AARP Protesting Medicare Premium Increases      

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AARP is working hard to protect Medicare recipients from extreme Medicare premium increases.  AARP volunteers delivered over 20,000 petitions to Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn in Dallas and Austin protesting the fact that premiums have doubled since the year 2000.

Congress must deal with this issue by June 30th to make sure that Medicare recipients are not denied access to physicians and the essential medical services their physicians provide.  Though Medicare recipients have continued to pay their share, even when they have felt it has become an unfair share, things are now out of control, according to recipients and to AARP.  It is time to deal with this issue – before time runs out – and it is essential to make sure that doctors can continue to treat their patients and patients can continue their access to and relationships with their doctors.

Though this particular situation and protest is taking place in Texas, where all Texans are under the strain of high prices for everything from bread to gasoline, Texas is not the only state that is dealing with Medicare struggles.  Too many Medicare beneficiaries in Texas – and around the country – who cannot afford basic necessities, are now being forced to pay Medicare premiums that often put the beneficiaries in a situation where they have to choose between Medicare and the necessities of life.

AARP Texas President has stated that AARP is “asking the Senators to fix the problem of getting physicians paid and not just vote to raise premiums.”  AARP has pointed out that Congress has simply been using band aids and not real long-term fixes to take care of Medicare issues.  These fixes seem to continue to include increases in premiums to Medicare recipients rather than long term solutions that will not penalize the very individuals that these benefits are supposed to help.

Time will tell what will happen in Texas and how Congress will treat the 20,000 petitions.  AARP, Congress and Medicare recipients will not only be watching Texas results, but, in these difficult times, they will be watching the Medicare issues throughout the country.

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