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    Social Security 75 Years: Keeping the Promise


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    Truth Squad: Busting Myths on Health Care Reform


    America's seniors have a huge stake in our national health care reform debate. However, well-financed misinformation and fear 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 health care reform, Medicare will continue to suffer from skyrocketing costs associated with general health care costs, until neither seniors nor the government will be able to afford the program. This inevitably will lead to unprecedented cuts in Medicare - cuts that unlike current health care reform proposals - will directly target Medicare beneficiaries.

    National health care reform provides an historic opportunity for us to improve Medicare by closing the Part D doughnut hole, allowing government negotiation of drug prices in Part D and eliminating billions of dollars of wasteful subsidies to private insurers in Medicare. Ignoring Health Care Reform is not an option.

    Here you'll find the Truth Squad tool kit for all of our National Committee myth busters. It includes: links to National Committee health care reform policy documents, health care posts from our blog "EntitledtoKnow", our Truth Squad video series busting health care reform myths and a link where you can download your own Truth Squad badge. Share it with friends and wear it proudly to town halls and meetings with your members of Congress.

    Part 4- National Committee Truth Squad: Medicare Advantage Subsidies are Bad for Medicare

    Part 3- National Committee Truth Squad: Will Healthcare Reform Hurt Seniors

    Part 2- National Committee Truth Squad: Healthcare Reform & Seniors

    Part 1 - National Committee Truth Squad: Death Panels for Seniors?

     

    Seniors to Seniors: Informing Health Reform


    Get the Facts

    NCPSSM Letter in Support of Senator Bennett's Amendment

    Letter to Senate on Closing Part D Doughnut Hole

    Seniors Advocacy Group Applauds Two Key Votes in Senate Health Care Debate

    Passage of the House Health Care Reform Bill is Good News for Medicare - Good News for Seniors

    H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act Strengthens and Improves Medicare

    Leading Seniors Advocacy Group Endorses House Health Reform Legislation

    Health Care Reform Would Improve Medicare by Reducing Medicare Advantage Overpayments

    Health Care Reform Q & A

    The Future Cost of Medicare: Why Seniors have a Stake in Health Care Reform

    The Need for Comprehensive Health Care Reform

    There Are No Death Panels.
    Voluntary Advance Care Planning Consultations for Medicare Beneficiaries

    Health Care Reform: What It Means for Seniors


    Read Our Blog Posts
    on Health Care Reform

    Facts Matter

    Town Hells and Medicare

    House Health Care Reform and Medicare

    When Fiction Replaces Facts in the Health care/Medicare Debate

    "MedPac on Steroids" or Permanent Entitlement Commission?

    Medicare Reforms play Critical Role in Congressional Health Care Proposal

    Head of GOP Health Care Group Says We'd Be Better Off Without Medicare...

    Join the Truth Squad

      Get the latest Truth Squad news via email alerts
         

      Share and Download your own Myth Buster Badge Here
         
      Tell Congress improving Medicare must be a part of our national health care reform debate. Our Legislative Action center sends your email directly to your representatives on Capitol Hill.

      Send a Letter to the Editor
         
     
         
     

    Print and distribute copies of our Truth Squad Flyers

     

      Donate to support our campaign

    Recommended Links

    Health Care Town Hall : CSPAN 1 .  Rep. Gerry Connolly and National Committee President/CEO, Barbara B. Kennelly

    HHS Report:  America 's Seniors and Health Insurance Reform

    U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Report: Health Care Reform: FACT vs. FICTION

    Countering Health Reform Misinformation:
    Center for Medicare Advocacy

    Seven Falsehoods about Health Care: FactCheck.org

    The House Version of the Health-Care Legislation: Washington Post


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    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 a secure retirement for all Americans.