Medicaid

• Thanks to you!

  October 17, 2013: Yesterday, the House and Senate agreed to a deal to fund the government through January 15, and to raise the debt ceiling through February 7. This is great news and your engagement helped make it happen! Congratulations and thank you. Over the pas...Read more >

• A Clean Continuing Resolution and NO Cuts to Seniors’ Programs

  October 09, 2013: All across the country, Americans are fed up with the government shutdown. Your U.S. Representative’s vote could be the difference between ending the shutdown with a “grand bargain” that dismantles our retirement security inch by inch, or prote...Read more >

• Tell Your U.S. Senators to Stop the Sequester Today!

  February 26, 2013: Unless Congress acts this week, drastic automatic spending cuts, known as the sequester, will go into effect.  Programs vital to seniors like Meals on Wheels, cutting edge medical research, and food safety inspections would be severely cut back.  W...Read more >

• In Fiscal Cliff Delay, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid Remain at Risk

  January 02, 2013: The fiscal cliff deal passed by Congress last night is a breakthrough in beginning to restore tax fairness. It raises over $700 billion over 10 years by ending the Bush tax cuts for families making over $450,000 a year. The deal does not cut Social S...Read more >

• The Debt Deal for Seniors

  August 03, 2011: This afternoon, the long-anticipated deal on raising the debt ceiling is expected to pass out of the Senate and signed into law. The good news about the deal is that your letters, emails, protests and calls to Congress have temporarily protected S...Read more >