TRICARE rates for retirees continue to increase in spite of healthcare changes in this country. TRICARE is a health care program that provides coverage to active duty, National Guard and Reserve service members and their families worldwide. The law requires retired reserve members to pay the full cost of coverage under TRR with no government subsidy. That cost is slightly decreased from the 2012 rates but one must consider that these rates are far above HMO and PPO rates that retired members could purchase on their own without using TRICARE. The disparity between rates for active duty retired service members and retired reserve service members is outrageous. The FY 2013 enrollment fees, effective October 1, 2012 for retired reserve members are as follows: (Tricare, 2012). Individual: $402.11 per month Member and Family: $969.10 per month The FY 2013 enrollment fees for retired active duty service members effective October 1, 2012, are as follows: Individual: $269.28 per year Family: $538.56 per year We must speak out and let our voices be heard. As retired members of the military, we should have some government subsidy to help us have access to healthcare that is affordable. Why is there such a disparity between active duty retired rates and those of retired reserve rates? Many reservists in this country have been mobilized many times in support of the war efforts and ongoing needs of the country. In spite of this, retired reserve members that have completed 20 years or more of service must pay enrollment fees that make it impossible for many of us to afford healthcare. Retired reserve members deserve affordable access to healthcare. References: Tricare Enrollment Fees. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.tricare.mil/mybenefit/home/Costs/HealthPlanCosts/TRICAREPrimeOptions/EnrollmentFees?

A petition urging Elected officials to uncover and correct the reasons for the unreasonable length of the current gas shortages across Long Island and NY State.

We have now lived about a dozen years with the error of the Bush Tax cuts. They did not bring prosperity, except to the top 1 or 2%. They were what the so-called "job creators" wanted; they got them, and look at the job creation 2001 to present--Bad! Mr. President, you are sometimes too nice a guy. Please do not continue your track record of giving more than half in compromises; your adversaries only continue to disrespect you anyway. End the Bush tax cuts. Sure, find a constructive compromise where the affluent pay their fair Clinton era share if you can, but embrace the fiscal cliff and leap happily over it if that turns out to be the only way to end this destructive policy of your predecessor.

Donald Trump poorly represents NBC

The tax cuts for the wealthy and middle class are soon set to expire. Let's stand together and refuse to give the Republicans the ability to hold the People and the President hostage with this issue. Let them expire...die a natural death. Then let the President and Congress come together from a new beginning and take it where compromise will lead. What a concept!

I can not believe in 2012 we still have voter suppression. This has to stop. How many stories do we have to see in order to recognize the problem. I am tired of people who do not think this is happening. I talk to my friends and they say, well there is voter fraud, really, did you know the governing bodies say they is a very small % in comparison to voter suppression. It has to stop, we have to communicate it to everyone, put a end to it.

To ensure South Dakota voters support this bill or one like it and provide this information to the South Dakota Senators.

Current foreclosure laws in California do NOT require lender to prove they have the Note or Deed to foreclose. Require lenders to prove they have the right to foreclose. New law only covers modification protection, but does nothing requiring ALL assignments be recorded and most are fraudulent via MERS. New law should REQUIRE proof of valid ownership and proof assignee owns both Note and Deed before it can assign it.

Stop Big Money from Buying Elections

Donald Trump has called the re-election of President Obama a "travesty" and has called for a "revolution".

Voter disenfranchisement happens nationally through long lines, polling stations that are too small, have little parking and/or are difficult to locate, unqualified or slow poll workers, poor line management and in many other ways. A National Holiday every November election day would 1. Close schools : this would open up schools to be polling places. 2. Provide poll workers on that day. 3.Proclaim that voting is essential to our democracy by being a national holiday. 4. Allow voters to come throughout the day, not just as polls open and after their work hours. This would greatly lessen lines.

Having spent more than 25 years working in public education I am concerned that the "reforms" championed by US Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, will ruin public eduation while opening up the "market" to privatization. Follow the money. Who benefits from producing tests, evaluating tests, and publicizing test results? Who stands to suffer? Is this reform? A NY State child now starts the year being tested by her teachers in every subject so as to "prove" that the child knows little in order to create a favorable comparison for the end of the year. Is our goal to improve drop-out rates of students and teachers?