Led by Ryan, and now backed by the next Secretary of Health and Human Services, Congress is expected to move on Medicare cuts by mid-year 2017. Vouchers will put the healthcare of our nation’s retirees at great risk by leaving them to profit driven insurance companies and healthcare providers. If you believe the government should keep its hands off of Medicare, please sign this petition. As someone relying on Medicare now or in the near future, you must insist. Raising the Medicare eligibility age to 67. Raising the eligibility age will deny 5 million seniors insurance beginning in 2020. It now promises to modernize Medicare, a euphemism for cutting Medicare, turning Medicare over to private insurance companies, capping government support for the program, and shifting more costs onto older adults and people with disabilities. Petition Medicare must be protected and strengthened. The plan calls for raising the eligibility age to 67 and replacing guaranteed benefits with a voucher program. Price is an architect of Speaker Paul Ryan’s plan to gut Medicare. Sign the Petition: Tell Your Congress Members to Oppose Medicare Privatization to gain public understanding on a complicated issue asked if respondents thought the government should ‘stay out of Medicare,’ something inherently impossible. And we’ve heard too many stories of retirees foregoing vital health services or rationing medications because they can’t meet soaring costs. ![]() Tom Price (R-GA) as Secretary of Health and Human Services is an indication that the President-Elect doesn’t plan to back up his campaign promise of protecting the senior citizen health care program. We are tired of having our Social Security and Medicare up for grabs by politicians wanting to take our hard earned benefits. Petition National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare Sign Our 'Hands Off Medicare' Petition Today, half of all Medicare beneficiaries have an annual income below 26,200. The future of Medicare is in grave jeopardy.
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