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60 Plus Post Election Survey In Va And NjFinancial Concerns DominateObama Approval On Healthcare Upside Down In VA & NJLink to Executive Summaries and Toplines ALEXANDRIA, VA – Today, the 60 Plus Association released a post election survey conducted last night in New Jersey and Virginia by The Polling Company. Link to executive summaries and toplines is available below. November 4, 2009 | Read more… New National Ad Campaign Targeting CongressSeniors Say “Don’t Cut Medicare!”$500 Million Buy And Phone Calls To 78 House Districts Begin TodayALEXANDRIA, VA — Today, the 60 Plus Association released a new TV ad targeting the Democrat Congress’ plan to cut Medicare by half a trillion dollars, and announced a phone call campaign into the districts of 78 Members of the House of Representatives. November 3, 2009 | Read more… 60 Plus Announces New Campaign To Protect Seniors Medicare$2.0 Million Ad Buy Targeting AK, AR, CT, LA, ME, NE, ND and SDALEXANDRIA, VA — The 60 Plus Association today announced a new advertising campaign targeting Senators in eight states — Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The $2.0 million ad buy, which celebrates our greatest generation, asks seniors to call their Senator and demand they fight the massive cuts to Medicare the current health care reform legislation before the Senate would bring. See the ads at www.60plus.org October 28, 2009 | Read more… AARP: Reform Advocate And Insurance SalesmanSeniors Group Makes Millions From Royalties On Health PlansBy Dan Eggen: Washington Post Staff WriterTuesday, October 27, 2009 The nation’s preeminent seniors group, AARP, has put the weight of its 40 million members behind health-care reform, saying many of the proposals will lower costs and increase the quality of care for older Americans. October 27, 2009 | Read more… October 2009 UpdateMonthly Email UpdateClick here to join our email list. Senior Alert: First Shoe Drops, Senate Finance Approves Obamacare Legislation Despite the fact that America’s seniors OVERWHELMINGLY disapprove of President Obama and the Congressional Democrats pushing for a government takeover of health care, the Senate Finance Committee approved by a 14-9 margin a plan that does just that (See Sad Day for Seniors). The legislation, called a “down payment” on nationalized health care by the AFL-CIO is now moving to the full U.S. Senate for a vote, where a razor-thin 60-vote majority can pass it and defeat a planned filibuster by a unanimously opposed Republican Senate delegation. As 60 Plus has stated repeatedly and adamantly since the time this legislation was first conceived, massive cuts to Medicare are in the works — more than half a trillion dollars for starters. Health care legislation pushed by Obama and the Democrats will cause severe rationing of services, medicine and preventative care for seniors, and push thousands of doctors and nurses out of the profession. We must FIGHT BACK immediately. Call your Senator today and tell them you will commit yourself to voting him or her out of office if they support this legislation! 202-224-3121. One Party Rule Unacceptable in Health Care Reform We hear it again and again from the Democrat majority in Washington as well as President Obama himself; if we don’t pass their version of health care reform, Western Civilization as we know it will collapse. As Obama said during his address to the joint session of Congress in September, “Everyone knows what will happen if we do nothing, our deficit will grow, more families will go bankrupt, more businesses will close, more Americans will lose their coverage when they are sick, and more will die as a result.” Unless I am missing something, I think the President told America we have two choices; pass his health care reform or die. Surely we deserve better. With poll after poll showing seniors — the most informed demographic in America on the details of the Obama plan — overwhelmingly rejecting Obamacare, 60 Plus remains as committed as ever to halting this devastating legislation in its tracks. Now we see a report in Investor’s Business Daily from last month that nearly half of all doctors would consider quitting the profession of medicine if Obama passes his plan. If you were afraid of rationing of health care before, imagine when America has half as many doctors! As we have reminded the press corps and many in the halls of Washington, “candidate” Obama promised a health care reform process performed with total transparency, done in broad daylight on television for all to see, at a big table filled with doctors, nurses, insurers and other interested parties. To date, the President has not held anything remotely resembling a public town hall with a free exchange of ideas from interested parties. The reality is all legislation has been written in the back rooms of Democrat leaders by policy wonks and “think tank” experts who have a decidedly clear ideological slant. Recently I had the opportunity to spend time with Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele at a conference in Florida and applauded him for his leadership in submitting something that is absent from both President Obama’s as well as AARP’s stance regarding health care reform, namely a Senior Citizens’ Health Care Bill of Rights. This simple checklist of a half dozen “dos and don’ts” offers a contract of sorts to America’s seniors, spelling out in black and white the clear responsibility our leaders have in ensuring that health care reform won’t be achieved on their backs and at their expense. The Seniors’ Health Care Bill of Rights starts with the single biggest priority of ANY piece of legislation that reforms health care, namely, demanding that Medicare is not gutted in the process. Current proposals will cut $500 from Medicare by conservative estimates, and that figure may be $150 billion too low. The Bill of Rights also makes other common sense proposals that one would assume would be universally agreed upon. Sadly, Obama, the AARP, and Democrat leaders in Washington won’t even give the agenda listed below the time of day, let alone the simple assent it deserves. Which of the items below could any person be opposed to? October 21, 2009 | Read more… Sad Day For SeniorsSadder Day For SenatorsAlexandria, VA – The Senate Finance Committee’s reporting out of a health care reform bill is certainly a sad day, even a frightening day for seniors, but it’s an even sadder day for Senators. October 14, 2009 | Read more… September 2009 UpdateMonthly Email UpdateClick here to join our email list. Obama Speech Can’t Drown Out Seniors’ Voices President Obama gave yet another address this week on health care reform legislation, this time in a televised speech to the entire nation. Unfortunately, it is clear he still does not understand that the American people – and seniors especially – do NOT want a government takeover of health care that is funded in large part by $500 billion in cuts to Medicare. 60 Plus has been on a mission to keep you informed and get the facts out about the Obama plan, to STOP Washington’s handout of a free lunch to millions that will leave seniors holding the tab. We and our members have been on the front lines, in town halls, in letters to the editor, and in the op-ed pages making the case: this plan does not add up and will hurt seniors! Click here to watch our TV commercial, a central part of 60 Plus’ $2 million campaign to get the truth out about health care reform! Click here to contribute to keep it on the air! Obama says he can add tens of millions of new people to health care coverage, while cutting more than $500 billion from Medicare, all the while leaving all benefits intact, and not adding “one dime” to the deficit. Excuse me? I’m no math major, but this simply defies common sense and insults the intelligence of seniors who are extremely concerned this plan will lead to rationing, reduced services, longer waits for treatment and an overall reduction in the quality of care they receive. September 12, 2009 | Read more… |
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