Medicare

Progressives: No cave-in to Republican fiscal cliff demands!

December 18, 2012 By John Wojcik

With less than two weeks until the Bush tax cuts die and harsh automatic cuts to the human safety net kick in, the GOP insists Democrats agree to cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Missourians say “No cuts to Medicare, Social Security”

December 11, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky

"We cannot cut our way to job creation," the Rev. Broadnax told labor and community allies here as they held a press conference out-side of the Delmar-Loop Social Security office.

Raising Medicare age would hurt seniors and the economy

December 10, 2012 By Bruce Bostick

The Republican plan to raise the eligibility age of Medicare would raise health care costs for seniors, hurt the economy, and put pressure on older Americans.

Demonstrators call for no cuts in Medicare, Medicaid

December 5, 2012 By Ben Sears

Over 100 demonstrators gathered Dec. 4 outside Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Bob Casey's office on Market Street.

Unionists flood Capitol, demand jobs not cuts

November 29, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

The fly-in preceded dozens of rallies and events planned nationwide around the same theme, starting Dec. 1, according to an AFL-CIO website.