That channel runs a lot of made for tv Christian love stories that seem to target older women. The ad is vicious. There are actually two of them and they are both horrible. That channel runs ads for all kinds of scams aimed at older people, this one being one of them.

Probably all the news and radio there are heavily slanted towards the right.

I only know about it from afar, but from what I read about Jacksonville politics it's very right wing from local races on up.

I'm sorry your cousin has been affected by the climate in which she lives.

because they have no real desire to examine, analyze, or seek out the other side of the story. That's precisely why the repubs discovered the effectiveness of sound bites, misinformation, and creating divisions over their misplaced fears works so well to encapsulate them. We don't do enough to call them out on their deceptions. It's most difficult when a national cable news show that serves as the rightwing vanguard headquarters and an array of national syndicated rightwing radio shows is their primary source of new. I try to reason with them one on one, but outside of putting a shock collar around their necks I don't know the answer. I will state unequivocally that I believe the dismissal of the Fairness doctrine in political media has had a devastating effect on our ability to allow these people to see another side and recognize that there is another side of each issue that they never are allowed to hear.

Big Navy presence there.

My very, very best friend from my school days is a hardline rightwinger. I just don't call anymore. It breaks my heart.

Sorry about the cuz. It happens.

Something gets enacted every year, I think.

lots of things go into effect this year


http://www.healthcare.gov/law/timeline/



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Encouraging Integrated Health Systems
Effective January 1, 2012

The new law provides incentives for physicians to join together to form “Accountable Care Organizations.” In these groups, doctors can better coordinate patient care and improve the quality, help prevent disease and illness, and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions. If Accountable Care Organizations provide high quality care and reduce costs to the health care system, they can keep some of the money that they have helped save.





Understanding and Fighting Health Disparities
Effective March, 2012

To help understand and reduce persistent health disparities, the law requires any ongoing or new federal health program to collect and report racial, ethnic, and language data. The Secretary of Health and Human Services will use this data to help identify and reduce disparities.




Reducing Paperwork and Administrative Costs
First regulation effective October 1, 2012

Health care remains one of the few industries that relies on paper records. The new law institutes a series of changes to standardize billing and requires health plans to begin adopting and implementing rules for the secure, confidential, electronic exchange of health information. Using electronic health records will reduce paperwork and administrative burdens, cut costs, reduce medical errors and, most importantly, improve the quality of care.





More at link

Jacksonville is a nest of right wing nut religious bigots. She is probably just getting bored and started watching the propaganda that has been so prevalent since President Obama won office and is running again. Then she probably had her fears re-enforced by people she has met or knows. When you live so far away from you family, as I do, it's difficult to know what others are thinking. I moved away from my home state long ago because of the bigotry and negativity.

far more than I understand being pro-Bush.