'Cut' is better than 'phase out', right? Look, don't pretend that you're not aware that since the 1930s Republicans have had the wet dream of cutting, privatizing.....Dubya's term... and phasing out SS; dittto for Medicare since '65
Congressional Republicans’ long record of working to cut Medicare, Social Security:
Senator Mike Lee said: “One thing that you probably haven’t ever heard from a politician: it will be my objective to phase out Social Security. To pull it up by the roots, and get rid of it.” Oooh, that's a bad cut, gonna need stiches.
In November, John Thune , the number two Senate Republican in leadership, declared that Social Security and Medicare benefits should be slashed. Like that word better?
Florida Senator Rick Scott is championing a plan to put Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security on the chopping block every five years, which would put the health and economic security of 63 million Medicare beneficiaries, 69 million Medicaid beneficiaries and 65 million Social Security beneficiaries at risk. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin proposed sunsetting these laws every year. Oooh, that's such a peaceful, soothing word.
The Republican Study Committee – which includes a majority of House Republicans – released a formal budget that, according to Politico, included “raising the eligibility ages for each program, along with withholding payments for individuals who retire early or had a certain income, and privatized funding for Social Security to lower income taxes.”
And in 2015, most House Republicans, including Speaker McCarthy, Rep. Scalise, and a host of others in current leadership, voted to raise the retirement age to 70, which would cut Social Security benefits for tens of millions of seniors who paid into the system for years. Why? Because a lot of those people will be f'ing dead. Everyone has reached the age of 7o has said goodbye to plenty of people in their lives.
Republican Members of Congress have proposed making health care and prescription drugs more expensive:
Last week, Republicans in the House proposed repealing the Inflation Reduction Act, including its health care provisions. And, just yesterday, Republicans on the House Budget Committee floated a proposal to repeal the health care provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act. Here’s what that would mean for working families across the country and in Florida:
A 62-year-old in Tampa earning $55,000 would see their premium increase by $7,000 per year.
14.5 million Americans nationwide will pay higher health insurance premiums and see a tax increase.
Everyone with Medicare will see higher drug prices if Medicare cannot negotiate the price of drugs.
Tens of billions of dollars will go right back to Big Pharma, which will increase the deficit.
3.3 million Medicare beneficiaries who use insulin will no longer have the peace of mind of knowing that their insulin is capped at $35.
Millions of seniors will no longer be able to get recommended vaccines for free.
Drug companies could go back to increasing drug prices faster than inflation with no accountability, which happened for 1,200 prescription drugs last year.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/stat...-premiums/
Congressional Republicans’ long record of working to cut Medicare, Social Security:
Senator Mike Lee said: “One thing that you probably haven’t ever heard from a politician: it will be my objective to phase out Social Security. To pull it up by the roots, and get rid of it.” Oooh, that's a bad cut, gonna need stiches.
In November, John Thune , the number two Senate Republican in leadership, declared that Social Security and Medicare benefits should be slashed. Like that word better?
Florida Senator Rick Scott is championing a plan to put Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security on the chopping block every five years, which would put the health and economic security of 63 million Medicare beneficiaries, 69 million Medicaid beneficiaries and 65 million Social Security beneficiaries at risk. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin proposed sunsetting these laws every year. Oooh, that's such a peaceful, soothing word.
The Republican Study Committee – which includes a majority of House Republicans – released a formal budget that, according to Politico, included “raising the eligibility ages for each program, along with withholding payments for individuals who retire early or had a certain income, and privatized funding for Social Security to lower income taxes.”
And in 2015, most House Republicans, including Speaker McCarthy, Rep. Scalise, and a host of others in current leadership, voted to raise the retirement age to 70, which would cut Social Security benefits for tens of millions of seniors who paid into the system for years. Why? Because a lot of those people will be f'ing dead. Everyone has reached the age of 7o has said goodbye to plenty of people in their lives.
Republican Members of Congress have proposed making health care and prescription drugs more expensive:
Last week, Republicans in the House proposed repealing the Inflation Reduction Act, including its health care provisions. And, just yesterday, Republicans on the House Budget Committee floated a proposal to repeal the health care provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act. Here’s what that would mean for working families across the country and in Florida:
A 62-year-old in Tampa earning $55,000 would see their premium increase by $7,000 per year.
14.5 million Americans nationwide will pay higher health insurance premiums and see a tax increase.
Everyone with Medicare will see higher drug prices if Medicare cannot negotiate the price of drugs.
Tens of billions of dollars will go right back to Big Pharma, which will increase the deficit.
3.3 million Medicare beneficiaries who use insulin will no longer have the peace of mind of knowing that their insulin is capped at $35.
Millions of seniors will no longer be able to get recommended vaccines for free.
Drug companies could go back to increasing drug prices faster than inflation with no accountability, which happened for 1,200 prescription drugs last year.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/stat...-premiums/
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