Bernie Sanders: Hands Off Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

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2. I hope that will be the case Bernie...thank goodness for him for doing his part. n/t

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3. Thank goodness there are still few in government who do the right thing.

Harkin: Leave Medicare, Medicaid out of fiscal-cliff talks

Senate Health Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said Thursday that Medicare and Medicaid should be off the table during talks on the fiscal cliff.

Harkin spoke alongside other liberal lawmakers at an event to highlight opposition to cutting social programs for deficit reduction.

He touted the results of the Nov. 6 election as evidence that Americans support raising taxes instead of cutting spending.

"When it comes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, the American people told us to protect and strengthen these programs, not cut them," Harkin said.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/medicare/268279-harkin-leave-medicare-medicaid-out-of-fiscal-cliff-talks

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