Public Comment

It is distressing to hear that all seniors have to pay more for Medicare Part B coverage next year. This is the part of Medicare which covers outpatient visits Seniors make to their doctors. Why has the rate been increased now, I wonder, when Social Security has cancelled the usual cost-of-living allowance? Why do Seniors in straitened circumstances have to bear the burden of filling the Treasury budget hole? The most vulnerable elderly persons should never be asked to pitch in extra. 

Representatives are welcome to sacrifice their own benefits before acting to reduce the hard-won dignity of seniors. Wake up America! Aging and staging is on its way to you as well. Speak up for vulnerable seniors today, to build a society that will never seek to pinch pennies at your expense tomorrow.