In a controversial move, the GOP-led House Budget Committee's hearing to establish a fiscal commission raises alarms for potential cuts in Social Security and Medicare.
The whole subsidy to retiree story is a diversion from the many important issues facing the country. Even the core idea, that we don’t adequately support the young because we give too much to the elderly is wrong.
Labor for Traditional Medicate
Labor For Traditional Medicare
Many trade union leaders and Mayors are trying to force their retirees onto Medicare Advantage Plans. New York City has become the focus of this fight. Labor for Traditional Medicare has collected these 2,688 signatures in opposition.
Sharon Parrott, Joel Friedman
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Raising revenues is central to any responsible effort to reduce deficits, but there is no sign that long-standing Republican resistance to raising revenues has reversed or even softened.
The most successful health insurance program, Medicare, was enacted in July,1965 to provide health insurance for people ages 65 and older and disabled regardless of income or medical history. Medicare is more efficient than private health insurance
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