To: President Donald Trump
Give Seniors a Cost of Living Social Security Raise in 2016
To deny seniors even a modest increase in Social Security benefits is unscrupulous. Ask President Obama to issue an Executive Order to give the elderly even a modest increase in Social Security that they deserve as a generation that has given much to this country.
The hike in Medicare premiums in 2016 further lowers funds the elderly need for basic costs of living including, utilities, food and rent. Please act to right this wrong and expand not cut Social Security benefits to seniors.
The hike in Medicare premiums in 2016 further lowers funds the elderly need for basic costs of living including, utilities, food and rent. Please act to right this wrong and expand not cut Social Security benefits to seniors.
Why is this important?
Many seniors do not receive enough Social Security benefits to cover basic food and rental costs. With increases in Medicare and no cost-of-living raise (COLA) in 2016, the amount of monthly SS benefits does not remain the same but is actually lowered! Why should seniors pay for the extravagant national debt and be deprived of basic commodities? The Obama administration is the only presidency in which seniors did not receive a COLA not once but three times — 2010, 2011 and 2016.
The only recourse for 2016 is an Executive Order to give seniors a COLA that will offset rising Medicare hikes since Congress has failed to act on the issue of Social Security. President Obama is a lame duck President and could help to reverse this unfortunate policy that does not give seniors even a small basic COLA to offset soaring Medicare costs by applying pressure to Congress, and demanding they stop dragging their feet and issue funding for the COLA in 2016?
Please right this wrong and expand instead of cutting Social Security benefits to seniors. Thanks!
For more information:
No Social Security Raises Even if Medicare Soars - NYTimes
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/16/us/politics/medicare-premiums-social-security-cost-of-living.html?_r=0
Social Security is screwing over America’s elderly - NYPost: http://nypost.com/2015/10/17/social-security-is-screwing-over-americas-elderly/.
The only recourse for 2016 is an Executive Order to give seniors a COLA that will offset rising Medicare hikes since Congress has failed to act on the issue of Social Security. President Obama is a lame duck President and could help to reverse this unfortunate policy that does not give seniors even a small basic COLA to offset soaring Medicare costs by applying pressure to Congress, and demanding they stop dragging their feet and issue funding for the COLA in 2016?
Please right this wrong and expand instead of cutting Social Security benefits to seniors. Thanks!
For more information:
No Social Security Raises Even if Medicare Soars - NYTimes
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/16/us/politics/medicare-premiums-social-security-cost-of-living.html?_r=0
Social Security is screwing over America’s elderly - NYPost: http://nypost.com/2015/10/17/social-security-is-screwing-over-americas-elderly/.