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:  

 

Click here to see what the impacts to Medicaid will be for the State of Washington.

 

Letter to U.S. Senate leadership from The Leadership Council of Aging Organizations outlining the Damage that President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will do to millions of Medicaid recipients:  https://www.lcao.org/article/lcao-june-2025-reconciliation-letter-to-senate/

 

“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:

 

Ann Widger, Director, AFSCME Retirees Letter to Retired Federal Employees asking for their experiences with 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/