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Limit Patients' Access to Health Care? Help Stop Cuts to Medicare!
Target: U.S. CongressSponsored by: American Medical Association Patients' Action Netw
The future for patients’ access to health care is bleak.
While millions of baby boomers are about to retire and swell Medicare’s ranks, the government is cutting patients access to Medicare. It makes no sense. You have spent years paying taxes and paying into social security. Now insurance companies want to cut your benefits to line their own pockets.
Past Medicare cuts have made it more difficult for patients to find a doctor. Future doctor payment cuts will force doctors to limit the number of new Medicare patients they treat, will make it more difficult to find surgical and medical specialists and will force seniors to travel greater distances for medical care.
Now is your chance to protect yourself and your family — the future of your health is in your hands.
Tell Washington bigwigs to stop playing politics with your health care. Sign the petition to Congress today!
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We signed the “Limit Patients' Access to Health Care? Help Stop Cuts to Medicare!” petition!
# 27,650:
3:24 pm PST, Dec 11,
Greg and Dorothea Winston, Arizona
As in all other advanced nations on earth, healthcare should be a right, not something politicians can play games with. Stop these cuts in Medicare now! It's the least we can do for our seniors.
As in all other advanced nations on earth, healthcare should be a right, not something politicians can play games with. Stop these cuts in Medicare now! It's the least we can do for our seniors.
# 27,649:
1:50 pm PST, Dec 11,
Tabitha Whipple, New York
# 27,648:
11:47 am PST, Dec 11,
Jorge Lozada, Massachusetts
# 27,647:
11:18 am PST, Dec 11,
Name not displayed, California
# 27,646:
8:18 am PST, Dec 11,
Laurie Newburn, Illinois
# 27,645:
2:21 am PST, Dec 11,
Kansas Lance, Washington
# 27,644:
9:03 pm PST, Dec 10,
Mary Bishop, Michigan
# 27,643:
6:24 pm PST, Dec 10,
Ruth Lane, Michigan
Don't compromise seniors future by weakening Medicare benefits. Medicare should not be considered an entitlement since seniors are contributing to it, in most cases. Imagine a U.S. without medical insurance for a large part of our population?
Don't compromise seniors future by weakening Medicare benefits. Medicare should not be considered an entitlement since seniors are contributing to it, in most cases. Imagine a U.S. without medical insurance for a large part of our population?
# 27,642:
2:17 pm PST, Dec 10,
Eric P Meyer, Illinois
# 27,641:
7:42 am PST, Dec 10,
Pat Bounds, Oregon
# 27,640:
10:50 pm PST, Dec 9,
Ann Ewing, Tennessee
# 27,639:
1:11 pm PST, Dec 9,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
Congress needs to realize that this is not only affecting the elderly, but also the young & permanently disabled such as myself who are on Medicare & paying thousands out of pocket every year for expensive treatments & prescriptions every year due to the lack of help available to us. My prescription costs alone are well over $12K every year & I'm still unable to get help with any of my health care costs! There are not enough options or resources available to us (especially the disabled who are not seniors) & someone needs to focus on changing the problems with the system!
Congress needs to realize that this is not only affecting the elderly, but also the young & permanently disabled such as myself who are on Medicare & paying thousands out of pocket every year for expensive treatments & prescriptions every year due to the lack of help available to us. My prescription costs alone are well over $12K every year & I'm still unable to get help with any of my health care costs! There are not enough options or resources available to us (especially the disabled who are not seniors) & someone needs to focus on changing the problems with the system!
# 27,638:
1:05 pm PST, Dec 9,
Jennivere Gospich basile, California
IF YOU HAVE A PULSE, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO HEALTH CARE. THIS IS A NECESSITY FOR ALL CITIZENS.
IF YOU HAVE A PULSE, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO HEALTH CARE. THIS IS A NECESSITY FOR ALL CITIZENS.
# 27,637:
11:59 am PST, Dec 9,
Name not displayed, New York
# 27,636:
12:15 am PST, Dec 9,
Elizabeth Lopez, California
PEOPLE ARE DYING FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD BE PRVENTED
PEOPLE ARE DYING FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD BE PRVENTED
# 27,635:
8:49 pm PST, Dec 8,
Vicki Shaffer, West Virginia
# 27,634:
8:45 pm PST, Dec 8,
Harold Self, North Carolina
# 27,633:
5:40 pm PST, Dec 8,
Phyllis Murdoch, California
# 27,632:
3:22 pm PST, Dec 8,
Nancy Wood, Alaska
# 27,631:
12:17 pm PST, Dec 8,
Sandra J Carmichael, Indiana
I work with older people and see daily the consequences of inadequate access to health care. We should view it as part of our social responsibility for the common good.
