Archive for August, 2009
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 [...]
Mourning the Loss of Senator Ted Kennedy
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009“Today I am deeply saddened at losing such a loyal friend as Senator Kennedy. I first met Ted in 1956 at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Our families have long personal and political ties which were cemented with the election of President John Kennedy and the appointment of my father as the Chairman of [...]
No Social Security COLAs for Seniors
Monday, August 24th, 2009The National Committee has been working with Congress to try and find a way to avoid the first-ever zero cost of living increases for seniors. We talked to the Associated Press about this issue and they provided a nice overview of what’s at stake for seniors. We’ve written about this before and urge you to check out [...]
Sick to death of Medicare “Death Panel” Propaganda
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009Following is the email we delivered to all of our members and supporters today providing the facts about health care reform, Medicare and advance care planning. A lot of what you’re hearing is just not true… Get the facts from your National Committee National Committee Member and Supporters: Some opponents of health care [...]
Facts Matter
Monday, August 10th, 2009Why does that even have to be said? But, as town hall disrupters continue to shout down any attempt at real debate about health care reform, it’s clear the truth is being drowned out by the drama. We’ve already written about what the actual legislation could mean for seniors but of course, that’s not [...]
Town Hells and Medicare
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Fear sells. Fear motivates. Fear scares people into acting worse than they would allow a toddler to behave. But, as we’ve seen in recent coverage of Congressional Town Halls gone wild, fear does not produce intelligent discourse, constructive consultation or anything of real value to the current debate on health care reform. For American seniors, [...]
House Health Care Reform and Medicare
Monday, August 3rd, 2009We’ve now got specifics from the House on their version of health care reform legislation. The National Committee has worked hard to mobilize support for Medicare proposals that would improve efficiency and care for millions of Medicare beneficiaries while also providing savings for system-wide health care reform efforts. As President Obama has said, America does not [...]