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Take Action: Don't Cut Our Grandparents' Healthcare!
Ask President Obama to stand up for the elderly as Congress debates debt reduction.
Goal: 15,000
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Progress: 2,422
Sponsored by: The Breast Cancer Site
The super committee that was tasked to produce a plan for national debt reduction could not come up with a solution that met both parties' satisfaction. Because of Congress' inability to come to an agreement, automatic cuts to the federal budget are set to kick in in 2013 — and that's not in anyone's best interest.
The 2013 cuts were designed as a motivator for the super committee to reach a goal, and therefore will be intentionally acute. Programs like Medicare and Medicaid are especially at risk during this time of financial uncertainty. Our grandparents' health care hangs in the balance, all because Congress can't move past partisan politics.
Don't let Congress' inefficacy jeopardize Grandma and Grandpa's health!
Dear President Obama,
I am writing to you today because you may be the last hope for our grandparents.
As you know, the super committee that was appointed to come up with a debt reduction plan for America was not able to put partisan politics aside and come to an agreement. This could mean disaster for our elderly Americans.
Automatic cuts are set to begin in 2013 as a punishment for Congress' inefficacy — these cuts were designed to be acute so as to motivate Congress to reach a solution. Since Congress hasn't delivered, these automatic cuts now threaten countless critical programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.
You are the last line of hope. Congress cannot aptly represent its constituency, so it's now your job to make sure vital programs stay in place. Please do not allow our grandparents' health to be put on the chopping block.
Thank you for your time.
Petition Signatures
May 13, 2013
Loraine Lindsey
May 11, 2013
Tracey Smallwood
May 9, 2013
Jeannette Austin
May 9, 2013
imaan bee
May 9, 2013
Barbara Cote
May 9, 2013
Sanekia Grier
May 5, 2013
Diane Lawson
May 5, 2013
Anne Hawkins
May 4, 2013
Jill Hissom
May 4, 2013
Madelyne Beddoes
May 3, 2013
Marcia Mitcheltree
May 3, 2013
Ana Mallett
Health care shouldn't be a luxury.
May 3, 2013
DeDe Patterson
Our elders deserve better than this!!!
May 3, 2013
Morag Miller
May 3, 2013
noelle crawford
May 2, 2013
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May 2, 2013
Isa Villanen
The older we get, the more we need health care, and as we retire, we are no longer productive, and yet we pay taxes of our pension. We are entitled to good health care, just like working age groups and children. Age discrimination is bad...
May 1, 2013
Anna Richardson
Apr 27, 2013
baez stephanie
Apr 27, 2013
Karolina Kunka
Apr 26, 2013
Ellie Peterson
Apr 26, 2013
sandra patterson
Apr 26, 2013
marilyn graziano
Apr 22, 2013
Paul Whitehouse
Apr 22, 2013
Yvonne Long-Starling
Apr 21, 2013
Jillian Esco
Apr 21, 2013
Zee Kallah
Apr 21, 2013
Alisha Cranford
Apr 21, 2013
Kathleen Sherman
We must take care of our elders as they took care of us. We can't do this without Medicare and Medicaid.
Apr 20, 2013
Nanci Rogers
Apr 20, 2013
Lynda Hooper
Apr 19, 2013
Claudine Moon
How could you even think of this if it were your own grandparents?????
Apr 16, 2013
Nicholas & Janet Kenney
Apr 16, 2013
Rosalia Casals
Apr 14, 2013
Shelley Cox
Apr 14, 2013
Amy Mulvany
Apr 13, 2013
Laura Bradford
Elderly Americans are human too. Don't stop their health care..
Apr 11, 2013
Arlo Jones
Apr 11, 2013
Nerry Jimenez
Apr 11, 2013
Pamela Haun
Apr 10, 2013
Elizabeth Terlinden
Apr 10, 2013
N C
Apr 10, 2013
Dian Berger
Apr 10, 2013
julie lawyer
Apr 10, 2013
John Coperthwaite
Apr 10, 2013
Anna Meacham
Apr 8, 2013
Candace Faggen
Apr 8, 2013
Dawn Johnson
Apr 8, 2013
Thea Clark
Apr 7, 2013
Annmarie Gancarcik
