Medicare – Coconino County Democratic Party

Back Off Our Benefits Bus Tour – April 1

Sign the petition. Join the tour at Wheeler Park on April 1, 2023 (RSVP here). If you are willing to speak to your personal experience with Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, or SNAP programs, and how House Republicans’ willingness to force a default on the nation’s debt in order to make cuts to these vital programs […]

FEDERAL ACTION ALERT – September 25, 2022

Produced by the Legislative Committee of the Coconino County Democratic Party and Democrats of the Red Rocks THIS WEEK’S ALERTS: Demand our reps pass the Respect for Marriage ActNOW!; Insist our reps support the Afghan Adjustment Act!; Make sure our repsresist ANY attempt to further privatize Medicare or Social Security; Ask that therecommendations of the […]

Biden’s Achievements Approach FDR’s

The bill that passed the House yesterday and the Senate earlier in the week, and which President Biden will sign soon, is a very big deal. The “Inflation Reduction Act” is another triumph executed without any GOP support and a significant step forward in combatting climate change, providing more affordable healthcare, and making our tax […]

FEDERAL ACTION ALERT

For Senators Sinema and Kelly and Representative O’Halleran: Support and Co-Sponsor the “Remove the Stain Act” and Rescind Award of 20 Medals of Honor to those responsible for the Wounded Knee Massacre. On December 29, 1890, U.S. soldiers slaughtered hundreds of unarmed Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge […]

Time for socialism to be the talking point again

It’s getting close to our next presidential election, and once again the GOP is clearing its throat to go full blast accusing Democrats of being socialists. That hoary accusation is their original sin of government — doing things that the voters want. Things like establishing a self-paid retirement system for working people called social security. […]

Middle class left paying for cuts to social programs

Wednesday’s editorial on the gutting of social programs was the clearest presentation of the march to destroy the social safety net that I’ve seen to date. NPR ran a program Wednesday morning focused on the 50-year plan of the Kansas Koch brothers to reduce government and drown it in the bathtub, according to one of […]

Choose Medicare: A new route to better healthcare for all Americans

“We have here in America a system right now called Medicare in which we have a popular, affordable, high-quality health-care option,” Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said. “Shouldn’t every American deserve the opportunity to participate in such a plan? Why reserve such a plan to individuals who are 65 or older?” Why not, indeed! Democrats are […]

Pelosi Visits Arizona – Delivers Message on Taxes and Deficit

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi visited Arizona this week to deliver this message: The GOP plan couldn’t be clearer: Explode the deficit by passing a Tax Scam that puts the wealthiest first Pretend to panic about the massive deficit fueled by the Tax Scam Use deficit caused by tax scam to take from Medicare, Medicaid, […]