News

• Mar 05 Republicans revisit Medicare reform to cut spending Los Angeles Times Republicans are launching a new phase in their austerity campaign — resurrecting the plan to turn Medicare into a voucher-like system…
• Feb 21 Business owners urge Congress to take Medicare, Social Security cuts off the table J.D. Harrison, Washington Post 80 percent of business owners said they oppose proposals to save federal money by curbing Social Security benefits...
• 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.
• Aug 27 Preserving and Strengthening Medicare White House President Obama speaks about the critical need to strengthen and preserve Medicare for our seniors and future generations.
• Aug 24 How Much More Will the Romney-Ryan Medicare Plan Cost You? Center for American Progress Romney and Ryan claim that no one over 55 will be affected by their plan. This claim is false.
• Aug 23 Patients Would Pay More if Romney Restores Medicare Savings, Analysts Say Jackie Calmes, New York Times Restoring the $716 billion in Medicare savings would increase premiums and co-payments for beneficiaries by $342 a year.
• Jul 20 Your Guide to "Ending Medicare As We Know It" Paul Waldman, The American Prospect If the Ryan plan were enacted, there would likely be many seniors who would have no health coverage.
• Jul 18 AFSCME Member Discusses Retirement Security at White House Clyde Weiss, AFSCME New York AFSCME retiree Stuart Leibowitz served as a panelist at Monday’s White House Community Leaders Briefing on Senior Issues, discussing the importance of preserving Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
• 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…
• 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.
• Dec 03 The Debt Commission Attack on Middle Class and Retirees Fails to Get the Necessary Votes Press Release Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on today’s final vote by the President’s Deficit Commission
• Nov 10 AFSCME Calls Proposed Changes to Medicare and Social Security Unnecessary and Dangerous Press Release Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee on the recommendations released today by the chairmen of the Deficit Commission
• Jul 29 Statement of AFSCME President Gerald W. McEntee at Campaign to Strengthen Social Security News Conference Press Release
• Jul 29 Coalition of 60 Groups Representing Over 30 Million Americans Launch Campaign to Fight Social Security Cuts by Fiscal Commission Press Release Richard Trumka (AFL-CIO), Gerald McEntee (AFSCME), Justin Ruben (MoveOn.org), Dennis Van Roekel (NEA), Eliseo Medina (SEIU), Terry O'Neill (NOW), Donna Meltzer (Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities), Hilary Shelton (NAACP), Ed Coyle (Alliance for Ret
• Feb 05 AFSCME President McEntee to Supporters of Privatizing Social Security: “Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are” Press Release GOP Rep. Ryan Revives Bush’s Failed Social Security Privatization Scheme
• Feb 06 AFSCME Calls For Social Security Fairness For Public Retirees Press Release Country’s largest public sector union backs legislation to eliminate unfair pension offsets