Sign the Petition to Keep Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid Strong!

Some in Congress are working to pass deficit reduction plans that target Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while giving tax breaks to the wealthiest. Their plans include

  • Raising the Social Security age to 70
  • Reducing the Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) for Social Security beneficiaries
  • Taking away traditional Medicare benefits, leaving seniors at the mercy of insurance companies
  • Raising the Medicare eligibility age to 67
  • Cutting the Medicaid funding that helps seniors afford long-term care

With countless American seniors living at or near poverty, even minor cuts to these programs could threaten the health care and financial security of millions. Please say:

YES to Social Security! Social Security belongs to the people who have worked hard all their lives and contributed to it. Social Security does not contribute a penny to the deficit and should not be cut!

YES to Medicare! Before Medicare, roughly half of all American seniors had no health insurance at all. Even small cuts to Medicare could keep seniors from seeking health care or plunge them into poverty.

YES to Medicaid! Medicaid is the only way that most seniors can afford nursing home and other types of long-term care. 70 percent of seniors could lose this care if it were not for Medicaid.
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This petition has a goal of 4000 signatures
1-25 of 2153 signatures
Number Date Name Location Why is protecting Social ...
2153 Fri Apr 05 11:20:48 EDT 2013 Trudi Atkins Greensboro, NC I will be depending on it as part of my income,even though I have tried to save. Besides. I have worked for it all of my life. It is MY money not theirs. Cut congress pay, end fraud and end pork barrel More....
2152 Wed Feb 06 06:01:59 EST 2013 Chuck Krugman FRESNO, CA As a person who is disabled and receiving benefits it is important that the system be protected for myself and others who rely on it to cover basic needs.
2151 Wed Dec 19 18:25:59 EST 2012 Timothy Geron Galveston, TX It my money that I paid all of my working life. Dont screw me now that I am disabled and unable to work. Cut Congressional pay first.
2150 Mon Dec 03 22:43:16 EST 2012 Bradford Lewis KISSIMMEE, FL These plans are keeping a lot of seniors from becoming homeless. Social Security has never cost our government a dime. Republicans have been fighting to abolish these plans ever since they were enacted, More....
2149 Wed Nov 14 14:20:30 EST 2012 Dan pintar CALUMET CITY, IL Thru all the jobs lost by automation,the companies don't pay into S.S.anymore. Can we charge the Co,s for each automatic device that replaces humans??
2148 Tue Nov 13 16:48:15 EST 2012 James Cappy Brattleboro, VT Social Security and Medicare are my hard earned dollors. They do not belong to Congress, they belong to me. If Congress makes changes to Medicare or Social Security, I will regard it as if someone is More....
2147 Mon Nov 05 15:06:28 EST 2012 Janis Martinez Gallup, NM My grown children would not be able to have affordable health care without Medicare. Social Security helps esp. those who do not have other pensions. Rich, greedy employers do not want to pay into S.S. More....
2146 Sat Nov 03 17:09:46 EDT 2012 teralyn siller ARLINGTON, TX
2145 Sat Nov 03 11:52:52 EDT 2012 GLENN HIGHTOWER Oklahoma City, OK I survived a heart attack in 2006 & stroke in 2009. My medical bills exceeded $ 240,000. The above saved our home.
Oklahoma County Democratic Party. VICE-CHAIR !
2144 Sat Nov 03 09:58:18 EDT 2012 Steven Pla ALBUQUERQUE, NM
2143 Fri Nov 02 18:19:20 EDT 2012 Allen Penley Ironstation, NC
2142 Fri Nov 02 18:13:31 EDT 2012 edgar gehlert ROGERSVILLE, TN Very simple-get older people out of job market , make room for young-prevent old sick parents having to move back and die with their children.
2141 Fri Nov 02 17:46:47 EDT 2012 C.R. C.R. Dallas, TX
2140 Fri Nov 02 17:19:11 EDT 2012 charles seagraff NASHVILLE, TN
2139 Fri Nov 02 14:38:09 EDT 2012 Ken Pease Fairfax, VA I paid for it it's mine. My children continue to pay for it it's theirs. Keep your hands off our Social Security, Medicare and Madicaid.
2138 Fri Nov 02 11:23:09 EDT 2012 Patrick Houlihan Chicago, IL
2137 Fri Nov 02 09:45:28 EDT 2012 B T Nielsen MISSOULA, MT Please. We're trusting that you'll take good care of our trust funds deposited over decades for Social Security and Medicare. Kind regards, B T
2136 Fri Nov 02 07:37:32 EDT 2012 THOMAS HARRIS HINESVILLE, GA I earned ever dime i get should be more being paying into it since 1955
2135 Fri Nov 02 00:16:43 EDT 2012 Harriet Sheeley SKOKIE, IL
2134 Thu Nov 01 23:58:12 EDT 2012 Michael W Evans Los Angeles, CA
2133 Thu Nov 01 23:40:30 EDT 2012 Michael Pelc HELENA, MT
2132 Thu Nov 01 22:31:06 EDT 2012 Susan Cooper RICHARDSON, TX We are seniors and depend almost totally on Social Security for income and Medicare as our medical insurance. We could not manage without them, and we want our children to be secure, too!
2131 Thu Nov 01 22:27:40 EDT 2012 Jessie Boyd Colona, IL
2130 Thu Nov 01 22:12:46 EDT 2012 Ken Aud Granite City, IL For my mother's generation, my generation, and all future generations.
2129 Thu Nov 01 21:39:44 EDT 2012 Paula Roper CAMANO ISLAND, WA My only source of income are survivor's benefits...My husband and I both have paid for years for this protection. How many of us would say "What will I do if it's not there." Where will I live, what More....
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