Statement to mark the 59th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid
Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra released the following statement to mark the 59When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law, the United States moved a step closer to being a country where health care was recognized as a right, not treated as a privilege only available to a select few.
Fewer people with Medicare are being put in the impossible position of having to choose between taking their medication and vaccines and paying for their rent, energy bill, or some other critical expenditure. President Biden and Vice President Harris have not just lowered costs for people with Medicare, they are saving taxpayer dollars so the program will be around for our children and grandchildren.
Everyone deserves to go to the doctor when they need to without worries about financial ruin. It is unconscionable that extremists, including Republicans in Congress, continue to propose cuts that would undermine Medicare and Medicaid.
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