Care2 member? Log in
|
|
 |
Baby Boomers Set to Lose Medicare Services! Sign the Letter to Congress
Target: U.S. CongressSponsored by: American Medical Association Patients' Action Netw
With over 3.2 million baby boomers becoming eligible for Medicare by 2010, doctor payment cuts will create a medical care crisis for America’s seniors! Congress made a solemn promise to America's seniors to supply more affordable medical care, but now they’re limiting seniors’ access to doctors, making it harder for them to get the care they need. If we don't act soon, older Americans will have a harder time finding medical and surgical specialists, and have to travel farther to see them. More Medicare patients will be forced go to expensive emergency rooms - not a doctor’s office - for routine care. And doctors will not be able to purchase new medical equipment and information technology. Urge your Senators to make good on their promise to older adults by saying no to Medicare pay cuts.
Sign Petition! see who signed this
We signed the “Baby Boomers Set to Lose Medicare Services! Sign the Letter to Congress” petition!
# 200:
12:20 pm PST, Nov 21,
Maico Weites, Netherlands
# 199:
12:15 pm PST, Nov 21,
Tzipora Katz, New Jersey
# 198:
12:12 pm PST, Nov 21,
Bill Josephs, California
Boomers are so screwed in 20 years. Worse, because of Bush's legacy of trillions of dollars of debt to future generations, people will think that they have good reasons to be neglectful and cruel. "Look at what you've left us." No one but the middle class pays real taxes and although they are needed, no one, especially the wealthy, is willing to pay their fair share. So screwed.
Boomers are so screwed in 20 years. Worse, because of Bush's legacy of trillions of dollars of debt to future generations, people will think that they have good reasons to be neglectful and cruel. "Look at what you've left us." No one but the middle class pays real taxes and although they are needed, no one, especially the wealthy, is willing to pay their fair share. So screwed.
# 197:
12:02 pm PST, Nov 21,
Jennifer Estes, California
Our country's seniors have worked hard to make our country what it is today... We owe it to them to provide them with proper medical care later in life.
Our country's seniors have worked hard to make our country what it is today... We owe it to them to provide them with proper medical care later in life.
# 196:
11:53 am PST, Nov 21,
Dottie Morris, Arizona
# 195:
11:52 am PST, Nov 21,
Name not displayed, California
This is why we have been working and making this country the most productive and advanced nation in the world. We were raised to think our contributions would earn our government's loyalty and our SS and medicare would be there for our older years. Please don't make the nay sayers right when they say the US government is a bunch of liars.
This is why we have been working and making this country the most productive and advanced nation in the world. We were raised to think our contributions would earn our government's loyalty and our SS and medicare would be there for our older years. Please don't make the nay sayers right when they say the US government is a bunch of liars.
# 194:
11:51 am PST, Nov 21,
LuLu Cares, Kansas
# 193:
11:21 am PST, Nov 21,
Name not displayed, Kansas
This generation has earned the right to affordable health care. With a progressive tax, our health care could be ensured. No more tax cuts for the rich at the expense of the middle class.
This generation has earned the right to affordable health care. With a progressive tax, our health care could be ensured. No more tax cuts for the rich at the expense of the middle class.
# 192:
11:20 am PST, Nov 21,
Tony Marco, Florida
# 191:
11:09 am PST, Nov 21,
Christine H, New York
# 190:
10:59 am PST, Nov 21,
Shirley Harris, California
# 189:
10:29 am PST, Nov 21,
Kristin Green, Oklahoma
# 188:
10:23 am PST, Nov 21,
Carole Deuville, Canada
# 187:
10:20 am PST, Nov 21,
Gretchen Lee Chatley, Florida
# 186:
10:11 am PST, Nov 21,
Allegra Fortune, California
# 185:
10:05 am PST, Nov 21,
Angela Denman, Georgia
# 184:
10:03 am PST, Nov 21,
Rhonda Beavers, Arizona
# 183:
9:52 am PST, Nov 21,
Mary P Emerson, Michigan
# 182:
9:47 am PST, Nov 21,
Theresa Z, California
# 181:
9:46 am PST, Nov 21,
Karon Schmitt, Minnesota
# 180:
9:08 am PST, Nov 21,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 179:
9:04 am PST, Nov 21,
Paula Carter, Oklahoma
# 178:
8:57 am PST, Nov 21,
Janice Adams, Nebraska
# 176:
8:45 am PST, Nov 21,
Joe Jordan-Allen, Utah
# 175:
8:39 am PST, Nov 21,
Name not displayed, Washington D.C.