I work with older people and see daily the consequences of inadequate access to health care. We should view it as part of our social responsibility for the common good.
# 27,630:
11:38 am PST, Dec 8,
Kearna Hall, California
# 27,629:
11:30 am PST, Dec 8,
Cara A, Alaska
# 27,628:
10:24 am PST, Dec 8,
Nikki Hendricks, Minnesota
# 27,627:
9:35 am PST, Dec 8,
Timothy Litvin, California
# 27,626:
8:59 am PST, Dec 8,
Teresa Koschmeder, Indiana
# 27,625:
8:54 am PST, Dec 8,
Anne Brew, Nevada
It is time to consider the senior population of the US, and give us the same consideration you show the illegals.
It is time to consider the senior population of the US, and give us the same consideration you show the illegals.
# 27,624:
8:26 am PST, Dec 8,
Linda Fritsch, Florida
# 27,623:
6:31 am PST, Dec 8,
Katrina Cheek, Virginia
# 27,622:
3:35 am PST, Dec 8,
Bernice Walker, Texas
As people get older naturally they are going to need more health care. Should a person be discriminated against because of their health? Especially if they have been paying Social Security taxes their whole working life. ----> You need to do something about the drug program too. Having to pay full price for a drug during the "donut hole" is pathetic. I'm on Medicare & I have to pay full price for my drugs for 7 month out of the year. They don't come in generics & I have to pay $500 a month to survive. That takes about 27% of my Medicare benefits. Oh, did I happen to mention that I have to pay $80 a month for Medical?
As people get older naturally they are going to need more health care. Should a person be discriminated against because of their health? Especially if they have been paying Social Security taxes their whole working life. ----> You need to do something about the drug program too. Having to pay full price for a drug during the "donut hole" is pathetic. I'm on Medicare & I have to pay full price for my drugs for 7 month out of the year. They don't come in generics & I have to pay $500 a month to survive. That takes about 27% of my Medicare benefits. Oh, did I happen to mention that I have to pay $80 a month for Medical?
# 27,621:
8:10 pm PST, Dec 7,
Joanne Engelking, Minnesota
# 27,620:
2:14 pm PST, Dec 7,
Emily Altshuler, California
# 27,619:
2:09 pm PST, Dec 7,
Name not displayed, Georgia
# 27,618:
10:06 am PST, Dec 7,
Margaret Gotsch, New York
# 27,617:
8:42 am PST, Dec 7,
Rogers Kimball, Florida
Military expences before peoples neads - how Republican
Military expences before peoples neads - how Republican
# 27,616:
8:29 am PST, Dec 7,
Name not displayed, Michigan
# 27,615:
7:04 am PST, Dec 7,
Angela Okrasinski, Florida
# 27,614:
7:00 am PST, Dec 7,
Jaime Brigham, New York
# 27,613:
5:35 am PST, Dec 7,
Maria Gallo, Maryland
# 27,612:
4:32 am PST, Dec 7,
Name not displayed, Indiana
# 27,611:
4:25 am PST, Dec 7,
Kris Theckston, New Jersey
# 27,610:
2:04 am PST, Dec 7,
Nicholas Rushin, Pennsylvania
# 27,609:
7:06 pm PST, Dec 6,
Mindi Davis, Indiana
# 27,608:
6:32 pm PST, Dec 6,
Hillary Solso, Oregon
# 27,607:
4:58 pm PST, Dec 6,
Richard/maria Francis, Ohio
# 27,606:
3:01 pm PST, Dec 6,
Kayla Kenny, Michigan
# 27,605:
1:47 pm PST, Dec 6,
Terrie C. Williams, Texas
# 27,604:
1:05 pm PST, Dec 6,
Mario Toral, California
# 27,603:
1:00 pm PST, Dec 6,
Kim Stueck, Illinois
# 27,602:
12:32 pm PST, Dec 6,
Monique Chin, Canada
# 27,601:
8:17 am PST, Dec 6,
Pam Boland, Georgia