Health Care Now is announcing a series of parties across the country to celebrate 43 years of Medicare and to organize for HR 676! If you live in or near Detroit you can meet John Conyers! Say hellow for Corrente Wire. Parties in Texas, Florida, Ohio, New York, Illionois, and many other states. Download the list.
]]>Medicare’s 43rd Birthday is July 30th - Medicare is known as one of the most successful social programs in the United States. Its universal coverage for those 65 and older creates the ability to redistribute benefits to those who are neediest, it pools risk in order to share the burdens of health care among the healthy and the sick, and through Medicare, the government protects the rights of all beneficiaries to essential health care without putting profit interests first. Medicare beneficiaries are overwhelmingly satisfied with their coverage, and now it is time to give improve and expand this wonderful program to everyone in the country! Support HR 676, Expanded and Improved Medicare for All!
We need you to help us celebrate! Here is what you can do:Join a group near you! Medicare Birthday Parties are happening all over the country to celebrate the importance of Medicare and to fight the privatization of one of our most beloved social programs. Download the list--located in the right column--of already planned parties to see if there's one near you.