Healthcare Reform is Good Medicine for Medicare
Monday, March 22nd, 2010With the House passage of health care reform legislation, we’ll soon be able to leave the political war of words behind and America’s seniors will see for themselves that the fear-mongering over healthcare was just that—an attempt to scare Americans away from reforms which could finally put providing care ahead of making profits. Reuters provides [...]
USA Today Gets it Right on Medicare
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Here is one of the best editorials describing the facts about health care reform and seniors we’ve seen in the main stream media. It’s well worth a read…share it with your friends. Kudos to USA TODAY for taking the time to get past the rhetoric and spin to provide seniors the truth about health care reform. [...]
America’s Seniors Need Health Care Reform
Thursday, November 5th, 2009The House expects to vote on health care reform this weekend. It’s hard to exaggerate how important this vote is for the future of Medicare, its long-term viability and the millions of American seniors who depend on it. If you, or a loved one, are covered under Medicare and have been sitting on the sidelines [...]
From Medi-scare back to Medicare?
Thursday, October 1st, 2009Maybe Halloween just came a few months early… As October begins, it appears the health care reform debate may finally include more than just scary ghost stories and town hells. The truth about health care reform plans, and especially their impact on seniors, is finally breaking through. Seniors’ advocates, including our President, Barbara Kennelly, gathered [...]
Fighting Medicare Malarkey
Friday, September 25th, 2009Will 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 [...]
Medicare Earns Higher Marks than Private Plans
Monday, July 6th, 2009Thanks to National Journal’s Mark Blumenthal for his wonderful analysis of recent polls on Americans views of health care reform and a public plan option. Rather than focusing on just the poll of the week, the National Journal’s “Mystery Pollster” reviews findings in a wide range of recent polling and provides a depth of analysis sorely [...]