Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 20, 2022 at 9:02 PM

Save Social Security from Republicans

Every time Mitt Romney has brought up this scheme, Social Security Works has stopped it. We’re going to do it again. Senator Mitt Romney is not a moderate, John. While Romney is one of the few Republicans uninterested in the violent overthrow of the 2020 election…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 14, 2022 at 8:30 PM

WHISTLEBLOWER REPORT: $12 billion stolen from Medicare

The for-profit insurance companies that run Medicare Advantage plans are stealing $12 billion a year from Medicare. John, This week, a whistleblower revealed explosive news: The for-profit insurance companies that run Medicare Advantage plans are stealing $12 billion …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 13, 2022 at 3:51 PM

Lower Medicare premiums now!

Medicare has finalized a decision to limit coverage of Aduhelm. Now, it’s time for Sec. Becerra to lower Medicare premiums. John, In 2022, Medicare premiums rose by over $20 per person, every month, due to a single ineffective and extremely expensive drug, Alduhe…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 11, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Social Security benefits can’t keep up

John, Prices are rising, and Social Security checks aren’t keeping up. Seniors on fixed incomes are struggling to afford basic necessities. In a recent report from the Washington Post, Social Security beneficiaries reported “cutting back on meat and vegetables” as a…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 10, 2022 at 1:27 PM

Our student loan system is a trap

Social Security shows us the absolute power of simple, universal programs. We should demand no different from education. Tell President Biden: A pause is not enough. The simple fact that 100,000 people have their Social Security checks garnished to pay bac…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 9, 2022 at 3:46 PM

Tell CBS News: No cushy jobs for Trump's chief of staff

Giving Mick Mulvaney a cushy contributor job does nothing to inform CBS News viewers. He can only be counted on to push his pro-Billionaire, anti-Social Security misinformation agenda. Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, was just hired by CBS News…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 7, 2022 at 4:40 PM

TODAY: Washington​’s Social Security offices are re-opening

For the first time in over 2 years, Social Security Administration offices around the country are re-opening tomorrow John, Today is the day―After two long years of closures, Social Security offices are opening their doors to serve the public once again. But bec…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 6, 2022 at 5:55 PM

Republicans starved Social Security offices for decades

For the first time in over 2 years, Social Security Administration offices around the country are re-opening tomorrow John, Working people pay into our Social Security system with every single paycheck. Those payments ensure access to retirement, disability, and s…

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  Team Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 3, 2022 at 1:04 PM

Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines

The following is a message from Alexander Zaitchik, author of Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines. This important new book was funded in part with research support from Social Security Works. When you buy it th…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

April 2, 2022 at 2:18 PM

Social Security offices have been closed for 2 years. What did we learn?

After two long years, Social Security offices are scheduled to reopen in early April. John, After two long years, Social Security offices are scheduled to reopen in early April.   It was wrong to keep them closed (to all but those deemed to be in dire need) for s…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

March 30, 2022 at 4:45 PM

Re: Rep. John Larson

Rick Scott's plan is even too extreme for Fox News. John, I wanted to be sure you didn’t miss Michael’s email about Rep. John Larson (CT-1). Rep. Larson is the most aggressive champion for Social Security expansion that we have had in Congress in the time that …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

March 29, 2022 at 5:26 PM

Before the end of the quarter

Rick Scott's plan is even too extreme for Fox News. John, Rick Scott, the Medicare fraudster1-turned-Florida Senator, is now in charge of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. In that capacity, he’s pushing a plan that’s too extreme even for Fox News!2 …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 27, 2022 at 4:25 PM

What SSW Members can do in 2022

Without our members, there is no Social Security Works. John, Social Security Works doesn’t get big corporate donations. We don’t have a giant endowment from a rich person. Everything we’re able to do, we’re able to do because of our grassroots members. In 2022,…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 26, 2022 at 3:17 PM

Re: 350,000 seniors have had their Medicare privatized.

President Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra must overrule the corporate bureaucrats who are forcing this program on seniors. John, I wanted to make sure you saw Michael’s email. A new report brought more details about how the Medicare …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 25, 2022 at 6:14 PM

Corporate insurers behind stealth Medicare privatization revealed!

President Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra must overrule the corporate bureaucrats who are forcing this program on seniors. John, A new report from The Lever1 just revealed how the stealth Medicare privatization scheme is working, and…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 23, 2022 at 6:59 PM

Solidarity

Outsourcing critical government services to private corporations like Maximus is stealth privatization of the infrastructure that has made Social Security and Medicare so successful. John, Today, call center workers at Maximus are striking for livable wages, paid…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

March 22, 2022 at 8:38 PM

Val vs. Marco

This year, we can beat Marco Rubio and elect a Social Security champion to replace him. John, A few weeks ago, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida released a plan for every Republican to run on. Even Mitch McConnell admitted that the plan would “sunset Social Security a…

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  Team SSW Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 20, 2022 at 4:07 PM

Sign Now: Make Medicines Affordable!

