WELCOME TO
THE
MICHIGAN ALLIANCE TO STRENGTHEN
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
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Meetings of the Michigan Alliance
to Strengthen Social Security and
Medicare
The Alliance meets at 10 am the first Thursday of each month
at the UAW Miller Building, 8731 E. Jefferson Ave.,
Detroit at Crane St., corner of McDonalds.
Secured parking in lot in rear.
Open to the public and to representative of organizations.
After coffee and donuts, a short business and planning
meeting is held, followed by speakers, distribution
of current materials and open discussion.
Special Note: There will be no meeting in
July due to the closedown of the Miller Building
during this period.
The next meeting will be Thursday, August 7 at
10 am at the Miller Building.
Agenda includes:
* Reviews of Social Security
issues * Discussion on prodding local
members of Congress on single payer health care legislation
* Participation in the Labor Day
Parade and other National Events
* Getting our message to other
organizations and the public
* Educational Forums that address Single Payer
Health Care legislation
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The Michigan Alliance to Strengthen Social Security and Medicare is a
non-partisan coalition of individuals and groups,
including seniors, youth,
women, labor, faith-based, business, handicapped, civil rights and civil
liberties representing thousands of members in the state of Michigan.
In the 2007-2008 session Congress faceed
another attempt by the Bush Administration to privatize Social Security,
despite being overwhelmingly rejected for the past six years. The Bush
Administration scheduled billions of dollars for privatization in the budget
and assigned the Treasury
Secretary to lead the fight.
The Michigan Alliance is
* opposed to any form of privatization
* opposed to any reduction of benefits
* opposed to any increase in age for retirement
Social Security is not in danger now or in the future. Simply removing the
cap on earnings of the wealthy will provide addditional funds into the program.
And, America's work force is increasing, bettering the ratio of workers to
retirees.
On Medicare:
The Michigan Alliance is a strong supporter of strengthening Medicare, not
weakening it, as proposed by the Bush Administration. Further, the Alliance
supports a national health care program that provides adequate coverage for
everyone.
The Alliance also supports an end to the "doughnut hole" in the
prescription drug program and for the government to be allowed to negotiate drug
prices with the pharmaceutical companies as well as allow for the
legal importation of prescription drugs.
The Johnson Administration began Medicare with the intent to expand the
coverage to every resident. The Alliance supports Medicare for all from
birth to death with full coverage for any necessary medical condition
including prescriptions, eyecare, dental, substance abuse and mental health
coverage.
