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Three interactive documents focusing on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and health care that you need to visit.
Earned Benefits and Health Care Project:
http://bit.ly/earnedbenefits
Trump Timeline:
http://bit.ly/nctrumptimeline
Congressional Timeline:
http://bit.ly/congresstimeline
Here are three interactive documents on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and health care.
Targeting Earned Benefits & Health Care: http://bit.ly/ncearnedbenefits
Trump Timeline: http://bit.ly/trumptimelinenc
Congressional Timeline: http://bit.ly/nccongresstimeline
Did you miss today’s Behind the Headlines?
We discussed:
- The GOP’s budget that passed committee last week which would cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
- Our Congressional timeline which keeps track of states said by Members of Congress advocating for cuts to earned benefits and health care programs.
You can watch the full segment by clicking here.
Earned benefits are on the ballot:
“Cutting Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security for folks like Rick Scott does not sound like ‘fighting for the little guy’ to me.” - Former President Barack Obama
Three interactive documents on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and health care.
Targeting Earned Benefits & Health Care: http://bit.ly/earnedbenefits
Trump Timeline: http://bit.ly/nctrumptimeline
Congressional Timeline: http://bit.ly/congresstimeline
We have updated our earned benefits project which keeps track of Members of Congress’ comments on wanting to cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and health care.
You can view the whole project by clicking here.
In a New Hampshire speech, New Jersey’s GOP governor proposed an overhaul of Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare that would reduce benefits for some retired seniors, eliminating them entirely for individuals with income over $200,000 and raising the retirement age to 69.
via NJ Today.
This isn’t anything new. Christie is very vocal when it comes to earned benefits.
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via twitter.
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As if to confirm the warnings of seniors’ advocates, Republicans have signaled that their next targets after the tax bill are Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Of course, by “structural changes,” Rubio really means cutting earned benefits and turning Medicare into a voucher program.
Read more on this issue by clicking here.
MAYBE YOU THOUGHT that when Donald Trump was running for president and promised not to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, he meant he’d refuse to reduce the benefits Americans are entitled to under the three programs.
It looks more and more like that wasn’t true at all…
…However, Max Richtman, president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, was willing to address the issue. “The reality for Social Security beneficiaries receiving a smaller social security check,” says Richtman, “or seniors paying more for Medicare than under current law, is a painfully obvious cut and would be contrary to President Trump’s repeated campaign promises.”
via The Intercept.
We have been keeping track of President Trump and his administration’s actions on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and healthcare.
Click here to view the Trump Timeline.
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%.