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Medicare and Medicaid are turning 50 on Thursday, July 30th!
And to mark this important anniversary, Caring Across Generations and our partners will be holding a Twitter storm all day to share how these programs have supported millions of seniors and people with disabilities, and why we need to build on their success as we meet the challenges facing 21st-century families.
Join us on Twitter, Thursday, July 30th, to celebrate the 50th anniversaries of Medicare and Medicaid.
While we encourage people to post all day, we recommend that you concentrate your posts between 1 pm and 2 pm ET.
Hashtags to use:
#Medicare50
#Medicaid50
#MM50
Here are a few sample tweets:
Happy 50th bday #Medicare & #Medicaid! Let’s #ProtectAndExpand these vital programs: bit.ly/ProtectAndExpand #MM50 #Medicare50 #Medicaid50
#Medicare & #Medicaid turn 50 today! Let’s ensure they’re around for another 50 yrs: bit.ly/ProtectAndExpand via @caringacrossgen #MM50
#Medicare50 & #Medicaid50 were designed for seniors of the 20th century. Let’s #ProtectAndExpand them for the 21st! #MM50
Celebrate #Medicare50 & #Medicaid50: essential programs that have kept seniors & people w disabilities out of poverty. #MM50
Honor #Medicare50 & #Medicaid50: bold senior health programs in the 20th century deserve bold updates for long-term care needs in the 21st!
Tell Congress: Celebrate past successes of #Medicare50 & #Medicaid50 by expanding them to serve our long-term care needs. #MM50
It’s time we expand long-term care & caregiving support as part of our social safety net. #Medicare50 #Medicaid50 #MM50
Why do Medicare and Medicaid matter?
In the 20th century, we took bold action by creating Medicare and Medicaid to care for seniors and people with disabilities and allow them to live with independence and dignity. For decades, these programs have kept millions of seniors and people with disabilities out of poverty, and enabled them to live at home in their communities.
But today, we are facing a new set of realities with the Elder Boom, and we’re now feeling the impacts of a new gaping hole in our social safety net — how we will meet our long-term care needs.
Medicare doesn’t cover long-term care, and while Medicaid does cover home care and nursing home costs, families have to spend down their hard-earned assets to qualify. What this means is that the vast majority of families are left largely on their own to care for their aging loved ones, and going broke to cover the costs.
As a nation, we have yet to seriously grapple with how we provide care for our parents and grandparents. These programs, while critically important, are no longer enough, and it’s time we address the emerging 21st century issues facing our families and come up with the caregiving solutions we need today.
Medicare and Medicaid must be modernized to address our seniors’ new long-term care needs and the increasing demands on our nation’s careforce.
Join us on Thursday, July 30th to celebrate the 50th anniversaries of Medicare and Medicaid, and to call for the solutions we need today for 21st-century families and caregivers! Add your voice.