“So, don’t tell me that now you’re going to pass a tax cut for hedge fund managers and real estate developers and maybe later you’ll save my Medicare benefits. That’s not right.” -Ady Barkan
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Senator Susan Collins could fall in line with President Trump, Senator McConnell, and Speaker Ryan – or stand up for her stated principles and vote AGAINST the GOP tax scam.
Let’s make sure she does.
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The bill that has emerged from closed-door negotiations between House and Senate Republicans remains deeply harmful to the working class, the elderly, and the sick. The only good news is that the bill retains the medical expense deduction which so many older Americans rely upon. The rest is bad news.
- Triggers an automatic $25 billion cut to Medicare.
- Blows a $1.5 trillion hole in the federal debt, inviting future cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
- Zeroes-out the tax penalty for the Obamacare coverage mandate, which will cause an estimated 13 million Americans to lose insurance – and result in higher premiums for older adults (an average of $1,500 in 2019).
- Uses the paltry “Chained CPI” inflation index to calculate adjustments to tax brackets and deductions, which will not only result in tax increases, but could ultimately result in lower Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs).
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President Trump says Congress is “days away” from passing the heinous Trump/GOP Tax Scam.
Protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid from the Trump/GOP Tax Scam. Now is the time to put pressure on these four Senators to vote NO.
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The GOP’s last-ditch effort to repeal and replace Obamacare received what appeared to be a fatal blow Monday evening when Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced her decision not to support the bill, becoming the crucial third Republican to oppose it.
via NBC News.
We have been keeping an eye on Congress and their decisions during the Graham-Cassidy health care debate.
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Throwing More Money at Wavering Senators’ States Doesn’t Improve Graham-Cassidy –
Her caution is well warranted. Anti-repeal advocates breathed a sigh of relief last Friday when Senator John McCain (R-AZ) announced his opposition to the bill. But opponents of Graham-Cassidy still need one more GOP vote to kill it before the September 30th deadline, and so far only McCain and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) have announced as ‘No’s. Some Hill-watchers are wary of Rand Paul’s position and predict he will flip to ‘Yes’ at the last minute, as he has done previously. On the other hand, this weekend Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) threw cold water on Graham-Cassidy because he says it doesn’t go far enough in undoing Obamacare regulations…
More on the state of Graham-Cassidy can be found here.
Kudos to Senior Hero Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME) for their courage on health care!
I recently sent a letter to Sen. Susan Collins, urging her to resist efforts by her party to tamper with Medicare. She is one of a handful of Senate Republicans who could serve as a firewall against harmful changes to a program that 306,000 Maine seniors and people with disabilities rely upon.
The majority in Congress has proposed to privatize Medicare, raise the eligibility age from 65 to 67 and repeal the Affordable Care Act, which made important improvements to Medicare. These actions will reduce health care coverage and increase out-of-pocket costs for beneficiaries already struggling to make ends meet.
As one of the nation’s leading advocates for seniors, The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare has called upon four Republican Senators to serve as a “firewall” against harmful changes to Medicare. National Committee President and CEO Max Richtman sent letters on Tuesday to Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Charles Grassley (R-IA), and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), urging them to vote against proposals to privatize Medicare, raise the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67, and repeal provisions in the Affordable Care Act that improved Medicare.
via NCPSSM.