John,
Attacks on Medicare and Social Security are coming from all around us.
Senator Rick Scott, the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, released a platform for this year’s Senate candidates… and it’s a doozy.
In addition to calling for raising taxes on the poorest half of the country, he proposed a dangerous process that calls for ALL legislation, including Social Security and Medicare, to expire after 5 years. That means every federal program would be subject to an ugly reauthorization fight twice a decade, and Republicans could hold Social Security and Medicare hostage.
But shockingly, the only threats aren’t from Republicans. Liz Fowler, a former Pharma executive embedded in the Biden administration, has embraced a Trump-era experiment to partially privatize traditional Medicare. Social Security Works has already collected thousands of signatures demanding that Biden fire Fowler.
Also this week, we collected over 17,000 comments against Medicare Advantage’s predatory rate increase, which is being reviewed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:
Wherever threats to Social Security and Medicare come from, we’re fighting back! Donate $7 today to save Social Security and Medicare from Rick Scott and Liz Fowler!
Thanks,
Michael Phelan Social Security Works
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