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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Assistant Secretary for the Administration on Aging Kathy Greenlee will host a webchat tomorrow, Thursday, April 8, to talk about health reform and its impact on America’s seniors. From the HHS news release: Sebelius and Greenlee will highlight some of the immediate benefits of health reform for America’s seniors before [...]
Now’s the Time
Friday, March 19th, 2010National Committee members and supporters have sent 12 thousand petitions to Capitol Hill urging Congress to pass health care reform, now. As the clock ticks and a health care vote is expected in the House within days, seniors are mobilizing to ensure their elected representatives understand that doing nothing is not a solution for our [...]
National Committee Member Shares her Story at the White House
Friday, November 13th, 2009Fran Garfinkle is a 70-year old retired small business owner from Maryland who understands how quickly retirement dreams can change in our current health care system. Fran, a member of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, joined First Lady Michelle Obama and Director of Health Reform Nancy Ann DeParle at a White [...]
Social Security & Medicare…So Much More than Line Items in a Budget
Thursday, October 8th, 2009Just ask Esther Lenette or Gerry Johnston. They came to Capitol Hill recently to offer some straight talk to members of Congress and the media about the vital roles Social Security and Medicare fill for retirees especially during this economic recession. Esther is 91 years old; she still drives and lives independently in Montgomery County, [...]
Fighting Medicare Malarkey
Friday, September 25th, 2009National Committee Truth Squad Releases New Video
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Will health care reform hurt seniors? That’s the issue we tackle in the latest National Committee Truth Squad video. And it’s an issue that deserves more than just screaming town halls and soundbite answers. We’ve compiled all of our policy analysis on the various health care reform proposals and other important information on our Truth [...]
Breaking News…Insurance Industry Report Says its Billions in Medicare Subsidies Should be Continued
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009Clearly not all reports are created equal. So when the insurance industry lobby, AHIP (America’s Health Insurance Plans), releases another of it’s reports detailing why it’s a good idea for taxpayers and seniors to pay the industry billions in subsidies it’s not too hard to see what’s really going on. The insurance industry knows it [...]
Will Health Care Reform Destroy Medicare?
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009That’s certainly one of the huge whoppers at the heart of this summer’s anti-health care reform fear-campaign. Problem is…it’s just not so. We’ve written about this a lot (even before the craziness this summer) and have compiled all of our policy pieces on our Truth Squad web page. We’ve also released the 2nd video in the [...]
The National Committee’s Truth Squad – Busting Health Care Reform Myths
Monday, August 31st, 2009America’s seniors have a huge stake in the national health care reform debate. Unfortunately, well-financed misinformation campaigns have led many to believe health care reform will destroy Medicare. Nothing could be further from the truth! The National Committee’s Truth Squad is mobilized to arm seniors with the facts about health care reform’s impact on Medicare. Without [...]
HHS Finally Addresses Health Care-Medicare Myths
Friday, August 28th, 2009…and there certainly are a lot of them! From death panels to rationing, the health care reform scare campaign has been in overdrive this month. Of course, the problem is it’s always easier to sell fear than facts and that couldn’t be more evident than seen in many town halls nationwide. Even so, cooler heads [...]
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