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    Social Security 75 Years: Keeping the Promise


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    THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
    ~ Protecting the Health and Economic Future of Older Americans ~

    March 5, 2009

    NEWS RELEASE

    Seniors Advocacy Group Launches Internet Ad Campaign to Counter Misleading Claims on Entitlement Reform

    The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare today released the first in a series of internet advertisements aimed at dispelling the myths and challenging misinformation about the future of Social Security and Medicare.  Coinciding with the White House Summit on Health Care, the first video urges Washington to keep its focus where it belongs...on health care reform. 

    Anti-entitlement crusaders continue to claim we can't afford Social Security and Medicare.  But what isn't heard in this anti-entitlement echo chamber is the fact that even if Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are eliminated entirely, the vast majority of our spending will still go to skyrocketing health care costs.  As Budget Director, Peter Orszag has said, "healthcare reform is entitlement reform".

    The video "Tune Out the Noise" can be viewed on The National Committee's YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/NationalCommittee .  The video is also being emailed directly to members of Congress and more than 200,000 National Committee members, volunteers and advocates nationwide.

      

    Media Inquiries to:
    Pamela Causey 202-216-8378/202-236-2123
    Kim Wright 202-216-8414
    www.ncpssm.org

     

    The National Committee is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that acts in the interests of its membership through advocacy, education, services, grassroots efforts and the leadership of the board of directors and professional staff. The work of the National Committee is directed toward developing better-informed citizens and voters.