Lucas, Medicare is a fundamental tool of economic security – a guarantee
that seniors will not be denied health care just because they can’t
afford it.
But Republicans in Congress, led by House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, are making plans right now to
privatize Medicare and hand it over to greedy insurance companies.
The fight over the future of Medicare could come to a head as soon as
the next session of Congress starts in January.
Add your name to our petition now and Sen. Bernie Sanders will deliver
it to Republicans in Congress next week. We need to make it clear that any attempt to privatize, cut, weaken or
damage Medicare or Social Security is completely unacceptable.
Sign the petition from CREDO and Daily Kos: Stop the Republican attack
on Medicare.
Speaker Ryan has wanted to destroy Medicare for years. His ultimate goal is to end Medicare as we know it and replace it with
a privatized program in which seniors would get federal vouchers to help
offset the cost of premiums charged by commercial insurance plans. It’s
a trick designed to create the appearance of cutting costs by shifting
some of the financial burden from the federal government to America’s seniors.
During the campaign, Trump repeatedly pledged that he would not attack
Medicare. But then, just two weeks after the election, his senior adviser
Kellyanne Conway
admitted that he would “take a look at Speaker Ryan’s proposal.”
One thing’s for certain:
We can’t trust Trump, Rep. Ryan or Sen. McConnell to do what’s
right for America’s seniors.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is adamant that Democrats in Congress
will remain
united in opposing the imminent Republican attack on Medicare. But with Republicans in control
of the White House and both chambers of Congress, we need a powerful show
of grassroots opposition now to show Rep. Ryan, Sen. McConnell and Trump
that we won’t tolerate any attacks on Medicare or the rest of our
social safety net.
Sign the petition: Stop the Republican attack on Medicare.
Thanks for all you do,
Josh Nelson, Deputy Political Director
CREDO Action from Working Assets