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February 2, 2013

READERS' FORUM: Feb. 2, 2013

Anonymous ---- The Tribune Star Sat Feb 02, 2013, 05:00 AM EST

Medicare cuts would cost jobs

In recognition of Medical Group Practice Week observed Jan. 21-28, I am writing you to urge your readers to contact their state senators to support the nullification of the Medicare Sequester Cut and the SGR formula, both of which will greatly affect the practices of the outstanding physician groups that are in much need in those communities you serve.

According to a study conducted by Pittsburgh research firm Tripp Umbach, these cuts would significantly impact the health care industry, leading to large job losses in physician offices and health care systems, as well as in their local communities where they practice. The Medicare Sequester Cut of 2 percent would alone lead to the elimination of 496,000 jobs in 2013, the study estimated.

Additionally, the Medicare Sequester Cut and SGR Formula will undoubtedly limit access of care to our nation’s senior population. American senior citizens are having difficulty finding physicians accepting Medicare payments, as financial restraints from cuts in Medicare reimbursements have led many practices to limit the Medicare patients they care for. These additional changes restrict care access even more and will hurt the practices that were previously able to serve Medicare patients.

Furthermore, despite these proposals for reimbursement cuts, physicians are still expected to participate in Medicare programs such as the E-prescribing Program and the Physician Quality Reporting Program, and they risk financial penalty if they do not. These proposals put physicians in a position for not only a loss of patients, staff, and financial stability, but also set them up for potential penalties if they are unable to support the mandated Medicare programs.

When the Medicare Sequester Cut and SGR Formula again are scheduled for review, I strongly recommend you consider the negative effects they could have on both physicians practicing in our communities and the Medicare population of the United States, and I urge you and your readers to show your senators that you support their nullifications.

— William Deary, CEO

Great Lakes Caring Home Health & Hospice

Jackson, Mich.

War on poverty will never end

A recent editorial called upon us to support the Lighthouse Mission and its struggle against poverty.

This is a good thing, but we have had a war on poverty going on since the Great Society days and we haven’t won it yet, despite zillions of dollars being spent.

Will it ever end? Naaaaa.

Jesus said that we will always have the poor among us, but what does He know?

— Mark Burns

Terre Haute

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• RONN MOTT: Mushrooms = Hoosier happiness

  Someone wrote or said a few years ago a statement that would define the word “Hoosier.” According to this urban legend, a Hoosier is somebody dribbling a basketball around the Indy 500 while eating a fried, morel mushroom. It did not define me, at the time.

  May 18, 2013  

• EDITORIAL: Insult to an independent press

  Distrust of government secrecy has been elevated to an exceptional level with the disclosure the Justice Department covertly examined two months of Associated Press phone records to determine who leaked details to the AP about a foiled terrorist plot.

  May 17, 2013  

• READERS' FORUM: May 17, 2013

  Hinduism doesn’t deserve ridicule — Shefali Purohit, Terre Haute

  May 17, 2013  

• RONN MOTT: Israel’s Air Force

  Recently the Israeli Air Force bombed and rocketed a convoy leaving Syria going to Lebanon with rockets that were going to be used to attack Israel. It did not get there. It was destroyed.

  May 16, 2013 1 Photo  

• EDITORIAL: Noteworthy in the news: Dashing finish for the Sycamores

  It’s always thrilling to see Indiana State University’s athletic teams do well in high-level competition, and two specific teams rose to impressive heights last weekend in the Missouri Valley Conference outdoor track and field championships.

  May 16, 2013  

• Readers' Forum: May 16, 2013

  Moving Deming folks sounds ‘nuts’

  May 16, 2013  

• Readers' Forum: May 15, 2013

  Participants rise to the challenge: I would like to write a letter congratulating all the Wabash Valley Roadrunners that competed in the One America Indianapolis Mini Marathon.

  May 15, 2013  

• RONN MOTT: Media merry-go-round

  Round and round it goes, where it stops nobody knows. That isn’t a unique phrase to this writer or to this era in time. But, when it comes to the musical chairs of broadcasting, it certainly applies.

  May 14, 2013 1 Photo  

• LIZ CIANCONE: Courts see a different appearance than cops

  Have you ever noticed the transformation between the arrest of an accused lawbreaker and the first appearance in court?

  May 14, 2013  

• READERS' FORUM: May 14, 2013

  ISTEP failure exposes flaws

  Community hasn’t changed its spirit

  Egregious threat to nation’s defense

  May 14, 2013  

• READERS' FORUM: May 13, 2013

  • Women’s group criticizes Bucshon

  • Let’s hope this doesn’t come true

  • Many get thanks for fest success

  May 13, 2013  

• MARK BENNETT: Life at face value: Mom’s simple advice still presents a valuable daily challenge

  Most moms don’t base their advice on scientific research.
  (Unless, of course, your mother is a scientific researcher. If so, carry a No. 2 pencil and take good notes.)

