Petition to protect Medicare

Here's the petition you send to your congressmen and senators. Make copies and distribute to your friends and fellow senior citizens, and send to public officials who represent your State in Congress.

We don't have time. We have to take it upon ourselves to send this petition or we might lose most of our Medicare benefits. (Petition adapted from AARP's form.)

Remember, if we don't act, Congress could cut our Medicare and Social Security benefits.

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Petition to: _______________________________

(Senator or Congressman representing your district)

I am very disturbed by proposals that would cut Medicare and Social Security benefits to address the federal deficit. Cutting the benefits I have earned , instead of cutting ineffective forms of government spending, is unfair to America's senior citizens.

To save money, Congress should effectively cut health care costs without cutting benefits. American workers pay into Medicare and Social Security with the expectation of receiving these benefits when they retire.

I recognize the need to contain our federal budget, but we must first reduce high health care costs, ineffective government spending and tax loopholes.

Sincerely,

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(Your name and address)

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