Status? Holding.

 

LOVE & LIGHT TO ALL:  The call didn't come this morning but everyone is now predicting a BANG UP fourth of July.  Everyday is another time in this process of struggling to produce results.  What a team we have that are working on our behalf.  Selfless, determined, organizations with members of like mind and soul.  No way we can go wrong.  Wait a little longer.  We are on the right path with spiritual warriors.  The fat lady is peaking from behind the curtain, paused to enter in triumph!!!   UNTIL TOMORROW...........THE GATEKEEPER

The Supreme Court UPHOLDS Health Reform -- What Does It Mean for You?

Linda Bergthold  Health policy consultant

Posted: 06/25/2012 10:31 pm

In a surprise decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010. You will hear a lot of commentary from legal and policy experts in the next few weeks about this decision, but this post is about what the Court action means for YOU personally.
The outcry from the right will be deafening, and there will be attempts by the House Republicans between now and November to take out sections of the law, although the Senate Democratic majority is not likely to approve any of those actions. Obviously, if the Republicans win the presidency and the Senate in November, the ACA may not survive to its full 2014 implementation date. Now is the time to acquaint yourself with what the health reform law really means to you -- while you still have it.
1. If you are employed and enjoy health insurance as part of your work benefit package: The Affordable Care Act does not currently have a large impact on large self-insured companies; however, as the law is fully implemented in 2014 and beyond, there is a chance that your employer may determine that employees can get cheaper coverage through a state exchange and over time some employers may drop employer-sponsored coverage. If you work for one of those companies, you may actually have more choice of plans through an exchange and depending on whether or not the employer subsidizes you or you are eligible for a federal subsidy, you may pay less than you do now. Until that time, you will see a few benefits of the ACA -- no lifetime limits on your benefits; restrictions on annual limits; preventive services without co-pays; and adult children allowed to stay on parents' plans until age 26.
2. If you are lucky enough to be on Medicare: The Affordable Care Act has brought seniors a number of significant benefits already. The doughnut hole in prescription drug coverage is being closed every year and will disappear by 2020. In 2011 alone, 3.6 million seniors saved $2.1 billion on their prescription drugs because of health reform. Another benefit for seniors is the preventive services that are available without co-pays and the 4% reduction in premiums for seniors enrolled in managed care Medicare plans (called Medicare Advantage) in 2012.
However, looming on the horizon if there is a Republican sweep in November are big changes to Medicare, including a potential rollback of the ACA benefits and a switch to a voucher system which would give you a fixed amount to buy a plan without any guarantee that the amount would be sufficient to cover what you currently have.
3. If you are self employed and have an individual insurance policy for yourself and your family: Try to keep your policy if you can continue to afford it. Don't let it lag because we do not know the outcome of the November elections, and if the Act is overturned, you will be on the streets again, trying to get coverage as an individual and potentially being turned down for pre-existing conditions.
4. If you are uninsured but are hoping to be able to get it through the Affordable Care Act and a State Exchange: The good news about the fact that the Court upheld the entire law is that you will still have the option to buy insurance through an Exchange in your state and if your state does not offer one, through a federal exchange. And you will get help affording that premium via a federal subsidy that will allow you to earn up to 400% of the federal poverty level before the subsidy phases out. For those who have a pre-existing condition, the law still guarantees that insurers must accept you starting in 2014.
Again, the election in November will determine whether or not the positive features of the ACA will survive.
5. If you are a small employer and were hoping to be able to help your employees get health insurance at a reasonable rate through the state exchanges: There will still be options for you and your employees. The state exchanges will be open to individuals and small business, offering a variety of plan options at a variety of prices, much like the Massachusetts exchange. Up to now, small businesses have found it very expensive to insure their employees, particularly if any of them have been sick.
If Republicans sweep the November elections, it won't matter how the Supreme Court has ruled. The entire Affordable Care Act will be repealed and the Republicans have no plan to replace it with a plan that could make health care more affordable. Don't forget that the Republican plan for health reform has only three or four main provisions -- protect doctors with malpractice reform; allow fly-by-night insurers to sell their "hospital gown" plans (looks good in the front but is bare in the back) across state lines; and make you, the consumer "more accountable" for your health care costs (translation: you pay more). There are many benefits of the Affordable Care Act. Educate yourself and fight to keep them.

“The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it;

but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes.

So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”  Book of John

“Wind, wind, blow on me,

Wind, wind, set me free.

Wind, wind, Jesus sent,

The blessed Holy Spirit.”

BLOWING IN THE WIND:  Bob Dylan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSSjM6-fUFE&feature=related

How many roads must a man walk down

Before you call him a man?

Yes, ’n’ how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, ’n’ how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they’re forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it’s washed to the sea?
Yes, ’n’ how many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free?
Yes, ’n’ how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn’t see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, ’n’ how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, ’n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind

Psalm 104, a psalm in praise of creation. “Bless the Lord, O my soul,” begins Psalm 104, and it continues, “you make the clouds your chariot, you ride on the wings of the wind, you make the winds your messengers, fire and flame your ministers” (Psalm 104:3-4).

Phoenix Journal 15

RAPE OF THE CONSTITUTION; DEATH OF FREEDOM RRPP-VOL. II http://www.fourwinds10.net/journals/J1-25.html#J015 By Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn As you journey through this passage, this may well be the most important single Journal you will ever read. It is of physical importance and impacts your soul growth tremendously, that which you do in this cycle of experience. This book is not pleasant—it was not written for entertainment; ,you are on the edge of the abyss in your nation and the "anti-Christ' , of which you have waited, is upon you. Rarely are things as you expect or at first perceive for it is the way of the enemy of Godness. Prayer cloths You ask and again ask, "What can I do?" Herein we tell you that which you can do. The time for letting "someone else" do of your work is finished--you will stand forth and participate in the journey of God or you will be passed by. Your Constitutional rights as written by the Founding Fathers are being replaced by the New Constitution which is already in operation without your realization of same. You have a right and obligation to know that which is in store for you at the hands of the conspirators for The New World Order, and further obligation as a citizen, to act. You have been people of the lie far too long, my friends, and it has all but cost you every vestige of freedom. What you do now can change your world. Do nothing, and you had better in-crease your prayer time, for it is serious indeed. The projected prophecies are at your door and it is time you recognize your enemy!