Check out what they're saying about our new online video -

http://blog.techsoup.org/node/548

http://www.prweekus.com/AARP-touts-voting-with-new-viral-video-initiative/article/119886/

http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3631263

Take a look at who AARP believes can bring real change on November 4th - http://www.aarpvote08.org

And remember to tell your friends - send them their own personalized message at http://www.aarpvote08.org/tell-a-friend.php

Have you seen it or heard from your friends?  I'd love to hear thoughts and feedback!

What's this all about?  You've got to watch the video to see yourself.... www.aarpvote08.org

Once you watch the video, tell a friend - aarpvote08.com/tell-a-friend.php

We asked the question "why do you think Congress should Keep Medicare Fair" online and received over 2000 responses. We'll be sharing these periodically in the Journal section of Keep Medicare Fair.

Yvonne wrote:

"I'm one of the lucky ones, ‘retiring’ after working for 50 years, the first 19 years as a public health nurse, and (now) 31 years as a family/adult nurse practitioner (Yes, that adds up to 50.) I have been receiving Social Security and Medicare benefits for 7 years, and have supplemental health insurance and a drug program through my husband's retirement plan. However, we are both on fixed incomes, neither of which have increased significantly during retirement. Each time I get a (very small) increase in Social Security, it is more than consumed by the increase in Medicare premiums. In retirement, we pay more out-of-pocket medical expenses than at any time during our insurance-covered work years. At 72, I am remarkably healthy, having only one well-controlled chronic disease. My husband, however, has progressive cardiovascular disease, with constant need for meticulous, continuous follow-up and treatment. Because of inflation, recession, increasing fuel costs, the housing and banking crisis,etc., our cost of living, like all families, has risen significantly. However, our income has not."

Have you gone to KeepMedicareFair.org and signed the petition or sent a letter to your member of Congress?
 

We asked the question "why do you think Congress should Keep Medicare Fair" online and received over 2000 responses.  We’ll be sharing these periodically in the Journal section of Keep Medicare Fair.

Peggy wrote:

In a few more years when I retire I will be elegible for Medicare. After I retire I will not be getting as much money like I was when working. Paying outragious prices for Medicare will take a big bite out of my retirement. After working hard all these years and putting money in the system, I don’t deserve to have to pay high prices for health care.

There are a lot of elderly people living on fixed incomes and the high cost of health care is such a struggle. The premiums are so high some of them may drop their health care coverage because they cannot pay. Please keep Medicare premiums fair.

Have you gone to KeepMedicareFair.org and signed the petition or sent a letter to your member of Congress?

We asked the question "why do you think Congress should Keep Medicare Fair" online and received over 2000 responses.  We'll be sharing these periodically in the Journal section of Keep Medicare Fair.

Peggy wrote:

In a few more years when I retire I will be elegible for Medicare. After I retire I will not be getting as much money like I was when working. Paying outragious prices for Medicare will take a big bite out of my retirement. After working hard all these years and putting money in the system, I don't deserve to have to pay high prices for health care.

There are a lot of elderly people living on fixed incomes and the high cost of health care is such a struggle. The premiums are so high some of them may drop their health care coverage because they cannot pay. Please keep Medicare premiums fair.

Have you gone to KeepMedicareFair.org and signed the petition or sent a letter to your member of Congress?

We asked the question "why do you think Congress should Keep Medicare Fair" online and received over 2000 responses.  We'll be sharing these periodically in the Journal section of Keep Medicare Fair.

Richard wrote:

"The cost of living increase only goes so far, if they keep increasing Medicare are cost of living will only cover part of our living expenses. When you are on a fixed income your money only goes a little way, the prices of food and gasoline only cuts in the little increase we get, after paying your utilities, which are going up also, you have nothing left. If I have to cut back expenses, it will have to be in food or medicine, in order to make ends meet. Please keep Medicare fair, someone has to stand up for us. Thank you."

Have you gone to KeepMedicareFair.org and signed the petition or sent a letter to your member of Congress?