The American people have won a small victory, with the help of several organizations, like AARP people who sent over 1 million messages to Congress and The White House, demanding that they keep Medicare fair! Congress acted – with enough votes to even override a Presidential Veto. Trumping a presidential veto is a huge lift. It took a lot of hard work, a lot of lobbying, and a remarkable million online messages from you.I’m ecstatic that we were able to Keep Medicare Fair.
The bill that passed will:
Ensure that Medicare patients continue to have access to care;
Improve prevention coverage and services;
Improve low-income protections; and
Provide improved coverage for mental health services.
If the Medicare bill proved anything, it’s that Washington does listen when enough people – in this case 1 million people! The usual partisan squabbling is stalling progress on the issues that matter in the lives of American families. Our representatives need to stop working against each other and start working for us. We need to build on the momentum this critical election year and demand comprehensive, bipartisan health care reform. Stand up America and fight for what we deserve, it's our country and government, it should work for us.
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