No one should have to choose between buying groceries and paying for medications they need to survive. Big Pharma corporations are killing Americans by charging outrageous prices for prescription drugs. We know why: these companies have spent a fortune on lobbyis…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 19, 2022 at 1:31 PM

USPS should deliver mail, not climate catastrophe

Electric postal vans wouldn’t just be a boon to the union workers who build them or the environment in which they drive. They also save the USPS! John, You can’t retire on an uninhabitable earth. But corrupt Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is hellbent on using the …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 18, 2022 at 7:21 PM

Tell the CFPB: Stop junk fees!

Right now, the CFPB is holding a public comment period, which they will weigh against statements from the big banks while writing their anti-junk fee rules. John, A recent study by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) showed how big banks have b…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 16, 2022 at 6:56 PM

Re: DCEs, ACOs, CMMI

The last thing seniors want or need is an insurance bureaucrat coming between them and their doctors. But that’s exactly what REACH does. John, I wanted to be sure that you didn’t miss our update yesterday about Medicare privatization. Michael’s email, below, la…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 16, 2022 at 6:46 PM

Re: DCEs, ACOs, CMMI

The last thing seniors want or need is an insurance bureaucrat coming between them and their doctors. But that’s exactly what REACH does. John, I wanted to be sure that you didn’t miss our update yesterday about Medicare privatization. Michael’s email, below, la…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 15, 2022 at 8:19 PM

DCEs, ACOs, CMMI

The last thing seniors want or need is an insurance bureaucrat coming between them and their doctors. But that’s exactly what REACH does. John, At the end of last month, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced that they were re-naming the…

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  Team Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 13, 2022 at 8:04 PM

PSA: Social Security scams

We know that Social Security scam calls undermine our Social Security system. That’s why we’re sharing this message from the Social Security Administration about how to spot a Social Security scam. Thanks! - SSW team According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC…

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  Team Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 12, 2022 at 4:37 PM

12 years of opposition to our earned benefits.

Every voter in Florida should see this graphic so they know how they’re being represented in Washington. Make a donation of $5 or more to become a Social Security Works member today to make sure we can reach them! If you've saved your payment information…

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  Rashida Tlaib via Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 11, 2022 at 9:06 PM

[take action] fight for a universal, monthly child allowance of $393 per child.

The pandemic has exposed systemic inequities in our society. Become a grassroots co-signer of my new bill, the End Child Poverty Act, which would dramatically cut child poverty by providing families with a universal benefit from children’s birth through their…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 10, 2022 at 7:08 PM

Re: “I think it’s good.” -Marco Rubio

Mitch McConnell described the plan as one that “sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years” while raising taxes on seniors. John, The Republican agenda, if they take control of the Senate, has been set: End Social Security and Medicare, and raise taxe…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 9, 2022 at 7:34 PM

Day of Action: End COVID Monopolies!

Together, we can end the COVID pandemic. But the only way to permanently stop the ongoing disruptions to our lives is to help make vaccines, tests and treatments readily available to everyone in order to prevent new and even deadlier variants from arising As the w…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 8, 2022 at 11:49 PM

“I think it’s good.” -Marco Rubio

Mitch McConnell described the plan as one that “sunsets Social Security and Medicare within five years” while raising taxes on seniors. John, Senator Rick Scott―head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which supports Republicans trying to win the Sen…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 6, 2022 at 2:38 PM

The war on the mail is a war on seniors

The same shadowy right-wing billionaires who want to privatize Social Security want to privatize the Post Office for the exact same reasons. Tell Your Senators: Pass the Postal Service Reform Act right away! ADD YOUR VOICE John, The wa…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 5, 2022 at 2:21 PM

Attacks everywhere

Wherever threats to Social Security and Medicare come from, we’re fighting back! 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 …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 4, 2022 at 5:45 PM

Re: Deadline: Medicare rate increase

This is a classic case of greedy corporations stealing from taxpayers and people with Medicare. John, We have until the end of the day to make our voices heard! The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are taking official comments, and Social Security…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 3, 2022 at 8:39 PM

We need your voice right now, not your money.

This is a classic case of greedy corporations stealing from taxpayers and people with Medicare. John, Medicare Advantage is a program that gives private insurance corporations the ability to serve people who choose that plan―but in the 25 years that it has existe…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

March 2, 2022 at 8:06 PM

Instead of ending Trump’s Medicare privatization experiment, this bureaucrat changed its name.

