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    Social Security 75 Years: Keeping the Promise


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    THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
    ~ Celebrating 25 Years of Advocacy for Older Americans ~

    December 3, 2007

    MEDIA ADVISORY

    Seniors Advocates will deliver more than 48 thousand petitions to Congress Urging Medicare Advantage Reform

    The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM), joined by the Alliance for Retired Americans, will deliver 48,000 petitions  signed by  seniors throughout the nation asking the Senate to eliminate or reduce billions in insurance industry  subsidies to private Medicare providers and to strengthen Medicare.

    Senator Edward Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, will accept the petition delivery on Capitol Hill December 4th .

    What Petition Delivery and Media Availability
       
    When

    Tuesday, December 4th
    2:00pm

       
    Where

    Room 428A  
    Russell Senate Office Building

       
    Who

    Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Chairman, Senate Health, Education,
    Labor and Pensions Committee
    Max Richtman , NCPSSM Executive Vice President
    Ed Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans Executive Director
    Sadie Coleman, Medicare Beneficiary

    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.