Government cuts Medicare Part A 11.1% effective 10/1/11. The Congress is focused on making more spending cuts. The Super Panel must identify $1.6 trillion in cuts by 11/23 and have both Congress and President Obama approve them by 12/23. Absent these cuts or an agreement, Medicare providers (us) will be cut 2% effective 10/1/12. Additionally, the Doc Fix expires on 12/31/2011, implying that Medicare will be paying your doctor less than what it costs to provide care. Many physicians are declining to accept Medicare patients as the payments are so low. With this expiration, consultant......READ MORE

The history of Fort Myers Florida has to start with the proven fact that it was initially built on a location that was twice selected as a military fort by the U.S. army. The Seminole indians had also chosen this location for their home and were willing to aggressively guard it as a place to situate their towns. Even before that, the Calusa indians had already built heaps of shell and earth dwellings on the southern side of this stream. A glimpse of old maps that were created by the Division as far back as the 1830s tells plenty about Fort Myers and its history with evidence of what......READ MORE

When talking about alternative energy, one must remember about biomass. While the name sounds a little "high tech", that it is the oldest form of heating. Biomass actually refers to biological material that's either living or recently dead. When talking about it in the alternative energy sense, we are typically referring to plant matter. The most typical example that comes to mind is burning wood. Indeed, up until in regards to a hundred years ago wood was the main heating source for man. Many people still used it today in wood stoves in their home as well as the newer and much more......READ MORE