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TV Ads Launched in 3 States: Seniors Won’t Soon Forget Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid

 

Sens. Dean Heller and Scott Brown and Rep. Denny Rehberg Implored: Protect Medicare and Medicaid, Not Tax Breaks for Millionaires That Don’t Create Jobs

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Washington DC – With Medicare and Medicaid potentially on the Super Committee’s chopping block, a new TV ad is hitting the airwaves in three states warning Republicans in Congress that seniors will not soon forget a vote to slash their benefits while protecting tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. See script below for “I’ll Remember” imploring Senators Dean Heller and Scott Brown and Representative Denny Rehberg to protect the health of their constituents not just the tax breaks for millionaires – an effort airing Wednesday through the end of the week sponsored by American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and Americans United for Change.

Under consideration is a plan from the Super Committee that mirrors other Republican budget proposals because it “contains virtually no new revenue and deep cuts in Medicare and Medicaid.” In fact, it would be low-income and disabled Americans who would be most severely impacted by the Republican proposal (SEE: Report: GOP’s Super Committee Proposal Would Devastate Lower-Income, Disabled Americans)

 

Gerald W. McEntee, President of the 1.6 million-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME): “Once again the 99% us will be burdened by the actions of a Republican Congress that continues to make decisions that are detrimental to the most vulnerable members of our society.  Republicans like Sens. Dean Heller, Scott Brown and Denny Rehberg, need a reality check. When corporations, millionaires and billionaires are taking home higher incomes and  outrageous bonuses while many Americans are taking home pink slips, everyday Americans need you to stand up for them.”

 

Mary Kay Henry, President of the 2.1 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU): “Any Super Committee recommendations that cut Medicare or Medicaid and hurt beneficiaries or providers would be irresponsible and reckless. Super Committee members should fully understand that the decisions they make will have significant ramifications for years to come on seniors, low-income families, the unemployed and working families – those who should not be forced to shoulder the burden of any deficit reduction measures.” 

 

Tom McMahon, Executive Director, Americans United for Change: “They say an elephant never forgets but these Republicans in Congress clearly have forgotten seniors and the middle class if they think cutting Medicare and decimating Medicaid is the answer.  And you better believe residents in their home state will remember those cuts. Cutting Medicare and Medicaid will not result in a single job, nor will it lead to a stronger economy. A stronger economy is only possible if the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share.  Asking our seniors and those who can least afford it to bear the burden while millionaires continue to enjoy the privilege of tax breaks – as Republicans have a history of doing – not only doesn’t make fiscal sense but it’s just cruel. It’s time for the GOP to remember their constituents and not just those that line their campaign coffers.”

 

 

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“I’ll Remember”

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SCRIPT

FACTS

ANNCR:  If you vote to cut Medicare, Senator Heller – I will remember it every time I visit my doctor.

CG: MEDICARE

Republicans Put Severe Medicare and Medicaid cuts on the table. “The latest proposal by Republicans on the congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit

Reduction (the “supercommittee”) contains virtually no new revenue and deep cuts in Medicare and

Medicaid. In those respects, it represents little change from earlier Republican budget proposals.” [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 10/31/11]

 

 

ANNCR:  I’ll remember you cut Medicare and Medicaid every time I fill a prescription

 

 

“Of particular note, four-fifths of the Republicans’ proposed Medicare cuts — $400 billion — would directly affect beneficiaries through higher premiums, higher cost sharing, and more restrictive eligibility criteria.” [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 10/31/11]

 

The Republican Plan Makes Deep Cuts in Medicaid - $185 billion. “Cuts of this depth would shift substantial costs to state governments, which would lead to state actions that limit care for the low-income children, parents, seniors, and people with disabilities whom Medicaid serves.” [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 10/31/11]

 

ANNCR:   I’ll remember you cut Medicare if I fall down, or get hurt

 

ANNCR:  I’ll remember you chose protecting millionaires over protecting my health.

 

My friends will remember it too – all of them.

 

In fact, Republicans Actually Increase Tax Cuts. “And, compared to the “plausible baseline” that the Bowles-Simpson Fiscal Commission and the Senate’s Gang of Six used, which assumes expiration of the upper-income tax cuts, the latest Republican plan actually provides for tax cuts of more than $800 billion over ten years.” [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 10/31/11]

ANNCR:  Call Senator Heller. 

 

Tell him to protect Medicare and Medicaid.

CG: Call Senator Dean Heller at (775) 686-5770.

Tell Him: Protect Medicare.

Paid for by American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Service Employees International Union and Americans United for Change.