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John,
Tomorrow is the 58th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid―and they’re under assault like never before.
Some of the richest corporations in America―health insurers and pharmaceutical giants―are waging war against Medicare, trying to privatize Medicare completely and force it to accept pharma price gouging. They’re trying to take the one part of our health care system that works―traditional Medicare―and make it match the bureaucratic nightmare of denials and delays that are the hallmarks of our profit-driven insurance system.
Can you donate $7 today to defend Medicare from these corporate attacks? We led 100 seniors through Congress this week to tell their stories and fight to protect against the privatization of Medicare, and we’re not letting up.
Medicare, along with Social Security, is the most successful domestic program in the history of our country. It is the most efficient, secure, universal, and fair way for Americans to have guaranteed health care in retirement or when disabled. Before Medicare, very few seniors had any health insurance at all, and the health insurance that those few had was generally inadequate and extremely expensive.
Medicare spends just a penny of every dollar on administrative costs. The rest is paid in benefits. Private health insurance can’t say the same―the Affordable Care Act limits insurance companies to using no more than 20% of patient premiums for administrative costs―and insurers were outraged by that new limit.
Seniors spend more than one-third of every Social Security check on medical expenses. We need to protect Medicare, not privatize it!
Can you donate $7 today to save Medicare from greedy corporations?
Thank you,
Alex Lawson
Social Security Works
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