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Limit Patients' Access to Health Care? Help Stop Cuts to Medicare!

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored 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!

deadline: 10-10-2008
goal: 40,000

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Dear [Decision maker],

I strongly urge you to stop Medicare pay cuts.

Medicare doesn't even reimburse doctors at a level equal to the cost of treating patients. And, recent reports predict that the government will cut the rates further - by 10 percent in 2008, and a whopping 40 percent by 2015!

Past 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.

With millions of Baby Boomers about to retire and swell Medicare's ranks, these cuts make no sense. Americans have spent years paying taxes and paying into Social Security. We refuse to let insurance companies cut our benefits to line their own pockets.

If you don't act now, doctor payment cuts will jeopardize Americans' access to doctors. Please make good on your promise to America's families by stopping Medicare pay cuts.

[Your comment here]

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

We signed the “Limit Patients' Access to Health Care? Help Stop Cuts to Medicare!” petition!

# 27,950:

2:25 pm PDT, Jul 8, Brittaney Brown, Arizona

# 27,949:

1:32 pm PDT, Jul 8, Jennifer Green, Washington

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1:19 pm PDT, Jul 8, NANCY DARE, California

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1:07 pm PDT, Jul 8, Marion McCarthy, Connecticut

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11:03 am PDT, Jul 8, April Nelson, Pennsylvania

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8:49 am PDT, Jul 8, Raymond Zahra, Missouri

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7:44 am PDT, Jul 8, Lorrie Mello, Massachusetts

# 27,943:

7:30 am PDT, Jul 8, Laurie Maalul, Illinois

# 27,942:

7:17 am PDT, Jul 8, Steven Bowes, Tennessee
They would know if they had the same "benefits" as we do. Make them go under medicare & social security.

# 27,941:

6:03 am PDT, Jul 8, Deb Comstock, Maryland

# 27,940:

5:35 am PDT, Jul 8, Denise Dunaway, Michigan

# 27,939:

2:58 pm PDT, Jul 7, P. Anne Fournier, Virginia
Instead of cutting Medicare, why dont you cut your pay raises to yourselves. What kind of a society are we becoming by not taking care of our senior citizens & future generations of them? Its all in your hands & I hope & pray that you hear & act upon the words of the citizens wishes & needs not your greed.

# 27,938:

2:43 pm PDT, Jul 7, Name not displayed, Arizona

# 27,937:

12:19 pm PDT, Jul 7, Marilyn Bowes, Tennessee

# 27,936:

10:11 am PDT, Jul 7, Whitney McClure, West Virginia

# 27,935:

8:42 am PDT, Jul 7, Marice Marin, Florida

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6:37 pm PDT, Jul 6, JERRY CUMBIE, Texas
It seems to me that our Federal Gov. is determined to drive people on Medicare out of having any Medical care that they deserve and have been promised. Meanwhile our Congress keeps on with their PORK BARREL spending.

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4:33 pm PDT, Jul 6, Mary Morales, Florida
we wast so many billions on crap, but we dont take care of the people of the USA medical care should be increased not cut!

# 27,932:

3:33 pm PDT, Jul 6, Kim Law, Illinois

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12:00 pm PDT, Jul 6, Joseph Delgado, Florida

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8:46 pm PDT, Jul 5, Patricia Toher, New York

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2:54 pm PDT, Jul 5, Runningfox Moss, California

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1:00 pm PDT, Jul 5, Angela Spicer, Michigan

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11:33 am PDT, Jul 5, Jacqueline Baines, Oregon

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9:17 am PDT, Jul 5, Name not displayed, Arizona

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4:10 am PDT, Jul 4, Kristy Fruth, Illinois

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7:33 am PDT, Jul 3, Jody Lennon, California

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2:15 pm PDT, Jul 2, Elizabeth Kanze, Massachusetts

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1:05 pm PDT, Jul 2, Craig Fowler, Illinois

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2:21 pm PDT, Jul 1, Angelica Corpeno, Illinois

# 27,920:

12:07 pm PDT, Jun 30, Karen Tensley, Ohio

# 27,919:

7:06 am PDT, Jun 30, Jennifer Fossen, Colorado

# 27,918:

6:14 am PDT, Jun 30, Ellen Beener, Florida

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9:51 pm PDT, Jun 29, William Van Lenten, Florida

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6:45 pm PDT, Jun 29, David Buchanan, Illinois

# 27,915:

4:10 pm PDT, Jun 29, Laura Luckey, New Mexico

# 27,914:

3:21 pm PDT, Jun 29, Lynne Bailey, West Virginia

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3:18 pm PDT, Jun 29, Ethel & Eugene Haines, New Jersey
The end to Medicare as we know and love it is upon us. Doctors need to be properly paid for the services they render. The cuts in Medicare not only show a disservice to our physicians and health care providers, they are a disservice to our citizens.

# 27,912:

2:35 pm PDT, Jun 29, Sarah Olley, New York
we must take care of our people. all we do is help others in other countries... and neglect the OUR OWN people. If it is one thing I have learned from my grandpa, is that charity starts at home. We have poverty, yet we are trying to be super heroes to EVERYONE but our own people. It is just like a garden. The care that you put into your garden, it will show in return. If our country takes care of us, we will show it in return.

# 27,911:

12:28 pm PDT, Jun 29, Steve Neubert, Missouri

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12:00 pm PDT, Jun 29, Octavia James, New York

# 27,909:

11:37 am PDT, Jun 29, Greg Prull, Oregon

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10:31 am PDT, Jun 29, Marcia Bellinger, New York

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8:40 pm PDT, Jun 28, Chenelle Martin, New Jersey

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10:33 am PDT, Jun 28, Amanda Mott, Ohio

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6:05 pm PDT, Jun 27, Mildred Larsen, Oregon

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12:27 pm PDT, Jun 27, Kathryn Magoon, California

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3:22 pm PDT, Jun 26, J. Delaney Hansen, Michigan

# 27,902:

12:09 pm PDT, Jun 26, Amanda DeJesus, California

# 27,901:

7:48 am PDT, Jun 26, Brian Pitchford, South Carolina

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