ACT Now As Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security at RISK- The Vote is Today, Tuesday!

Act Now as Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security are at Risk. What can you do, go on the facebook  of those in Congress who oppose the House Bill favored by Trump instead of the Senate Bill and voice your opinion. DO IT NOW. Today, Tuesday is when there is going to be a vote.

The Plan A- House Bill favored by Trump includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts (for corporations and wealthy individuals-49% goes to top 5%), raises the debt ceiling by $4 trillion and calls for at least $1.5 trillion in spending cuts. To appease conservatives, the House Budget Committee amended the resolution to make tax cuts dependent on spending cuts. If House committees don’t achieve at least $2 trillion in spending cuts, then tax cuts would be scaled back.

So, where could those spending cuts cut from- Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security as so far Trump is seeking only $50 billion from defense. https://www.npr.org/2025/02/20/nx-s1-5303947/hegseth-trump-defense-spending-cuts

US Federal Budget for 2024

Major expenditures

  • Social Security: The largest category of federal spending, accounting for 21% of federal spending
  • Medicare: 15% of federal spending
  • National defense: 14% of federal spending
  • Net interest: 13% of federal spending
  • Health: 13% of federal spending
  • Income security: 9% of federal spending
  • Veterans benefits and services: 6% of federal spending
  • Education, training, employment, and social services: 3% of federal spending

So how could Trump/Elon do it: double your deduction for Medicare (say $100 to $200 comes off your social security payment- now it could double), and therefore your take home pay from Security would be reduced. So, theoretically it could be said people still have Medicare and Social Security (gross, not net)….but your take home would be $200 to $400 less. There are 65 million people getting Medicare.

As for Medicaid  (Health), there are 79.4 million people getting Medicaid—36 million children, 10 million with disabilities and 27 million adults of which 7 million are over 65. Trump wants to decimate Medicaid.

So, if you add Medicare 65 million and 79.4 million on Medicaid, 114 million people of the 340 million living in the US or 33.5% get health care from these programs.

Additionally, Trump wants to cut $230 billion in Agriculture including SNAP (food for low income families which feeds 9 million families and it is $30 billion and the other $200 billion comes from agriculture itself.i). https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/millions-of-low-income-households-would-lose-food-aid-under-proposed-house

The Senate’s budget resolution (known as Plan B) calls for increasing military spending by $150 billion and border security spending by $175 billion, but does not extend tax cuts enacted during Mr. Trump’s first term that expire at the end of the year. Senate Republicans want to address tax cuts in a second bill and make them permanent. Permanent- really? At least we would have a chance to voice our opinions.

So, what can YOU do? We have found going and voicing your opinion on facebook can be effective so here are some you could contact in Congress.

These are representatives that are against Plan A

Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas-https://www.facebook.com/RepTonyGonzales/

Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky-https://www.facebook.com/RepThomasMassie/

Rep. Victoria Spartz- Indiana-https://www.facebook.com/RepSpartz/

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis- New York-https://www.facebook.com/RepNicole/

Rep. Jeff Van Drew- New Jersey-https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanJVD/

Rep Nick Begich- Alaska-https://www.facebook.com/RepNickBegich

Rep David Valadao- California-https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanDavidValadao/

Don Bacon- Nebraska-https://www.facebook.com/RepDonBacon/

These are WNY representatives.

Nick Langworthy- Republican-https://www.facebook.com/RepLangworthy/

 Langworthy-Parts of Erie County, Chautauqua, Cattaragus, Chemung, Steuben and Schuyler. So far, he has ignored public opinion and his answer to everything is “well, people elected Trump”. Then why did we elect and need him. There is a budget cut.

Tim Kennedy- Democrat- Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Tonawanda, North Tonawanda