Don’t let the GOP steal Christmas!
Tell Boehner and McConnell no cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
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Do you want to protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from benefit cuts? Then join us in a National Call-In Day to Congress and tell your lawmakers: Protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from benefit cuts. Repeal the “sequester” and close loopholes for Wall Street and the wealthiest 2% of Americans instead.
http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/Join-Us-Feb.-14-in-National-Call-In-Day-to-Stop-Fiscal-Crisis-Deja-Vu
An uncharacteristic joint effort by House Speaker John Boehner and his usual nemesis, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, to resolve a gnawing problem about how Medicare pays doctors underscores the political victories each sees in finally sweeping the issue off the deck — if they can.
Boehner, R-Ohio, has taken the unusual step of working with Pelosi toward a compromise he can offer Republican lawmakers. This is angering some conservatives with whom he’s repeatedly clashed, including last month when they opposed legislation preventing a Homeland Security Department shutdown and he turned to Pelosi, D-Calif., for votes.via Associated Press.
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‘Doc Fix’ Deal Still Has A Long Way To Go.
Forty-seven years ago after we passed Medicaid, I had the privilege of presiding over the passage of Medicare, one of the most important programs our country has to offer its people. While Medicare guarantees healthcare for our senior citizens, Medicaid protects those in the direst of circumstances, particularly those under economic stress. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provides 100 million Americans with health coverage. Ensuring aging, young, and underprivileged Americans have access to quality care without financially burdensome bills was carrying out the legacy that my father started and one of the proudest moments of my career.
Congressman John Dingell via News Release
This year marks the 50th anniversaries of Medicare and Medicaid and the 80th anniversary of Social Security. Fifty-seven percent of people on Medicare, 70 percent of adults on Medicaid and 56 percent of Social Security recipients (66 percent of those over 85) are women. Together, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid provide critical health and financial security.
via Huffington Post.
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- Women and Social Security.
- While Social Security is a program that is vitally important to all Americans, it is especially important to the financial security of women. There are a number of reasons why this is so. First of all, women live longer than men.
- Medicare and Women.
- Medicare, combined with Social Security, has improved the economic status of older Americans and younger people with disabilities. Prior to Medicare, one - half of older Americans were uninsured and one - third were living in poverty. Today, with access to health care coverage, the poverty rate for seniors is nine percent.
- Women and the Retirement Savings Gap.
- Older women have significantly lower retirement benefits than men.
Recently put up a Storify on Medicare and Medicaid’s 47th Anniversary that occurred yesterday. It covers an event last week as well concerning the House Democratic Seniors Task Force celebrating 47 years of success.
The Medicare and Medicaid programs were signed into law on July 30, 1965. President LBJ is pictured at the signing ceremony in Independence, Missouri at the Truman Library. Former President Truman is seated beside him. LBJ held the ceremony there to honor President Truman’s leadership on health insurance, which he first proposed in 1945.
Celebrate Medicare’s Anniversary with us by visiting our website here.
But that’s not all. A lot of folks don’t know it, but nearly two-thirds of Medicaid is spent on nursing home care for Medicare seniors who are eligible for Medicaid. It’s going to end Medicare as we know it. And a lot of that money is also spent to help people with disabilities, including a lot of middle-class families whose kids have Down’s syndrome or autism or other severe conditions.
Bill Clinton during his speech at the Democratic National Convention via Washington Post.
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For example, the document seeks a commitment from the next speaker to tie any increase in the debt ceiling to cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
via Think Progress.
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Let’s not forget about the first day of the 114th Congress.
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, which introduced Medicare and Medicaid into the American health care system. The programs currently enjoy widespread public support, with the majority of Americans indicating that Medicare and Medicaid, respectively, are “important to them and their family.” But the popularity of these programs stands in stark contrast to the political resistance they faced before their passage.
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- Analysis of the 2015 Medicare Trustees Report.
- Solvency has improved by 13 years from the date that was projected before enactment of the Affordable Care Act.
Representative Jan Schakowsky (IL-9) stands up for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid at Summit on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid