Dealership software company dumps retirees: Why it's a big deal

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Friday September 25, 2009 · 4:55 PM PDT

2009/09/25 · 16:55

This morning as I was driving to work, I heard a disturbing little clip on the local NPR station. Later, I read about the same situation in the Dayton Daily News with a little more detail. A multinational corporation which sells financing software programs used by auto dealerships announced today that they will no longer be offering health insurance or other benefits to its retirees age 65 and older, effective January 1, 2010. The company, Reynolds and Reynolds, is headquartered here in Dayton, OH and has about 6,000 employees. Those retirees currently enrolled on the retiree health plan will be dropped on the first of the year. A spokesman for the company stated that because the change only affects those who are 65 or older, they can enroll in Medicare instead. They do not think this is a big deal, because Medicare will be there to clean up the mess.

Here's why it is a big deal.

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Whose fault is this?

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Whose fault is this?

Private insurance companies, for being so damned expensive

10 votes

Reynolds and Reynolds, for being a cold heartless corporation

25 votes

Retirees, for being shortsighted and trusting these companies

5 votes

Medicare, for protecting its interests by enforcing the surcharge

1 vote

Everyone's, for paying for pie instead of pricy premiums

3 votes

Levi and Sarah

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Thursday September 03, 2009 · 5:59 AM PDT

2009/09/03 · 05:59

I'm not usually one to run around spreading pernicious rumors, but I came across this on Jeanne Moos' "Moos Unusual" segment on CNN.com. She does a funny two-minute clip about a Vanity Fair article in which Levi tells all kinds of gossipy details about life with the Palins.

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Sunday August 16, 2009 · 6:22 PM PDT

2009/08/16 · 18:22

If you live in Southwestern Ohio, there is an event for you to attend on Tuesday (August 18) in Moraine (near Dayton).

It is a "honk and wave" which is being organized by one of our fantastic local neighborhood captains in Beavercreek. This event is only one hour, and it is a peaceful protest on public sidewalks. The Dayton Tea Party is hosting a "Health Care Town Hall Meeting" at the Mandalay Banquet Center at

2700 E River Rd
Moraine, OH 45439

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Which best describes you?

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Which best describes you?

I live in SW Ohio and I'll be here!

0 votes

I live in SW Ohio but I can't make it. Poo!

4 votes

I live in SW Ohio and this was a stupid diary.

0 votes

I don't live in SW Ohio, but if I did, I'd totally go!

6 votes

I don't live in SW Ohio, so I'm not sure why I read this.

2 votes

Does SW Ohio have delicious pie?

1 vote

Evidence! Healthcare WILL be rationed!

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Monday August 10, 2009 · 7:46 PM PDT

2009/08/10 · 19:46

Everywhere I turn, I hear that healthcare is going to be rationed! Bureaucrats are going to get between me and my doctor, and my choices are going to be taken away from me! So, I decided to find out for myself. After combing through hundreds of pages of complicated PDFs written in mind-numbing legal speak, I discovered that the rumors are TRUE! Incompetent bureaucrats with no medical training really ARE going to be the deciding factor in whether I receive the services my doctor recommends, and the ominously-named “Plan” really IS going to tell me which doctors I can and cannot see!

This is terrible, just TERRIBLE! Clearly this “Plan” must be stopped- and soon- before these evil paper-pushers send me and my family before some twisted death panel to decide whether I am worth the treatment they dole out. Don’t worry though- I have copied some of the most terrifying prospects from this hideous document so that you can be fairly warned about what is coming to you!

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Dealership software company dumps retirees: Why it's a big deal

Levi and Sarah

Attention: Southwest Ohio Kossacks!

Evidence! Healthcare WILL be rationed!