Medicare: Protect it, Improve it, and Expand it to All!

Hands Off Social Security and Medicare. Make Wall Street Pay.

Medicare: Protect it, Improve it, and Expand it to All!

On Saturday, June 26 in 20 cities, America Speaks, funded by billionaire
Pete Peterson’s Foundation, will be holding one day “discussions” to
preach about the dangers of “the deficit”. These events are nothing more
than efforts to soften up the public to accept Medicare and Social
Security cuts when the deficit commission reports before December 1.

These articles have more detailed information:

Whacking the Old Folks
Has Obama created a Social Security ‘death panel’?
Don’t Confuse Pete Peterson’s Desire to Slash Medicare with the Goals of HealthCare Reform –Part 1
Wall Street Propaganda: Blame Social Security

We urge you to attend and speak up boldly at these America Speaks events
which are open to the public at no charge. Check here to see if there is
one in your city and to sign up.

There will be protests outside many of the June 26 meetings to demand
“Hands off Social Security and Medicare—Make Wall Street Pay.” Below is
the press release for the protest rally that will be held in Louisville.
If there is one near you, join it!
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NEWS: Immediate Release

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Detroit, MI – Activists in support of Medicare for All, universal health care interested in preserving Medicare and Social Security are protesting the AmericaSpeaks “town meeting” this Saturday at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI at 11:00 am.

Kay Tillow, head of the Kentuckians for Single Payer Healthcare (KSPH),
said that “AmericaSpeaks events being held across the nation on June
26 are funded by right-wing foundations wanting to curtail federal
retirement programs.”

“It appears that AmericaSpeaks wants to shape the national discussion so
it can provide feedback to the President’s newly appointed Fiscal
Commission, an 18-member group charged with giving Congress a report next
December on how to reduce the national deficit,” Tillow said. “But the
commission is stacked heavily in favor of slashing benefits in both
Medicare and Social Security. On top of that, the commission’s staff is
being provided by Wall Street billionaire Pete Peterson’s Foundation,
which is also funding the AmericaSpeaks event. For decades Peterson has
been trying to privatize or get rid of Social Security.”

Retirees for Single Payer member, Bob Sisler, said “a public rally is scheduled
for 11:00 a.m. Saturday outside McGregor Conference Center, Wayne State University, 495 W Ferry Mall. Anyone from the public who wants to preserve Social Security and protect Medicare is invited.”

Healthcare NOW!’s National Organizer, Katie Robbins, points out that Social Security has not contributed one dime to the nation’s deficit. In fact, it has accumulated a massive surplus of $2.5 trillion from many decades of workers paying into the system from every paycheck.”

“As for Medicare’s financial troubles, they are quite fixable without any reduction of benefits. For 40 years Medicare’s critics have warned of impending doom for the program but it always gets repaired. Here’s our suggested fix: Eliminate the massive waste and expense caused by the private for profit insurance companies. Put the
savings into Medicare–protect it, improve it, and expand it to all.”

Protest rally: 11:00am – Noon, Saturday, June 26, 2010
Place: McGregor Conference Center, Wayne State University, 495 W Ferry Mall Detroit, MI 48202
Contact: healthcarenow08@gmail.com

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