Two lousy choices is no better than seven lousy choices.

The biggest problem for most people is affording the health care they need, even with Medicare, ... People are telling us they can't afford to get the care they need, because Medicare supplemental policies are too expensive, medications are too expensive, and they are having trouble with special needs if they are in HMOs.

We definitely tell them it's an option, and it can be a lower-cost option than Part D.

Lent is a time of prayer, but not for gloomy faces. Some people choose to give things up, but that's a matter of personal piety. Many parishioners choose to add something, like prayer or extra worship services, or take on a cause.

We try to connect meaning to everything. Otherwise it becomes a practice that's sort of empty, eating pancakes without knowing why.

The first thing people need to know is that they do not have to make any changes if they are happy with their health care plan today.

[Some callers] aren't paying their electric (bill) in order to get their medicine, ... aren't getting their medicine in order to pay their electric.

We hear every kind of story.