The President-Elect and Republican leaders in Congress have promised to repeal, and at some point, “replace” the Affordable Care Act. They also plan to gut the Medicaid program by imposing block granting or per-capita caps. … [Read more...] about Protect Our Health Care: It’s All Connected – ACA, Medicaid and Medicare are All Under Threat
The Fight
Plenty of Sensible Changes to Help and Preserve Medicare
Center for Medicare Advocacy Executive Director Judith Stein was featured in the New York Times "Room for Debate" this week defending the traditional Medicare program against efforts to privatize and weaken it.Under Speaker Paul … [Read more...] about Plenty of Sensible Changes to Help and Preserve Medicare
Medicare is not “Going Broke”
Medicare is not in crisis. It is on solid financial footing, and, in fact, is stronger than was predicted before the enactment of the Affordable Care Act.Medicare Part A is mostly paid for with payroll taxes which go into a trust fund. Prior to … [Read more...] about Medicare is not “Going Broke”
The Rush to Destroy Medicare as We Know It
Nominations Of Rep. Tom Price To Head The Department Of Health & Human Services And Seema Verma To Head The Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services Threaten Medicare and Medicare BeneficiariesNovember 29, 2016 – Despite … [Read more...] about The Rush to Destroy Medicare as We Know It
Truth: Obamacare Helps Medicare
Speaker Paul Ryan is already in the news saying that because of “Obamacare” Medicare is “going broke” (Fox News, 11/13/2016). As a consequence, he says, he intends to bring back his plan to privatize Medicare and change it … [Read more...] about Truth: Obamacare Helps Medicare