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SIGN Our Urgent Petition to
President Trump Today!
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Dear John,
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After consulting with our nation's top health care experts, President Trump has decided to extend social distancing guidelines for all Americans until April 30. And on March 27, the President signed into law a bipartisan coronavirus relief bill that will give millions of older Americans cash payments ($1,200 for individuals and $2,400 for couples) and expanded Medicare benefits, along with emergency supports for skilled nursing facilities and caregivers.
While this is welcome news for many seniors, the National Committee is deeply concerned about provisions in the economic relief law that allow employers to defer, or receive a rebate for, paying payroll taxes into Social Security, which deprives this program of much-needed revenue and ultimately undermines the earned-right nature of Social Security. These measures could also open the door to future efforts to weaken Social Security. And so, as millions of older Americans are counting on their earned benefits just to survive the coronavirus pandemic, we need to ensure that the next relief bill offered up in Congress does not leave behind retirees and our nation's most vulnerable citizens.
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Please help the National Committee send a compelling message to President Trump urging him to reject any future economic relief package that undermines Social Security — and asking him to instead support legislation that strengthens earned benefits and funding for programs that benefit the most vulnerable among us — by signing our Urgent Petition today!
Our elected officials cannot ignore the fact that older Americans and people with disabilities are at a far greater risk of contracting the coronavirus and requiring hospitalization. That's why we need to insist that the Trump Administration acknowledges the serious economic and health challenges facing millions of older Americans — and acts to improve Social Security and Medicare.
So please sign our Urgent Petition to President Trump right now and remind him that, now more than ever, older adults are counting on social safety net programs for their well-being and economic security — and they must be protected and strengthened immediately! Please speak out!
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Max Richtman
President & CEO
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