I'll take a Bear Claw any day over a donut hole, and a long-john over hen's teeth. There is zero cost in up-keep hens' teeth. But me? I think I'll just go lay an egg!

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Dale Hill

Tell A Friend Bear Claws and Hens' Teeth!

If I could eat sweet pastries, I'd take a bear claw over donuts and cake donuts over glaze donuts. I hate paying for empty holes. Hietal hernias make those decisions for me, and like sodas, pastries are off my diet - IBS, and don't ask me how yesterday went! But have you noticed some donuts on TV that are over a year old and a whole bit, more "worthlesser."

Of course, I am writing about George Bush's "Drugs For The Elderly Program."

"So, Brent, which drug program should I sign up for?" I asked my pharmacist.

"You don't sign up for any. You're already on a drug program, and any other program that anyone has through their work, beats the daylights out of this government program." Yet another Bush failure. "Pharmasuiticalesses!"

I don't understand how anyone could be happy with a drug program that has a donut hole big enough to fly a 747 through. At 61, I am taking nearly 20 pills a day, treating everything from gout to Irritable Bowel Syndrome and severe osteoarthritis. If I had to use one of those "over-the-counter" drug plans, I would hit that donut hole in 6 months. Can you imagine how a lady living only on Social Security would come up with the $2,500 after the first $2,500 until it rings up $5,500?

Read that again. Though it my sound like circular redundancy, it's not. Doesn't that sound like a scam job to you, like DirectBuy? Don't believe DirectBuy is a scam? Do a google on the company plus "crooks." Our government is supposed to identify obvious scams like that instead of screwing around in another country. Give me a break. That company is a pyramid scheme hidden behind showrooms.

And now, what burns me is what is happening on television. Drug company advertising! Pyramid? Isn't our government suppose to care of its citizens. Drug company advertising? You gotta' be kidding me! If this program is so great, why in the heck are drug companies reduced to spending a lot of their money advertising for another anti-people, failed Bush program. "Tell your congress  person how great our drug program is.

I am ashamed of Bush, not only for a failed war and The Dixie Chicks, but also all of his silly efforts to privatize health care. What companies have I seen being advertised? Blue Cross and Blue Shield, others I can't remember, and a corporation called "phrma.org," which I am sure represents a whole "rick" of other companies that are making a killing on the empty hole from $2,500 to $5,500.

Ignore the beggers and demand a Democratic change, ...for a change. A nation which would develop a donut hole in health, doesn't even address dental care.

Yes, ... we've all seen and heard about the boy who died from a bad tooth. Tooth decay! Why? Because the family did not have dental insurance. The kid was killed by his own country! Had he been in Europe or even Russia, he'd have all of his teeth fixed for free and be just as alive as the Bushites who are ordering our National Guard to go to quagmire that represents Baghdad.

"No," the bursar lady stared at me and said. "Medicare covering dental? You have your dental plan on your own insurance. Medicare or Medicaid doesn't have dental coverage."

With my insurance and out-of-pocket change, I have had over $20,000 invested in my teeth. Shoot, my teeth are so bad that FEMA could declare them eligible for a National Disaster Area (NDA).

Two implants and a bridge would be $5,000. Ridiculous! I have spent so much, that options are not good. I'm considering robbing banks.

Just how important are our teeth. To our government, they aren't worth a dime, though dental gum disease can cause heart attacks, strokes, and as the little boy, ... death!

Do you think Republicans care? Show me one dentist in the United States who is a registered and voting Democrat! All children should be covered for their teeth, like Indian Health. Us old codgers, too!

I happened to be in an expensive dentist's office in 2001, when Bush was crowned, while the dentist "Praised the Lord."

"We just cannot afford to have another Democrat in The White House!"

He sounded more scared than excited. Have we seen any attempt by the Bush administration to address "DENTAL CARE?" No! Just as we find out Bush's drug program is worth industry gold for those who are in the pharmaceutical industry. Hmm? You wonder! What are the feds doing about dental care for adults.

People who are rich, don't need to carry health insurance policies. I suppose the more cash the layout for their dentists, the more free miles on American Airlines they get! So, ... how does Medicaid cover dental problems?

"States may elect to provide dental services to their adult Medicaid-eligible population or elect not to provide dental services at all as part of its Medicaid program. While most states provide at least emergency dental services for adults, less than half of the states provide comprehensive dental care. There are no minimum requirements for adult dental coverage."

This means that dental coverage for older adults on Medi-programs is more scarce than hen's teeth.

Authors Bio:
Is a 34 year retired educator with a Masters Degree in Counseling - a free-lance writer with articles in Spanish and English Guideposts, Mothering, Oklahoma Observer, Oklahoma Gazette, Westview, Oklahoma Reader, The Lookout, Christian Standard, opednews.com ... . The author has the largest number of published "letters" in the history of Time magazine and NEA Today. had an LTTE in NEWSWEEK in December, 2007. Dale W. Hill is married with 5 children, 7 grand-children, one foster child, and 4 foster grandchildren. He and his wife, Marcella, live in Lawton, Oklahoma; he retired from Anadarko Public Schools in 2002. Hill is a computer collector, writer, and musician. Hill is a historian of Country Music, with 1972 Ovation and Martin BackPacker guitars. Favorite diatonic harmonica is a Hohner Special 20 and all chromatics, that "...scream The Blues!!"