The California Alliance for Retired Americans hosted a rally Friday morning outside Kern Medical Hospital, where local seniors and veterans gathered to demand protections for their health care and retirement benefits.
Advocates expressed concern over proposed legislation they say would cut funding for Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Local veterans emphasized that these are earned benefits they depend on to survive.
“I relied on Social Security. I relied on the VA being there in the financial decisions I made throughout my life, and now that I’m retired, they want to take all that away,” U.S. Army veteran Sam Hardman said…