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Is It Too Late To Change To A Different Plan For 2020?

Question: I chose my Health Insurance and Part D plan for 2020, but now I am not sure I made the right choice. Can I change to a different plan? Answer: This may sound very similar to a recent question and it is, but the answer is different. Two annual enrollment periods are happening right now. The first is the General Enrollment Period (GEP). This GEP runs from Jan. 1 to March 31 each year and is an opportunity for those individuals who did not sign up for Medicare when they turned 65 or when they left work, and therefore must sign up now. These individuals can use the GEP to sign ...

The Trump Peace Plan Is Doomed

Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and PLO leader Yasser Arafat met at Camp David where Barak offered almost all of what Arafat asked for in exchange for making peace with the Jewish state. Arafat rejected the offer. The reason was and remains that the Palestinian leadership doesn’t want to make peace with Israel. Their goal is to eliminate it. Now comes President Trump with his own peace plan, offering statehood, prosperity and peace to the Palestinians. Has anything changed in the last 20 years, indeed, since 1948 when the Arabs rejected ...

Red China’s Infection Of US Classrooms

Dangerous menaces are spreading from mainland China to the United States. Surgical masks and Big Pharma vaccines, however, won’t protect this nation from its infiltration. The problem doesn’t lie with bats. It lies with America’s batty pursuit of globalization at all costs. Chinese Communist Party agents are using our suicidal pathologies — blind worship of “diversity,” naive exaltation of “cultural exchange” programs, and reckless surrender of our education system — against us for economic espionage, intellectual property theft and world dominance. While Beltway ...

Who Will Pay The Pied Piper?

The Pied Piper of Hamlin is an old legend from hundreds of years ago, but it is a story with a timeless lesson. The town had a terrible rat infestation, and the Piper made an agreement with the townspeople that, if he played his music and got rid of the rats for good, the villagers would pay him a sum of money. When he had done his part and got rid of the rats, the people refused to pay. As revenge, the Piper returned and did the same with all of the children in the town and they were never seen again. For many decades, the United States and many other developed countries have been ...

Moving On After Divorce Can Be Tough

Q: I recently went through a divorce that I didn’t want, but my ex has moved on, and there’s no going back. I’m starting to look forward myself. How soon is too soon to get married again after divorce? Jim: There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to “how soon is too soon.” But this is a question that our counselors at Focus on the Family hear on a regular basis. They have a number of suggestions that anyone in this situation should consider. One recommendation is that you spend adequate time as a single before remarrying. That season of independence gives you a chance to heal ...

Pizza Has A Flavorful History

According to my go-to for useless information, there are just five days in the United States that account for the majority of pizza sales. Care to hazard a guess? For many families I suspect pizza is as much a staple as bread and milk. I do understand the reasoning. It can be picked up by ...