Amid the “No Kings” signs at the June 14 protests across the country were many seniors marching and holding signs about Social Security and Medicare. Bill Hall was one of them.
“I worry they are going to reduce or destroy it,” Hall said about Social Security. He lives in senior housing in Anchorage. “Everyone there is worried because everyone depends on Social Security.”
Others held up signs defending Medicaid, a program that supports adults with low incomes, older adults, people with disabilities, parents-to-be and children. Medicaid waivers, for example, allow states to be more flexible in how they allow health care professionals to provide care in a person’s home or community instead of a long-term care facility…