Social Security and Medicare Matter to All of Us
No matter how young or old we are, Social Security and Medicare are vital to our retirement and health security. Both are benefits we “earn” on the job, by making payroll contributions throughout our working lives.
AFSCME is proud of our leading role in the creation of Medicare. We fight to strengthen and protect Medicare and Social Security for this and the next generation. We will continue to fight against efforts to cut, dismantle or privatize these successful public programs that matter to all families.
- Mar 12Ryan Budget Is Nothing More than a Time Machine Ride Back to Financial InstabilityStatement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on Rep. Paul Ryan’s GOP Budget
- Feb 27AFSCME Opposes Increasing Beneficiary Cost-Sharing to Reduce the DeficitAFSCME statement for the record for the House Ways and means Health Subcommittee hearing on Medicare Benefit Redesign
- Feb 19AFSCME’s Saunders on Bowles Simpson PlanStatement of AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders on the new Bowles Simpson plan
Fighting Back
2011 was a pivotal year for the working middle class. It started with the scapegoating of public service workers for the country's economic woes, and continued with unprecedented attacks on...
Fighting Back
2011 was a pivotal year for the working middle class. It started with the scapegoating of public service workers for the country's economic woes, and continued with unprecedented attacks on...
The Struggle Continues...
America's working class is part of the solution. We're fed up with attacks from politicians backed by Wall Street bankers. We won't let them take our rights. We wont let...
Wisconsin 2/15: Rally at the Capitol
A public employee's job is so much more than just being a part of a union. We are a part of the community. We are your neighbors, your church members,...
- Mar 27 White House warns cutting Medicare will shift costs If Congress addresses the nation's budget deficit by cutting Medicare… (USA Today)
- Mar 14 The Ryan Budget Includes Devastating Health Care Cost Increases for Seniors—Again The misguided budget proposes replacing traditional Medicare benefits for seniors with a voucher …. (Center for American Progress)
- Mar 05 Republicans revisit Medicare reform to cut spending Republicans are launching a new phase in their austerity campaign — resurrecting the plan to... (Los Angeles Times)
- Feb 21 Business owners urge Congress to take Medicare, Social Security cuts off the table 80 percent of business owners said they oppose proposals to save federal money by curbing... (Washington Post)
- Feb 08 HHS report: Medicare prescription drug savings hit $5.7B Seniors have saved about $5.7 billion on prescription drugs since January 2011 because of provisions... (USA TODAY)
- Feb 04 Link Between Poor Health And Seniors Switching Out Of Private Medicare Plans New research findings fuel concerns that the private plans don’t provide the most attractive care... (Kaiser Health News)
- Feb 01 Americans are willing to pay more for Social Security Very large majorities across every age group, political affiliation and income group said they would... (Reuters)
- Jan 25 Six in ten Americans oppose any cuts to Medicare and Social Security New poll finds most Americans would not be willing to see any reductions in Medicare,... (Kaiser Family Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health)
- Dec 10 Raising the Medicare Eligibility Age Would Harm Seniors We estimate that in a single year, almost 435,000 seniors would be at risk of... (Center for American Progress)
- Oct 16 The Truth About Medicare The Affordable Care Act does not cut a single benefit or add a single penny... (Nancy Pelosi Special to CNN)
- Sep 12 New Report on Harm to Medicare by Repealing Obamacare Repeal of the ACA would make Medicare's trust fund insolvent in 2016, and increase costs...
- Aug 28 Voucherizing Medicare The draft Republican platform says of Medicare and Medicaid…. (New York Times)
- Feb 27 Double-Speak on the Debt Crisis Fix the Debt’s real motive is not to fix the debt, but to protect the tax loopholes that benefit its members. (Blog)
- Feb 14 AFSCME Members Take their Message to the Hill Workers from across the country went to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to lobby their legislators. (Blog)
- Feb 12 Workers Rally on Capitol Hill for “Jobs, Not Cuts” Show of solidarity unites members of AFSCME, AFL-CIO, AFGE, SEIU, CWA. (Blog)
- Feb 12 UPDATED: AFSCME Members Gather to Watch State of the Union Check back for live reactions from the address. And play SOTU bingo at home. (Blog)
- Feb 01 AFSCME Under 35 Members United in Demanding Jobs, Not Cuts Join a National Day of Action event to help end the budget showdown in Capitol Hill. (Blog)
- Jan 25 Millennials Want to Protect Social Security and Medicare Tele-town hall will help young AFSCME members in the fight to protect vital programs. (Blog)
- Jan 22 Who Are the “Working Poor”? New study is sobering reminder of why we must protect the nation’s economic safety net. (Blog)
- Jan 15 Register Now for Dynamic Legislative Conference Want to raise your voice for workers? Come to Washington, DC, and do just that. (Blog)
- Jan 03 Congress Passes Tax Cuts for Middle Class AFSCME will be vigilant about proposed slashing of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. (Blog)
- Dec 21 Wall Street Journal Duo: You’re Not Working Hard Enough Right-wing bloggers Biggs and Richwine ignore data that show lay-offs cut public services. (Blog)
- Dec 19 Protect Medicare, Protect Nurses Cuts to Medicare would mean job losses for nurses. AFSCME is working to stop them. (Blog)
- Dec 12 Call Congress to Protect the Middle Class – I Did Working men and women pay the bills of this country. We deserve a fair shake. (Blog)
