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- Jan 25 Six in ten Americans oppose any cuts to Medicare and Social Security Kaiser Family Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health New poll finds most Americans would not be willing to see any reductions in Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid.
- 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 for many Medicare beneficiaries.
- Jun 28 What the Health Care Ruling Means for Medicare Paula Span, The New York Times Medicare improvements could have evaporated had the law been overturned, so the ruling generated sighs of relief…
- Jan 13 Killing Pensions to Benefit the 1 Percent Lee A. Saunders, Huffington Post The Wall Street Journal continues its push to gut the retirement security of millions of middle class workers across the country while enriching Wall Street.
- Jan 02 California pension system not in crisis San Francisco Chronicle Despite those who claim otherwise, the sky is not falling on the California pension system.
- Jun 18 Cuomo and Pensions: A View From a Union Leader Gerald W. McEntee, New York Times Pension costs grew due to the financial crisis, not because benefit levels are too high.
- Apr 20 Poll shows Americans oppose entitlement cuts to deal with debt problem Jon Cohen and Dan Balz, The Washington Post Despite growing concerns about the country’s long-term fiscal problems and an intensifying debate in Washington about how to deal with them, Americans strongly oppose some of the major remedies under consideration, according to a recent poll.
- Apr 12 Countering the Siege New York Times AFSCME President McEntee on how attacks on public service workers have energized union members and our allies in a growing battle over workers’ rights.
- Mar 11 Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signs anti-union bill -- but Democrats say they're the political victors Stephanie Condon, CBS News Political Hotsheet Lee A. Saunders, secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, told the Washington Post that it's no coincidence Republicans are pushing anti-union measures in states that will be key in the 2012 elections.
