Thursday, May 18, 2017

Trump Dismantling Medicare



November 18th 2016

As a senior citizen I am extremely concerned with the actions Trump and the republican congress will take to dismantle Medicare and Social Security. It has been a stated goal of the conservatives to move social security towards some as yet undefined market based plan, and to replace Medicare with vouchers. Both actions will be disastrous for future retirees, and also those of us who currently depend on these beloved programs for our livelihood and well-being. When Obama implemented the Affordable Care Act, it included actions that extended the lifetime of Medicare and provided seniors with additional preventive benefits. The republicans have vowed to repeal the A.C.A and they haven't any plans to replace it, just talk. This is obviously the first volley to eliminate the programs that we paid into over our working lives. We seniors deserve better treatment than that.

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