Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid Are Under Attack

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FACT SHEET: Senator Murray Outlines How Trump’s Attempt to Shutter Federal Agencies’ Offices Across WA State Will Hurt Taxpayers, Rip Away Services:  https://www.murray.senate.gov/fact-sheet-senator-murray-outlines-how-trumps-attempt-to-shutter-federal-agencies-offices-across-wa-state-will-hurt-taxpayers-rip-away-services/

 

Medicaid:  

 

“Unprecedented” Medicaid Cuts Could Cripple Health Program, BU Experts Warn:  https://www.bu.edu/articles/2025/medicaid-cuts-could-cripple-health-program/

 

House Republican Attacks on Medicaid Expansion Would Threaten Coverage for 20 Million People:  https://www.cbpp.org/blog/house-republican-attacks-on-medicaid-expansion-would-threaten-coverage-for-20-million-people

 

Republicans consider cuts and work requirements for Medicaid, jeopardizing care for millions:  https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-cuts-work-requirements-congress-republicans-90ec1119f1d95de067c76f79eec7fa87

 

A Cut to Medicaid is a Cut to Medicare: 

 

5 Key Facts About Medicaid Coverage for People with Medicare: https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/5-key-facts-about-medicaid-coverage-for-people-with-medicare/

 

 

Medicare:

 

Threats to the Social Security Administration and to Benefits Continue to Raise Alarm:  https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/03/20/threats-to-the-social-security-administration-and-to-benefits-continue-to-raise-alarm

 

Will the Trump Administration Fast Track the Privatization of Medicare?:  https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/will-the-trump-administration-fast-track-the-privatization-of-medicare/

 

 

 

Social Security:

 

 Ball Award Recipients Letter concerning alarm over  current actions of DOGE that threaten the viability of Social Security benefits for current beneficiaries and workers. 

 

Social Security ends phone ID verification, a change opposed by advocates and retirees alike:  https://www.wusf.org/politics-issues/2025-03-21/social-security-ends-phone-id-verification-a-change-opposed-by-advocates-and-retirees-alike

 

Trump and Musk’s Plot to Make It Harder for Americans to Get Their Social Security Benefits: https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minority/fact-sheet-trump-and-musks-plot-to-make-it-harder-for-americans-to-get-their-social-security-benefits#:~:text=SSA%20staff%20ensure%2073%20million,lowest%20level%20in%2050%20years.

 

Donald Trump and Elon Musk Are Making Their Social Security Lies a Reality — By Punishing Maine Families:  https://socialsecurityworks.org/2025/03/07/trump-musk-social-security-lies-punish-maine-families/