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Saving Social Security
The highly successful program, under attack by Republicans and Wall Street, can easily be shored up for future retirees.
By Bernie Sanders for the LA Times –
Social Security...Continue reading.
For Governors, Medicaid Looks Ripe for Slashing
By Kevin Sack for the New York Times –
Hamstrung by federal prohibitions against lowering Medicaid eligibility, governors from both parties are exercising their remaining options...Continue reading.
Deficit reduction push gains steam
By David Rogers for Politico –
A bipartisan effort to resurrect the recommendations of last year’s presidential deficit-reduction commission gained steam Tuesday in the Senate,...Continue reading.
House Republicans Consider Privatizing Medicare
From the AP –
WASHINGTON — Months after they hammered Democrats for cutting Medicare, House Republicans are debating whether to relaunch their quest to privatize the health...Continue reading.
Obama won’t endorse raising retirement age or reducing Social Security benefits
By Lori Montgomery for the Washington Post –
President Obama has decided not to endorse his deficit commission’s recommendation to raise the retirement age, and otherwise...Continue reading.
New Coalition of Latino Organizations Unveil Plan to Protect Social Security
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Latinos for a Secure Retirement was launched to serve as a voice for the Latino American community in the fight to defend Social Security as new threats emerge...Continue reading.
Obama’s Social Security Talk Is Turning Voters Off, Pollsters Say
By Dan Froomkin for Huffington Post –
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s apparent willingness to consider cuts in Social Security benefits may be winning him points...Continue reading.
Nurses Call on President Obama to “Stand Up” and Protect Retirement Security
Largest RN Union Releases New Video of Chicago Nurses Urging the President to Stand Up to Corporate Interests
The nation’s largest union and professional association of registered...Continue reading.
Zero Hour for Social Security
By Robert Kuttner for Huffington Post –
As I have previously warned–and I hope I’m wrong–President Obama seems on the verge of needlessly cutting America’s...Continue reading.
Medicare Will Enroll 7,000 New Recipients Every Day in 2011
By Pearl Korn for Huffington Post –
On January 1st, while most revelers were still sound asleep and certainly not reading their morning newspapers, a story written by a staff...Continue reading.