Archive for November, 2008
Privatized Medicare…Higher Cost Not Quality
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008There’s even more evidence this week of just how misguided the Bush administration’s privatization of Medicare has been. Two separate reports detail how private Medicare Advantage plans, created in 2003 by a GOP-led Congress and written by insurers for insurers, have increased the cost and complexity of the program without any evidence of improving care [...]
Obama’s Promise for Change…What about Social Security and Medicare?
Monday, November 24th, 2008Here is a video we’ve produced asking the simple question…Now What?
Budget Director Peter Orszag? What would that mean for Medicare & Social Security?
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008President-elect Obama is prepared to select Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag as his administration’s Budget Director, according to the National Journal. Orszag has been appropriately praised here in Washington for his clear-eyed perspectives on the economic challenges facing our nation and the role skyrocketing healthcare costs plays in those economic woes. He’s refused to buy [...]
Medicare Part D Help Available
Thursday, November 13th, 2008Enrollment for Medicare’s Part D prescription drug coverage begins this weekend, on November 15th. This year, more than ever, America’s seniors must be sure they’ve analyzed their current Part D drug plan’s changes for 2009 and compared them with other prescription drug plans. A careful review is especially important this year because the average Part [...]
Working to Reform Healthcare AND Medicare
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare and eight other national seniors and healthcare advocacy organizations have joined forces urging President-elect Obama and the new Congress to make Medicare a priority in future healthcare reform discussions. The coalition says: “Medicare can play a leading role in system-wide reforms that curb the growth in [...]
Social Security Privatization Supporters Take a Beating
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008For eight long years, while the Social Security and Medicare programs were under attack by the Bush administration, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare led a national education and advocacy campaign to broaden nationwide opposition to the privatization movement and its supporters. The results of those years of NCPSSM efforts are in. [...]
Barbara B. Kennelly Reaction to Obama Win
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Barbara B. Kennelly, President and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, issued the following statement to NCPSSM members and supporters following the election of Senator Barack Obama as President of the United States: The challenges facing President-elect Obama and the new Congress are immense; however, I am hopeful the nation’s [...]
“Fact Checking” Medicare
Monday, November 3rd, 2008Mark Twain once said, “Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please”. That philosophy is prominent in many political campaigns these days, giving rise to the “fact checker” as a regular feature of newspapers and network news shows during campaign seasons. But what do you do when even [...]