rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/stop-the-gop-war-on-seniors?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-stop-the-gop-war-on-seniors' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Social Security Works https://actionnetwork.org/groups/social-security-works https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/049/600/original/PaulRyanTryingToFindHisLeftHand.jpg Immediately after Election Day, Paul Ryan “justified” his plan to gut Medicare by saying, “because of Obamacare, Medicare is going broke.” And while the opposite is true (ACA has in fact extended the lifespan of the Medicare Trust Fund), the GOP’s plan to gut the ACA is a self-fulfilling prophecy: Weaken Medicare in order to destroy the program through privatization. The Republican plan raids $346 billion from the Medicare trust fund to pay for tax breaks for the wealthy, and in turn intentionally weakens Medicare’s finances. The bill also includes a cruel policy called “age rating,” which would allow health insurance companies to charge older Americans five times more than their younger counterparts―particularly devastating to people in their fifties and early sixties, who aren’t yet eligible for Medicare. Sign the petition today demanding Congress reject any Republican “healthcare” plan to destroy Medicaid, weaken Medicare and enrich the wealthy at the expense of the the poor, elderly and sick. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-gop-war-on-seniors