  May 12, 2013  

• EDITORIAL: Better monitoring needed to prevent local environmental messes

  The nasty, hazardous messes lurking in the community raise a bottom-line, red-flag question. Could these environmental problems have been monitored and, thus, prevented?

  May 12, 2013  

• GUEST COLUMN: Nursing more than medicine and bandages

  Being a nurse …  Like most nurses, I chose this profession because I had a strong desire to help others and no other career would allow me the opportunity to touch lives the way I have been able to through nursing.

  May 12, 2013  

• READERS' FORUM: May 12, 2013

  Vigo Youth Football, entering 45th year, seeks new support

  Media ignoring important case on abortions

  Proud to be old-fashioned

  Guns in school? What’s next?

  Promoting hate not a ‘brave’ act

   

  May 12, 2013  

• FLASHPOINT: Again in 2013 General Assembly, middle class generally ignored

  Last year, the people of Indiana entrusted the Republican Party with some of their most precious possessions.

  May 12, 2013  

• RONN MOTT: ‘Raccoons II’

  In the Algonquin Indian language, raccoon means “working with hands.” They are really cute little fellows until they injure a child, or a pet, or leave feces around where you certainly do not want it.

  May 11, 2013 1 Photo  

• Readers’ Forum: May 11, 2013

  I  just wanted to express my disappointment at the lack of response shown by President Obama after the Boston Marathon bombings.

  May 11, 2013  

• Readers' Forum: May 10, 2013

  CANDLES event plants new seed: On April 26, CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center hosted an event called “Sowing Seeds of Peace: A Celebration of Spring” at the Apple House. Our purpose was to introduce people to our concept of forgiveness as a seed for peace.

  May 10, 2013  

• RONN MOTT: ‘NRA Convention’

  At the recent NRA Convention in Houston, Texas, where the right-wing political hot air almost lifted the convention's building off its foundation, the NRA trotted out the forever yours political dame of the right wing, Sarah Palin. Sarah did not disappoint.

  May 9, 2013 1 Photo  

• EDITORIAL: Memo to U.S.A.: You can ‘SPPRAK’ just as we do in Vigo County

  Our kids, truly, are ‘Making a Difference’

  May 9, 2013  

• Some words in praise of boring government — Indiana’s

  A conservative Republican governor has super majorities in both branches of the legislature. One might suspect such one-party government leads to major changes in public policy. This did not happen in 2013 in Indiana.

  May 9, 2013  

• EDITORIAL: Doc’s prescient prescription

  Viewed through a 2013 prism, Doc Bowen’s response to the AIDS epidemic looks merely prudent, routine.

  May 8, 2013 1 Story  

• RONN MOTT: ‘Heritage gone’

  The last high school I attended was being torn down just a few days ago. I didn't learn about it until I saw classmate Dick Mills on television and a display he had put together about State football championships in the middle 1930's. I began elementary school with Dick Mills. That was Matthew South Elementary School on South Sixth Street in Clinton, Indiana. After seeing Dick on TV, it dawned on me that all schools I had attended in Clinton have been torn down.

  May 7, 2013  

• LIZ CIANCONE: We always want more than we need

  Washington seems more preoccupied with the unemployment rate than they are about the constant stalemate. Still with thousands out of work and the unemployment rate hovering somewhere between 7 percent and 9 percent, it does deserve more than a passing nod.

  May 7, 2013  

• FLASHPOINT: Indiana lawmakers reinforced school safety mechanisms

  Nothing is more important to me than the safety of my children. Every parent has felt that instant, apprehensive rush when their child plays too close to the street or falls down while playing soccer and it is our responsibility as parents to implement every safety mechanism we can muster to protect our kids.

  May 6, 2013  

• READERS’ FORUM: May 6, 2013

  • Money drives our newfound ‘needs’

  • Guns not the only dangerous objects

  May 6, 2013  

• MARK BENNETT: Should I stay or should I go?

  Some have their Bill Clinton-era Cavalier packed (with the trunk bungee-ed shut), apartment cleaned (except for the fridge), and iPhone GPS locked onto the fastest route out of Terre Haute. Others are staying — until they find a better job, or because they’re starting a career here, or because this town feels like home. In each case, a new stage of life begins today.

  May 5, 2013 2 Photos 1 Story  

• EDITORIAL: Education remains worth the cost

  Within the next few weeks, each of the local colleges will have conducted graduation ceremonies. A few days later, a different Class of 2013 will don caps and gowns for commencement — the seniors at five Vigo County high schools. It is still a smart, worthy aspiration for those high school grads to replicate the achievement of those college students by earning a higher-education degree.

  May 5, 2013  

• College Class of '13 gets a little extra advice

  Local college grads will hear commencement speakers offer life and career advice this month. We’re offering them an extra dose here from folks who’ve found success in various vocations and regions of the nation. Many have Terre Haute roots.

  May 5, 2013 7 Photos  

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