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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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# 29,400:
7:11 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Name not displayed, New York
# 29,399:
6:55 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Mary E. Reed, Nebraska
With prices on everything else rising by leaps and bounds, how is it possible that doctors are supposed to be able to provide the same services for lower pay. With gas and oil prices rising almost on a daily basis, they will have to pay more to heat or cool their offices. Staff members will be spending more to get to and from work, not to mention the prices of every item they have to buy. They will need more salaries, and the costs for their medical and dental care will be greater. There is no way medical professionals can continue to provide quality services and do so for less. Please be realistic about this. Medicare payments must keep pace with the cost of living index at the very least.
With prices on everything else rising by leaps and bounds, how is it possible that doctors are supposed to be able to provide the same services for lower pay. With gas and oil prices rising almost on a daily basis, they will have to pay more to heat or cool their offices. Staff members will be spending more to get to and from work, not to mention the prices of every item they have to buy. They will need more salaries, and the costs for their medical and dental care will be greater. There is no way medical professionals can continue to provide quality services and do so for less. Please be realistic about this. Medicare payments must keep pace with the cost of living index at the very least.
# 29,398:
6:47 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Robin Driben, Vermont
If a promise is made by people in Congress, it should be kept or a viable option should be given as a replacement. To deny people of needed medical coverage regardless of their "classifications" in society should be illegal. If we cannot have complete and needed medical coverage, we might as well not have any medical coverage at all. You have to treat the whole person, not just part of a person, and therefore, not make any limitations on coverage, which inevitably would cost congress more money in the long run, anyways.
If a promise is made by people in Congress, it should be kept or a viable option should be given as a replacement. To deny people of needed medical coverage regardless of their "classifications" in society should be illegal. If we cannot have complete and needed medical coverage, we might as well not have any medical coverage at all. You have to treat the whole person, not just part of a person, and therefore, not make any limitations on coverage, which inevitably would cost congress more money in the long run, anyways.
# 29,397:
6:34 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Bea M. Mayhew, Maine
# 29,396:
6:29 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Mindelei Wuori, Michigan
# 29,395:
6:26 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Name not displayed, Illinois
# 29,394:
6:24 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Gabrielle Dickerson, California
# 29,393:
6:11 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Richard Neubert, Virginia
# 29,392:
5:48 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Leonard Morgenstern, New York
# 29,391:
5:40 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Jimmy Jennings, Ohio
# 29,390:
4:49 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Deborah Coley, Texas
# 29,389:
4:48 pm PDT, Jun 8,
John Pye, New York
# 29,388:
4:42 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Luella Carney, Missouri
# 29,387:
4:29 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Maureen Madigan, New York
# 29,386:
4:27 pm PDT, Jun 8,
William Dolly, Florida
# 29,385:
4:26 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Alan Paradis, Connecticut
# 29,384:
4:18 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Janis Krug, Washington
# 29,383:
4:03 pm PDT, Jun 8,
John Dervin, New York
# 29,382:
3:59 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Name not displayed, California
# 29,381:
3:43 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Renee M. Sus, Wisconsin
# 29,380:
3:36 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Donna Scott, North Carolina
# 29,379:
3:29 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Dana Bleckinger, Oregon
# 29,378:
3:13 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Jack Hobbs, Florida
# 29,377:
3:07 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Bonnie Hoffman, California
# 29,376:
3:04 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Percy Mendoza, Colorado
TAKE CARE OF YOUR PEOPLE FIRST!REMEMBER,WHAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND.CONGRESS PEOPLE, STOP USING TAXPAYERS MONEY FOR SOMETHING ELSE.!
TAKE CARE OF YOUR PEOPLE FIRST!REMEMBER,WHAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND.CONGRESS PEOPLE, STOP USING TAXPAYERS MONEY FOR SOMETHING ELSE.!
# 29,375:
3:01 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Deb Lowry, Washington
# 29,374:
2:59 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Lois Curcio, North Carolina
# 29,373:
2:46 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Name not displayed, California
Citizens demand and deserve humane healthcare and treatment. We did not demand and deserve a stupid premeditated invasion and occupation of Iraq! The Pentagon, armed services, oil industry, the rich who tax breaked our nation can pick up the tab as the citizenry has picked up the tab for their excess these last 8 plus years.
Citizens demand and deserve humane healthcare and treatment. We did not demand and deserve a stupid premeditated invasion and occupation of Iraq! The Pentagon, armed services, oil industry, the rich who tax breaked our nation can pick up the tab as the citizenry has picked up the tab for their excess these last 8 plus years.
# 29,372:
2:18 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Diana Wilkerson, California
# 29,371:
2:13 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Cynthia H, Massachusetts
# 29,370:
2:04 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Name not displayed, Texas
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1:56 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Robert Ray, Texas
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# 29,368:
1:37 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Gary Darrar, New Jersey
# 29,367:
1:34 pm PDT, Jun 8,
SARA ARNOLD, Oklahoma
# 29,366:
1:26 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Deborah Davenport, Arizona
# 29,365:
1:25 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Amber Verduin, Iowa
# 29,364:
1:23 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Tim Garrett, Massachusetts
# 29,363:
1:22 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Bob Rushford, New York
# 29,362:
1:19 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Dana Del Monte, Washington
# 29,361:
1:08 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Robin Levin, Washington
# 29,360:
1:02 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Marie Sydney, Canada
# 29,359:
12:57 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Emily Greytak, New York
# 29,358:
12:52 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Kristine Miller, Tennessee
# 29,357:
12:51 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Avian Perez, New York
# 29,356:
12:50 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Jeffrey Harper, Texas
# 29,355:
12:48 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Judy Miller, Louisiana
# 29,354:
12:41 pm PDT, Jun 8,
MaryLee Midgette, North Carolina
# 29,353:
12:26 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Amanda Doveatt, Illinois
Most of us are going to grow old someday. Think of how you would want to be treated, think of how you want your parents to be treated and cared for. Perhaps its time to go back to the drawing board and find some fresh ideas as to how to gurantee health care for the eldery, until that time comes either support this bill, or come up with a better alternative.
Most of us are going to grow old someday. Think of how you would want to be treated, think of how you want your parents to be treated and cared for. Perhaps its time to go back to the drawing board and find some fresh ideas as to how to gurantee health care for the eldery, until that time comes either support this bill, or come up with a better alternative.
# 29,352:
12:24 pm PDT, Jun 8,
Lynne Cruz, Illinois
# 29,351:
12:21 pm PDT, Jun 8,
KRIS THOMPSON, Ohio