This week marks the 56th anniversary of Medicare, which President Lyndon Johnson signed into law on July 30, 1965.

Medicare is one of our nation’s most important anti-poverty programs, enabling hundreds of millions of seniors to live in dignity and with guaranteed access to health care.

Now we need to strengthen and expand Medicare, including by:

• Adding hearing, dental, and vision coverage.

• Capping out-of-pocket expenses.

• Empowering Medicare to negotiate lower prescription costs.

• Lowering the eligibility age.

Congress has the power to strengthen and expand Medicare — with no possibility of a filibuster — through the “budget reconciliation” process it will use to pass infrastructure investments.

A simple and direct message to Congress:

Include a plan to strengthen and expand Medicare in the budget reconciliation process for infrastructure.

Add your name.

Thanks for taking action.

For progress,

- Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen

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