If I remember right, Gasoline was $1.87 when Obama took office.. now it is $3.65 here. Our electricity & water rates went up last month...our electric / water & garbage bill was over $700 this month.. and we only have a 1,700 sq foot house using mainly flourecent bulbs and the thermostat set on 75 degrees. 2 years ago the same bill was running a little over $500 a month. Our cable bill for television & high speed cable Internet went from approx. $140 a month to about $185. My full coverage car insurance premium has gone up about $40 every 6 months this year.
Before Obama Care passed, I never had a co-pay at the doctor nor a yearly deductable on my private insurance plan.. my doctor bills and medical supplies were all covered by my Medicare & private insurance. After Obama Care passed, I started to have to pay a $500 year up-front deductable and $30 per visit co-pay. Plus my prescription drug plan stopped letting me buy 90 day supplies at a discount.. many times for the same price as the 30 day supply. Now I can only get 30 days at a time at a higher price. Our fixed income certainly isn't keeping up with real life inflation.
In the last 4 yrs, I think my benefits have increased about $50, and then the government took out medicare premiums from that. The government has a way to 'cook' the COLA numbers so they get the results that the administration wants. I think the Obama administration doesn't want the official numbers to show just how badly the economy has been doing under his administration .
Before Obama Care passed, I never had a co-pay at the doctor nor a yearly deductable on my private insurance plan.. my doctor bills and medical supplies were all covered by my Medicare & private insurance. After Obama Care passed, I started to have to pay a $500 year up-front deductable and $30 per visit co-pay. Plus my prescription drug plan stopped letting me buy 90 day supplies at a discount.. many times for the same price as the 30 day supply. Now I can only get 30 days at a time at a higher price. Our fixed income certainly isn't keeping up with real life inflation.
In the last 4 yrs, I think my benefits have increased about $50, and then the government took out medicare premiums from that. The government has a way to 'cook' the COLA numbers so they get the results that the administration wants. I think the Obama administration doesn't want the official numbers to show just how badly the economy has been doing under his administration .
