Dear NC Senior Democrats:

Social Security  was born during Franklin Roosevelt’s Administration following the “great depression”. Civil Rights Legislation came out of John F. Kennedy’s leadership while the Voting Rights Act followed soon thereafter. Medicare was born out of LB Johnson’s Vietnam Era after an unpopular war where we took major troop losses

Health Care Reform was born under the leadership of President Barack Obama during a time when Republicans thrust the American people into a time of unrest with a war in Iraq, a failed economy and an emerging global  market. All these issues were born out of necessity.

History shows these historical issues came under the guidance of Democratic Leadership.  We are now immersed in the global markets and that forces us to spend lots of money in updating our way of doing business. Changes always costs no matter what. We cannot continue to do business as usual.

 Dear North Carolina Senior Democrats,
 
Over the weekend, we made history. By a vote of 220 to 215, the House  passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act. By passing this bill, the House of Representatives stood up for your needs over powerful special interests in Washington.
 
North Carolina has 13 house members, 8 Democrats, and 5 Republicans. Five  out of eight democratic congressional representatives voted for Healthcare  Reform on the floor Saturday night. They were Representatives G.K. 
Butterfield # 1; Bob Etheridge # 2; Brad Miller # 13; David Price # 4 and Mel Watt # 12. 
 
Representatives Larry Kiss ell # 8; Mike McIntyre # 7 and Heath Shuler # 11  seem to have their own agenda. They gave no explanation as to why they  voted against reform. These people just gave the North Carolina Republican  Party a big edge. Numerous attempts have been made by telephone to ask these  representatives why their vote went astray. No answers have been received.  We should have had all eight Democrats voting in favor.
 
When Larry Kissell ran for office, he said he would be a voice for hard  working families and would resist pressure from multi-national corporations  and stand with everyday North Carolinians. He vowed to protect us from 
corporate greed and we need to hold him to that promise.
 
From Representative Larry Kissell’s Newsletter Oct 28, 2009:
I hope to soon be able to report that Congress has passed legislation to  help seniors by correcting the lack of cost of living adjustments to Social  Security. There is significant support for giving a $250 one-time allowance  for seniors to help weather this recession. The checks would benefit 57 million seniors. This check would be equivalent to a two percent increase for most Social  Security retiree recipients. It will help bridge the gap for most seniors as  they struggle with no COLA adjustment this year. It is important that we  do what we can to help this most vulnerable community.

    About 44 million Americans are Medicare beneficiaries. About 80% are now receiving health care services through the traditional Medicare program according to the Alliance for Retired Persons. The rest of Americans, about one in five (8.7 million) receive care through Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.

Dear Representative: