Beginning this month, you can pay your 2019 Membership. As before, all member fees will include the monthly newsletter, The Dispatch. If you would like your Dispatch by regular mail, the membership fee is $17. If you would like to receive your Dispatch via e-mail, the fee is $14, giving you a $3 discount as we save on printing and mailing costs. If you bring in a new member, the membership fee they pay will be for 2019. The fee for the remainder of 2018 will be waived.
Newsletter
Legislative News…Daniel North and Claudia Schoff
AARP has a voter engagement campaign titled “Be the Difference. Vote”. If you haven’t already, please commit to voting on November 6th by signing our voters’ pledge and visit
https://action.aarp.org/site/SPageNavigator/2018_Voter_Pledge.html. We want to raise the voice and share the importance of the 50+ voter. We want voters to ask important questions to the candidates around issues impacting the 50+ community.
Before you cast your vote on Nov. 6, make sure you know where candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate and presidency stand on these three issues:
- How would you protect Social Security for today’s seniors and strengthen it for future generations?
- How would you put Medicare on stronger financial ground and protect today’s seniors and future retirees from the
burden of rising health costs?
- How would you help Americans build a financial nest egg for their retirement?
Know your candidates! Candidates’ Websites:
Governor
Gavin Newsom (D) – http://www.gavinnewsom.com
John Cox (R) – http://johncoxforgovernor.com
Lt. Gov.
Edward Hernandez (D) – https://www.edhernandez4ca.com/
Eleni Kounalakis (D) – http://www.eleniforca.com
Senate
Dianne Feinstein (D) – https://feinsteinforca.com
Kevin de León (D) – https://www.kevindeleon.com
House
District 14
Cristina Osmeña (R) – https://www.osmenaforcongress.com/
Jackie Speier (D) – http://jackieforcongress.com/
District 15
Eric Swalwell (D) – http://www.swalwellforcongress.com
Rudy Peters (R) – https://www.rudypetersforcongress.com/
District 16
Elizabeth Heng (R) – https://elizabethheng.com/
Jim Costa (D) – http://www.jimcosta.com/
District 17
Ro Khanna (D) – http://www.rokhanna.com/
Ron Cohen (R) – http://www.roncohen4congress2018.com/
District 18
Anna Eshoo (D) – http://www.annaeshoo4congress.com/
Christine Russell (R) – No site
District 19
Justin Aguilera (R) – No site
Zoe Lofgren (D) – http://www.lofgrenforcongress.com
Don’t forget to pledge to vote on the AARP site and please vote! Make your voice heard.
Opportunity Tickets…Barbara Robinson
October drawings at three for $1 are:
SAM’s BBQ Restaurant
$25 Gift Card
1111 S. Bascom Ave, SJ (Thanks to Libby Harbour)
HABIT BURGER GRILL
Free Charburger w/Cheese OR Equal Value Item 2000 S. Bascom Ave (Thx to Angie Jaggars)
Campbell Express
ONE FREE subscription 408-374-9700 ** (Thanks to Stephon Hansen)
September winners were:
The BLUE DOOR Restaurant
$25 Gift Card @ Westgate
Paddy Wray
BURGER LOUNGE Restaurant
$15 Value N.E. Pruneyard
James Kosevich
?? MYSTERY PRIZE ?? FROSTY MUG
Jeanne Ulrich
Nominating Committee…Jan Deluchi
We need you to volunteer to fill a very important position in
our Chapter, Community Service. Scared Heart is a Charitable Organization, to which we donate items you give for the needy, donation of backpacks & school supplies every year and other projects during the year.
If you do not volunteer now to help our Chapter, the Board of Directors will need to decide what action to take for 2019 . PLEASE CALL me and say I will help. Jan 408-379-7587
The Cynical Philosopher:
♦ 3,237 people got married last year, not to cause any trouble but shouldn’t that be an even number?
♦ Today a man knocked on my door and asked for a small donation towards the local swimming pool. I gave him a glass of water.
♦ I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
♦ I find it ironic that the colors red, white, and blue stand for freedom until they are flashing behind you.
♦ When wearing a bikini, women reveal 90% of their body… men are so polite they only look at the covered parts.
♦ A recent study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than the men who mention it.
♦ Relationships are a lot like algebra. Have you ever looked at your X and wondered Y?
♦ America is a country which produces citizens who will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won’t cross the street to vote.
♦ You know that tingly little feeling you get when you like someone? That’s your common sense leaving your body.
♦ Did you know that dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish?
♦ My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We’ll see about that.
♦ I think my neighbor is stalking me as she’s been googling my name on her computer. I saw it through my telescope last night.
♦ Money talks…but all mine ever says is good-bye.
♦ You’re not fat, you’re just…easier to see.
♦ If you think nobody cares whether you’re alive, try missing a couple of payments.
♦ I can’t understand why women are okay that JC Penny has an older women’s clothing line named “Sag Harbor.”
♦ Denny’s has a slogan, “If it’s your birthday, the meal is on us.” If you’re in Denny’s and it’s your birthday, your life sucks!
Legislative News…Daniel North and Claudia Schott
The House Ways and Means Committee said it would continue exploring ways to reduce regulations in Medicare, after issuing a report last week on its conversations with health care providers. “The Medicare program has reached the threshold where the regulatory burdens placed on health care providers are now coming at the expense of patient care — we cannot allow this to continue,” Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam of Illinois said. Although light on specifics, the report highlighted areas where providers indicated they need more flexibility, including in anti-kickback laws, conditions of participation for hospitals, and administrative tasks such as billing and data reporting.
Of particular concern to both the committee and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is the so-called Stark law, which limits how and when physicians can refer patients to other entities in which they share a financial interest. The law is widely considered outdated as the industry shifts to value-based care, which requires close financial relationships between various providers.
“The Committee’s work is not complete,” the Ways and Means report stated. “The health care landscape is constantly changing, which will require policymakers to continuously weigh the impacts to the provider community, and most important of all, the impact on patient care.”
Here’s hoping this easing of regulations happens soon enough that we may all get better and faster access to decent patient care!
Opportunity Tickets…Barbara Robinson
September drawings at three for $1 are:
THE BLUE DOOR RESTAURANT
Westgate Shopping Center $25 Gift Card
(Thanks to Veronica Phillips)
BURGER LOUNGE RESTAURANT
North East Pruneyard
Free Entrée w/ purchase of One $15
(Thanks to Barbara Robinson)
?? MYSTERY PRIZE ??
Take a Chance—Anyone Can Use and Enjoy
(Thanks to Barbara Robinson)
CAMPBELL EXPRESS 408-374-9700
One Free subscription
(Thanks to Stephon Hansen)
August winners were:
SAM’s B B Q
$25 Gift Card
Joan Moeller
HABIT BURGER GRILL
Free Charburger w/cheese/ or Equal Value
David More
CAMPBELL EXPRESS
Nancy Tupperman
Program…Gene Lennon and Paddy Wray
The September program will be a presentation about the issues on the November ballot. Please bring paper and pencils for jotting down notes.
NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 18 IN Q80
Social Time 9:15 am Meeting 10 am
Leave clean clothing, bedding and nonperishable food for Sacred Heart on the bench outside. Please do not bring garage-sale type items for Sacred Heart. Please bring books to share. Place these items on the first table: donations for the troops, new and used greeting cards in the box; your volunteer hours in purple envelope.
Lunch after Meeting:
Sam’s BBQ
1110 South Bascom Ave
San Jose CA (408) 297-9151
Program:
November Election Review
Nominating Committee…Jan Deluchi
The members of Chapter 5151 have a very important decision to make by the end of September. If no one volunteers to fill the two positions that are still open, which are Community Service and Public Relations, by the end of September, it is my job to inform the President that we are unable to fill these two important positions. I will make a recommendation that we suspend these two positions until such time as one of our members volunteers. I will also advise the Executive Board of the problem. I am asking you to please help your Chapter and volunteer now. Call me with any questions you may have regarding the duties of these positions.