# 174:
8:25 am PST, Nov 21,
Name not displayed, Arizona
As a 46 year old who will have to work until I'm 70 in order to get full benifts. I'm going to need health care that I can count on. My parents who are in their 80s have to scrimp and save just to have enough for medications as well as cover the cost of a secondary insurance because Medicare doesn't cover everything is very saddening. Please help our elderly now. For one day we will be the elderly.
As a 46 year old who will have to work until I'm 70 in order to get full benifts. I'm going to need health care that I can count on. My parents who are in their 80s have to scrimp and save just to have enough for medications as well as cover the cost of a secondary insurance because Medicare doesn't cover everything is very saddening. Please help our elderly now. For one day we will be the elderly.
# 173:
8:22 am PST, Nov 21,
Name not displayed, Wyoming
What kind of barbaric nation are we turning into by abandoning our senior citizens.
What kind of barbaric nation are we turning into by abandoning our senior citizens.
# 172:
8:22 am PST, Nov 21,
Carolyn Tonahill, Louisiana
# 171:
8:11 am PST, Nov 21,
Laurel Burns, Maine
# 170:
8:08 am PST, Nov 21,
Kathy Stonestreet, Kentucky
# 169:
8:00 am PST, Nov 21,
Tristan Fallis, Montana
# 168:
7:36 am PST, Nov 21,
Nancy Jenkinson, Rhode Island
# 167:
7:19 am PST, Nov 21,
Gingerwitch Von Hellzing, New Jersey
# 166:
7:15 am PST, Nov 21,
Leonard Schwartz, New Jersey
# 165:
6:59 am PST, Nov 21,
Martha Mccormick, Pennsylvania
# 164:
6:55 am PST, Nov 21,
Sue Smith, Iowa
Why can't America actually KEEP one or two of the promises it makes to it's citizens. Would be a nice change.
Why can't America actually KEEP one or two of the promises it makes to it's citizens. Would be a nice change.
# 163:
6:51 am PST, Nov 21,
Susan Hauer, Tennessee
I think our elderly deserve a lot more then they are getting now!!! Put yourself in their shoes! Just because you never have anything to worry about doesn't mean we don't! God bless!
I think our elderly deserve a lot more then they are getting now!!! Put yourself in their shoes! Just because you never have anything to worry about doesn't mean we don't! God bless!
# 162:
6:49 am PST, Nov 21,
Darlene Korson, Georgia
Explain to me why billions of dollars are spent on aid for illegal imigrants and yet the government wants to cut funding for medical care for our seniors. Most baby boomers worked all their lives here and paid taxes. They made this country what it is today!
Explain to me why billions of dollars are spent on aid for illegal imigrants and yet the government wants to cut funding for medical care for our seniors. Most baby boomers worked all their lives here and paid taxes. They made this country what it is today!
# 161:
6:48 am PST, Nov 21,
Barbara Randolph, Illinois
The timing of this is oddly Machiavellian in my mind. Act now. A consistent and thoughtful voter!
The timing of this is oddly Machiavellian in my mind. Act now. A consistent and thoughtful voter!
# 160:
6:45 am PST, Nov 21,
Name not displayed, Romania
# 159:
6:40 am PST, Nov 21,
Annamaria Szendroi, Arizona
# 158:
6:31 am PST, Nov 21,
Kathleen Prowitt, South Carolina
# 157:
6:29 am PST, Nov 21,
Sandra De priest, Georgia
Just get rid of Income Tax, let us at least, enjoy the money we work for. And what happened to the cost of living raise's every year ?
Just get rid of Income Tax, let us at least, enjoy the money we work for. And what happened to the cost of living raise's every year ?
# 156:
6:08 am PST, Nov 21,
Nancie Dobyns, Iowa
# 155:
6:02 am PST, Nov 21,
JoAnn Hunt, Georgia
# 154:
5:59 am PST, Nov 21,
Irene Ferrantino, New York
# 153:
5:57 am PST, Nov 21,
Susan Whitener, Michigan
# 152:
5:30 am PST, Nov 21,
Lavinia Lavi, Romania
# 151:
5:09 am PST, Nov 21,
Gail Smith, New Hampshire