As privatizer Rep. Tom Price is confirmed as HHS Secretary, Senator Bernie Sanders challenges President Trump: Keep your word on Social Security and Medicare.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Wednesday called on President-elect Donald Trump to announce he would veto any legislation to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security, or admit that he “lied” to the American people.
via The Hill.
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- “Since the law’s enactment more than 11 million seniors and people with
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hole of over $23.5 billion on prescription drugs, an average of $2,127
per beneficiary. In 2015 alone, an estimated 39.2 million people with
Medicare took advantage of at least one preventive service with no
copays or deductibles.”
BREAKING NEWS:
Tom Leppert, the former mayor of Dallas who, it was announced Monday, is a member of Donald Trump’s “landing team” for the Social Security Administration, once released a plan calling for the privatization of Social Security and Medicare.
via CNN MONEY.
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- The problem for President-elect Trump is that the American people fully
expect his administration to now keep that campaign
promise. Unfortunately, preserving Medicare and Social Security benefits
could be among the first of his promises to go. Trump and Republican
leaders in Congress have vowed the repeal of the Affordable Care Act will be one of their first acts.
President Trump’s budget hurts seniors. From cuts to Social Security and Medicare to vital services, his 2020 budget will devastate older Americans.
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via twitter.
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Trump 2020 Budget Shortchanges Seniors.
Among other things, the White House budget cuts $25 billion from Social Security Disability Insurance, $845 billion from Medicare – and $1.5 trillion from Medicaid.
Donald Trump said repeatedly on the campaign trail that he would not cut Social Security or Medicare, and in his first budget as president, he is sticking to that promise. But congressional Republicans don’t believe Trump will stand by his pledge forever ― in fact, they’re counting on him to break it.
via Huffington Post.
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- Trump Snubs Seniors in Speech to Congress.
- He did not even utter the words “Social Security” or “Medicare” in his entire hour-long address.
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via twitter.
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Trump 2019 Budget Shortchanges Seniors, Poor, Disabled.
- President Trump released an FY 2019 budget today proposing deep spending reductions for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), and myriad other federal programs that help older Americans, the poor, and people with disabilities.
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Trump is wrong, Dems are fighting to save Medicare and Social Security.
- House Republicans propose to axe $537 billion over the next decade from the program that provides health coverage to nearly 60 million older and disabled Americans.
- The president’s 2019 budget slashes Social Security Disability (SSDI) benefits by a staggering $64 billion over ten years.
via twitter.
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The Trump administration has sent a grim message to America’s seniors.
President Trump’s 2020 budget proposal shortchanges seniors by:
- Slashing $845 billion from Medicare.
- Cutting $25 billion from Social Security Disability Insurance.
- Gutting Medicaid by 1.5 trillion.
- Cutting the Social Security Administration’s operating budget by 3.5%.
Unfortunately, preserving Medicare and Social Security benefits could be among the first of his promises to go. Trump and Republican leaders in Congress have vowed the repeal of the Affordable Care Act will be one of their first acts. For seniors, that means billions in lost Medicare benefits, the return of the Part D prescription drug donut hole and years of solvency taken from Medicare.
via Entitled to Know.
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