1. United States
2. Ariz.
3. Letter

Republicans claim they will not touch Medicare, yet the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms the Republican budget bill will trigger over $500 billion in automatic cuts to Medicare under federal law. This is a betrayal of our nation's seniors who rely on Medicare for their healthcare. The Republican plan explodes the deficit to provide massive tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations, paid for by slashing critical programs like Medicare that millions of Americans depend on. Putting the interests of billionaires over protecting Medicare for seniors is reckless and deeply harmful to the middle class. This prioritization of profits over people is unacceptable and goes against American values of caring for our elders. We must reject this Republican budget that so brazenly targets Medicare in order to preserve this vital program for current and future retirees.