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Guess where this headline is from? Go on, just guess:

America, Pull up a Chair! We've Got Something Good to Talk About.

It's from the website www.medicare.gov. Yep--that's right! That's my very own government asking me (on behalf of my mother) to come to the table and chat! I guess that's good as I have a lot of questions after trying to decipher this website full of chummy language and stock photos of happy retirees. Unfortunately, it's not really like stopping by Lloyd and Lil's country kitchen table to have some bars and coffee and good old fashioned straight talk about prescription drug coverage when you become old enough for the government to know they can confuse you because YOU'RE GETTING OLD. Looks like we're pulling up to a nice big steaming pile of crapcakes and a bottomless cup of quandary. Poor mom--after trying to figure out what she should chat about with the goWernment, I'm confused as hell and I like to think that I'm a lil' bit used to the quackery double talk of Uncle Sam. Oh my! It looks like we're going to have to switch her to dollar-store ibuprofen and some prairie medicine poultices while waiting to see if she can get the good stuff that keeps her ticking (within reason). But, please--pull up a chair!