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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.
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We signed the “Baby Boomers Set to Lose Medicare Services! Sign the Letter to Congress” petition!
# 29,350:
12:10 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Steve Walworth, California
Don't look good for reelection if a big part of the electorate is dying in the streets.
Don't look good for reelection if a big part of the electorate is dying in the streets.
# 29,349:
11:54 am PDT, Jun 8,
Amanda Badbury, New York
# 29,348:
11:38 am PDT, Jun 8,
Name not displayed, Nevada
# 29,347:
11:38 am PDT, Jun 8,
Howard Lazzarini, Washington
In the era of bail-out corporate welfare we need to redirect our priorities to helping our citizens pay for health care.
In the era of bail-out corporate welfare we need to redirect our priorities to helping our citizens pay for health care.
# 29,346:
11:33 am PDT, Jun 8,
Kylee Krida, Washington
# 29,345:
11:28 am PDT, Jun 8,
Latoya Woodruff, Louisiana
# 29,344:
11:26 am PDT, Jun 8,
Karin Lazarus, Colorado
# 29,343:
11:21 am PDT, Jun 8,
Aaron Vannatta, Pennsylvania
# 29,342:
11:17 am PDT, Jun 8,
Helen Malinauskas, Wisconsin
We have worked all our lives and now more then ever need this insurance.
We have worked all our lives and now more then ever need this insurance.
# 29,341:
11:09 am PDT, Jun 8,
Anne Stullken, Pennsylvania
# 29,340:
11:08 am PDT, Jun 8,
Sammy Gonzalez, California
# 29,339:
10:57 am PDT, Jun 8,
Danielle Williams, Florida
# 29,338:
10:51 am PDT, Jun 8,
Drew Keller, Tennessee
# 29,337:
10:45 am PDT, Jun 8,
Rosiland M Wallace, North Carolina
# 29,336:
10:41 am PDT, Jun 8,
William Putnam, California
# 29,335:
10:37 am PDT, Jun 8,
Laura Woodford, New Mexico
I hope that people also remember that there are millions of Americans with Developmental disabilities who are able to live a decent quality of life only because of medicare andmedicaid, which has allowed them greater access to medical care, therapy and casework management.
I hope that people also remember that there are millions of Americans with Developmental disabilities who are able to live a decent quality of life only because of medicare andmedicaid, which has allowed them greater access to medical care, therapy and casework management.
# 29,334:
10:35 am PDT, Jun 8,
Carlos Florido, OSF, California
Let's take care of our people first!
Let's take care of our people first!
# 29,333:
10:28 am PDT, Jun 8,
Name not displayed, Arizona
# 29,332:
10:27 am PDT, Jun 8,
Clint Deshotel Jr., Montana
# 29,331:
10:25 am PDT, Jun 8,
Paula Englert, Kentucky
# 29,330:
10:25 am PDT, Jun 8,
Philip Paille, Illinois
# 29,329:
10:14 am PDT, Jun 8,
Paula Weiser, Michigan
# 29,328:
10:11 am PDT, Jun 8,
Karen Yeargain, Florida
# 29,327:
9:49 am PDT, Jun 8,
Meagan Frame, Maryland
I have a hard enough time paying for my own medical expenses out of pocket...but at least I can still work!!! People who are too old to work can't afford to lose what little coverage they have already!
I have a hard enough time paying for my own medical expenses out of pocket...but at least I can still work!!! People who are too old to work can't afford to lose what little coverage they have already!
# 29,325:
8:44 am PDT, Jun 8,
Thalia Ayoub, Nevada
# 29,324:
8:35 am PDT, Jun 8,
Stephen O'Leary, Michigan
# 29,323:
8:27 am PDT, Jun 8,
Tara Quan, Wisconsin
# 29,322:
8:23 am PDT, Jun 8,
Paige Tucker, Virginia
# 29,321:
8:14 am PDT, Jun 8,
Linda Fights, Indiana
# 29,320:
8:02 am PDT, Jun 8,
Christy Mattingly, Kentucky
I depend on Medicare for my many health problems. I am disabled due to diabetic complications. If you cut Medicare fees to physicians, my healthcare will suffer very much. Please reconsider this decision. People in this country are already suffering, don't make it worse.
I depend on Medicare for my many health problems. I am disabled due to diabetic complications. If you cut Medicare fees to physicians, my healthcare will suffer very much. Please reconsider this decision. People in this country are already suffering, don't make it worse.
# 29,319:
7:56 am PDT, Jun 8,
Patricia Law, California
# 29,318:
7:40 am PDT, Jun 8,
Mary Amberg, Illinois
Do not cut Medicare, the baby boomers did alout for this country, show us the same respect!
Do not cut Medicare, the baby boomers did alout for this country, show us the same respect!
# 29,317:
7:34 am PDT, Jun 8,
Hope Wason, Virginia
your citzens are going to die by your hand, and nobody will trust you or ask for your advice. They'll just complain more and more untill you give them what they want. But that's not the problem in this case. If you don't act now, people could DIE.
your citzens are going to die by your hand, and nobody will trust you or ask for your advice. They'll just complain more and more untill you give them what they want. But that's not the problem in this case. If you don't act now, people could DIE.
# 29,316:
7:19 am PDT, Jun 8,
Jim Coursey, California
# 29,315:
7:15 am PDT, Jun 8,
Loretta Taylor, Georgia
# 29,314:
7:07 am PDT, Jun 8,
Pam Michaels, New York
If Congress doesn't act soon, doctors will be forced to defer the purchase of new medical equipment and information technology; seniors will have a harder time finding medical and surgical specialists and will have to travel greater distances to see a doctor; and more Medicare patients will be forced go to expensive emergency rooms for routine care that could have been treated in a doctor's office.
If Congress doesn't act soon, doctors will be forced to defer the purchase of new medical equipment and information technology; seniors will have a harder time finding medical and surgical specialists and will have to travel greater distances to see a doctor; and more Medicare patients will be forced go to expensive emergency rooms for routine care that could have been treated in a doctor's office.
# 29,313:
5:41 am PDT, Jun 8,
Melissa Hedges, Australia
# 29,312:
3:02 am PDT, Jun 8,
Shelly Grant, Texas
# 29,311:
12:07 am PDT, Jun 8,
Yolanda Simone, Canada
# 29,309:
11:19 pm PDT, Jun 7,
Kelly Rogers, Oklahoma
I work at a retirement home and i have alot of elderly friends there. Why make a promise to them to give then good health care when you can't even keep it.
I work at a retirement home and i have alot of elderly friends there. Why make a promise to them to give then good health care when you can't even keep it.
# 29,308:
11:18 pm PDT, Jun 7,
Name not displayed, Colorado
# 29,307:
10:08 pm PDT, Jun 7,
Jeanne Benioff, California
# 29,306:
9:57 pm PDT, Jun 7,
Bonnie Presutto, New Jersey
# 29,305:
9:50 pm PDT, Jun 7,
Carolyn Nash, Colorado
# 29,304:
9:21 pm PDT, Jun 7,
Kristin Medina, Texas
# 29,303:
8:47 pm PDT, Jun 7,
Serena Fogelberg, Pennsylvania
# 29,302:
8:42 pm PDT, Jun 7,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 29,301:
8:25 pm PDT, Jun 7,
James Meazell, Illinois