• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
NC Council of Churches

NC Council of Churches

Strength in Unity, Peace through Justice

Get Involved Donate
  • About
    • Overview
    • Staff
    • Members
    • Covenant Partners
    • Statements
    • Board
    • Careers
  • Voices
  • Our Priorities
    • Partners in Health & Wholeness
      • The PHW Collaborative
      • Focus Areas
    • Eco-Justice Connection
      • Faith
      • Advocacy
      • Energy
      • Environmental Justice
      • Food
      • Global
      • Health
      • Resiliency and Restoration
    • Racial Justice
      • Confederate Monument Removal
      • Reparations to Restoration
    • Criminal Justice Reform
      • Cash Bail Reform
      • Death Penalty Abolition
    • Gun Violence Prevention
    • Workers’ Rights
      • Paid Sick Leave / Paid Family Leave
      • Raising Wages
    • Overdose Response
    • Legislative Advocacy
    • Healthcare Justice
    • Farmworkers
    • Public Education
  • In the News
    • NCCC in the News
    • Press Releases
  • Events
  • Resources

Search NC Council of Churches

Medicare Turns 48 on July 30

July 19, 2013 by Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

Dozens of organizations across the country are planning events to celebrate Medicare on or around the program’s 48th birthday on July 30. The North Carolina Council of Churches is among groups that have long advocated for health care for all God’s children. Find an event in your area or get the tool kit to plan your own celebration at the Healthcare–Now! website.

To celebrate Medicare’s birthday, you also might want to check out this study from the Archives of Internal Medicine and invite some friends in for discussion.

As the folks at Healthcare–Now! remind us, Medicare has provided longer, healthier lives and basic health security for two generations of seniors, reducing un-insurance among those older than 65 to almost zero, and having the single greatest impact reducing racial inequities in healthcare in our country’s history.

Also according to Healthcare–Now!, Medicare is cheaper and much more popular than private health insurance. Expanding Medicare to the entire population would save more than enough to eliminate all cost sharing such as copays and deductibles, and guarantee comprehensive coverage for all. Instead of cuts, we should expand Medicare to cover everyone living in the United States.

–Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Aging, Good Government, Health, Healthcare Reform

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Aleta Payne, Development & Communications says

    July 22, 2013 at 12:25 pm

    Posted on behalf of Sandy Irving:

    I would encourage you to report any fraud you can document to the appropriate places. All programs (public and private–even churches) need watchdogs. Medicare is such a good program, but we should do everything we can to make it better. For information about Senior Medicare Patrol, go to http://www.smpresource.org or call 1-877-808-2468 toll-free.

    Reply
  2. Frank Burns says

    July 22, 2013 at 10:24 am

    Considering the huge amount of fraud in Medicare, it places a big damper on any celebration of this program. God’s children should not commit fraud to collect public funds.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Footer

Contact

NC Council of Churches
27 Horne St.
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 828-6501
info@ncchurches.org

Subscribe

Click here to subscribe to newsletters and blog updates.
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Copyright © 2023 NC Council of Churches · All Rights Reserved · Website by Tomatillo Design · Hosted by WP Engine