note how I corrected myself since I KNEW someone would do so for me. I beat you to the punch. You're getting slow.
Thank god you clarified that. The only thing that could trump longing for Mangini would be longing for Daboll.
After that, only sonnets written about Derek Anderson would take the cake.
I don't really remember people hating on Chud the way they did on Arians/Daboll. Chud had a really good 2007 season, people were in love. 2008 was a bit of a disaster, but so was the QB position that year. The way I remember it, Chud was part of the Mangini housecleaning and most people were ambivalent enough about him at that point not to care, but there was not the Daboll-level disdain for Chud.
Hard to hate the guy when he provided the last competent offense we've seen from the Browns.


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