This dangerous experiment must be stopped before it further harms the health of vulnerable seniors, eats into the Medicare Trust Fund, and destroys traditional Medicare. John, While President Biden is dealing with the Ukraine crisis and shepherding a historic Supr…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 27, 2022 at 3:31 PM

Fund the IRS

Tell Congress: Fund the IRS and give them the resources that they need to go after wealthy tax cheats! John, Working people pay in to Social Security and Medicare with every paycheck. As of this week, millionaires stopped paying in. But that’s not the only way t…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 26, 2022 at 4:26 PM

Re: not good

Let’s be clear: Changing the name doesn't change the fact that the Direct Contracting program is backdoor privatization of Medicare. Whether they’re called Direct Contracting Entities or Accountable Care Organizations, they are incentivized to deny and de John, I…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 25, 2022 at 6:02 PM

not good

Let’s be clear: Changing the name doesn't change the fact that the Direct Contracting program is backdoor privatization of Medicare. Whether they’re called Direct Contracting Entities or Accountable Care Organizations, they are incentivized to deny and de John, Y…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 24, 2022 at 6:46 PM

Millionaires don't pay their fair share into Social Security. Rick Scott wants to keep it that way.

Today, millionaires get a raise. We'll explain: John, Today, people who are earning $1 million in 2022 stop contributing to Social Security. Those who are earning $2 million stopped contributing in January. Those earning $500,000 will stop contributing this sprin…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 23, 2022 at 6:22 PM

Should Social Security be cut or expanded?

The last time they were in power, Republicans gave a massive tax cut to the wealthy. Now, they’re crying crocodile tears about debt — as an excuse to demand cuts to Social Security and Medicare. John, Republicans are getting cocky. With voter suppression bills i…

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  Rep. John Larson via Social Security Works PAC · [email protected]

February 22, 2022 at 6:19 PM

I’m fighting for Social Security. Are you with me, John?

John — I am proud to have joined Social Security Works in the fight to protect Social Security, fighting to advance the cause of Social Security expansion in the House. Keeping Social Security safe is my top priority, but I need to show my colleagues in the Hou…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 16, 2022 at 10:27 PM

Re: Medicare privatization is happening as we speak

As long as they could stay under the radar, the private corporations who are trying to expand the so-called “Direct Contracting” program were happy. John, Since we emailed last night, our petition has grown by more than 20,000 signatures and the media is taking n…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 15, 2022 at 10:23 PM

Medicare privatization is happening as we speak

As long as they could stay under the radar, the private corporations who are trying to expand the so-called “Direct Contracting” program were happy. John, Already, we’ve collected more than 50,000 signatures urging President Biden and Health and Human Services Se…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 9, 2022 at 7:37 PM

Update: Medicare blocked Pharma price gouging. Now Big Pharma is fighting back.

this is extremely important if we want to stop Biogen from essentially transferring Medicare’s entire trust fund into its own bank account, paying for a drug that doesn’t work. T John, Big Pharma is getting scared. They’re trying their usual tricks to overturn a …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 7, 2022 at 8:35 PM

Re: Donald Trump’s evil Medicare scheme

Kushner set up, and Trump approved, a pilot program to allow Wall Street-backed startups and private insurance giants to take over portions of traditional Medicare―and people with Medicare might not be notified until it's too late! John, Is the Biden administrat…

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 5, 2022 at 2:29 PM

Something important you can do to lower Medicare premiums

In 2022, Medicare premiums rose by over $20 per person, every month, due to a single drug. John, What I’m about to ask you to do is difficult, but necessary―and it’s not asking for money. Please read this email all the way to the end. In 2022, Medicare premiums…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 4, 2022 at 7:47 PM

Don’t let this sneak attack on Medicare stand!

Kushner set up, and Trump approved, a pilot program to allow Wall Street-backed startups and private insurance giants to take over portions of traditional Medicare―and people with Medicare might not be notified until it's too late! Tell President Biden and H…

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  Nancy Altman, Social Security Works · [email protected]

February 2, 2022 at 5:03 PM

As Social Security Field Offices Reopen, It’s Time to Expand and Revitalize Them

Time is money. Americans should not have to wait hours at a crowded field office or weeks for an appointment. Since Social Security field offices first opened their doors more than eighty years ago, they have been a part of every community. Like our post offices …

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

January 29, 2022 at 5:02 PM

Tell Congress and President Biden: Use your power to distribute N95 masks to all Americans

Throughout the pandemic, governments at the federal and state level have been slow to recognize the unique needs of older Americans. Tell Congress: "Pass the Masks for All Act and use the USPS to distribute N-95 masks to every household nationwide." …

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  Alex Lawson, Social Security Works · [email protected]

January 21, 2022 at 8:09 PM

Re: Direct Contracting is a threat to Medicare. Let me explain...

This insidious attack on Medicare allows these direct contracting entities to insert themselves between doctors and patients, and use our Medicare dollars to pad their profits. John, The backdoor privatization of Medicare is already in motion. President Biden ca…

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  Michael Phelan, Social Security Works · [email protected]

January 20, 2022 at 9:40 PM

Trump started a pilot program to privatize Medicare. It’s still going.

This insidious attack on Medicare allows these direct contracting entities to insert themselves between doctors and patients, and use our Medicare dollars to pad their profits. John, In the waning days of the Trump administration, Jared Kushner launched a pilot …

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