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Loading ...If you are an elderly American with questions about Medicare, ask anyone but the official Medicare toll-free “help” line. “We found that 6 out of 10 calls were answered accurately, 3 out of 10 calls were answered inaccurately and we were not able to get a response for 1 out of 10 calls” says an audit report by the service by the Government Accountability Office. In one example, they asked a question about whether electric wheelchairs are covered by Medicare. The right answer: yes, if a person’s “trunk strength” is low enough to require it. The answer they got: “Medicare would cover a power wheelchair only if a beneficiary had adequate space to put it in the trunk of his car.” A separate audit of a special line for doctors to call about billing issues was even worse, with complete and accurate information given only 4 percent of the time.
A third of all schoolteachers in Florida have failed their certification tests at least once, and many have not even been able to pass the tests they give their students. Students aren’t allowed to move to the next grade if they don’t pass their standardized tests, but some teachers continue to teach even after failing their own exams and then receiving waivers, according to a review of test scores. Almost 1,400 teachers have failed more than 10 times; more than half-a- million kids suffer with substandard teachers. State Sen. Frederica Wilson decries the report, saying the poor teachers are “destroying the lives and futures of Florida’s children.” And the bottom-line result, Wilson says, is “The economy is going to suffer. Our tax base is going to suffer.” [What Do YOU Think? Comment on this Post!] [Testify!]
