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Rep. Stivers was on CNBC recently discussing the deficit and proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

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Please consider signing our petition asking Speaker Ryan and Senator McConnell:

STOP Bullying America’s Working Class: End the Calls to Cut Our Earned Benefits.

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Republicans’ first reflex would be to turn to entitlement reform to find savings. Medicare and Social Security, after all, account for the lion’s share of government spending and more than 70 percent of all mandatory spending.

via Politico.

Related Reading:

TRUMP PROMISE BROKEN: House GOP Votes to Gut Medicaid.

The bill cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid by converting it into a block grant program or imposing per capita caps, which will make it harder for impoverished seniors to access long term skilled nursing care and community or home care.  Overall, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that 14 million people will be kicked off the Medicaid rolls in the next 10 years if this bill becomes law.

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Trump Budget Shatters President's Promise on Social Security, Medicaid

Other media outlets are hedging by saying the Trump budget doesn’t cut “core” Social Security benefits – whatever that means.  Social Security Disability Insurance is a crucial and inseparable part of Social Security. Period.  No amount of parsing can cleave the two.  When you cut a program, you hurt people – whether the cuts affect “core” benefits or not.

In this case, the millions of Americans with disabilities who rely on SSDI for basic income security are the ones who stand to be hurt. Though SSDI helps younger Americans, too, most of its beneficiaries are 55 or over – meaning any cuts to the program will hit older Americans particularly hard. 

More on this issue can be read here.

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As privatizer Rep. Tom Price is confirmed as HHS Secretary, Senator Bernie Sanders challenges President Trump: Keep your word on Social Security and Medicare.

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Researchers suggest retirees consider converting their home equity into income. This blog's readers aren’t so sure they should.