Citing the book that he has now disavowed, Rick Perry told a group of Iowans earlier this month that it’s a fact that “there’s not going to be a Social Security and Medicare program” in the future. Yes he really said this; It’s on video.

The Republican Party’s radical plan to phase out Medicare and replace it with a “Medicare in Name Only” private voucher program is scaring voters all across the country for very good reason (for one it doubles the out of pocket health care costs for seniors) but what does it mean for you? Click on your [...]

In an Orwellian twist the Republicans are now calling their radical plan to end Medicare as we know it and replace it with “Medicare in Name Only” plan which will double out of pocket expenses for seniors their plan to “save Medicare” (and they’re even giving themselves standing ovations for it!) They better hope they [...]

The Republicans are doubling down on their attempts to kill Medicare. Now the GOP is saying they won’t raise the debt ceiling unless the Democrats agree to Medicare cuts (and not raising the debt ceiling would cause huge damage to the economy.) 235 Republicans in the House and 40 Republicans in the Senate voted to [...]

Voters are reacting very negatively (see NY-26) to the Republicans in the House & Senate who voted to phase out Medicare and cut taxes for millionaires even lower than they already are. But that’s not all; Voters also have a terrible case of “Buyer’s Remorse” when it comes to the Republicans who won Governor elections [...]

Today the Paul Ryan GOP budget that ends Medicare, drastically cuts Medicaid, and cuts taxes even more for millionaires was defeated in the Senate 57 to 40. All 40 of the Senators that voted to end Medicare are Republicans. Just like in the House vote; not a single Democrat voted to end Medicare. These six [...]

The Republican plan to end Medicare as we know it was the single biggest reason Democrat Kathy Hochul won an upset victory in the special election in the very red NY-26 yesterday (so red that in 2008 John McCain won it by 6% points even though he lost by 7% points nationally.) If the Republican [...]

The results from today’s NY-26 special election are in: The Democrats have picked up a House seat from the Republicans in a very red district. With 83% of the vote reporting Kathy Hochul is at 48% and Jane Corwin is at 43%. This district is so red that it went for Republican Chris Lee (who [...]

Transcript: AG: “Listen, only 4 percent of all Americans ever vote in a Republican primary. That’s 4 percent. The other 96 percent are the normal Americans. The 4 percent are people who must never get sick, because they don’t want to have Medicare. Now think about that. Every other industrialized country in the entire world [...]

According to data from the Congressional Budget Office the Republican Plan to end Medicare as we know it (and replace it with a “Medicare in Name Only“) would double out of pocket health care costs for seniors all over the country. In April of this year the new Republican majority in the House overwhelmingly voted [...]