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We're urging President Obama to reject cuts in Medicare benefits as part of any deficit-reduction effort. The problem is not Medicare, but a still-broken health care system that needs more reform. more »

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You've heard all about the GOP's plans to destroy Medicare as we know it, but you've probably head less about their equally destructive plans for Medicaid. That's dangerous.

Medicaid is just as important as Medicare — not just for the poor, but the middle- and working-classes too. The Republican plan to gut Medicaid will have a devastating effect upon millions of Americans.

Forewarned is forearmed. Here's what you need to know about Medicaid and the Republican budget.

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A new Democracy Corps/Campaign for America's Future poll shows that proposals to dismantle Medicare in the 2012 House Republican budget could sink the political futures of those who for it. When the budget is described, using the language of its chief author, support collapses to 36 percent. The proposed cuts to Medicare raise concerns for nearly two-thirds of respondents.

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Right now, Republicans in Congress are hard at work trying to repeal or severely weaken health care reform. Campaign for America's Future is on the frontlines pushing back to protect the progress we've worked so hard to achieve.

How would the repeal of health care reform affect you? Click here to find out »
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A Democracy Corps/Campaign for America's Future survey examines the top economic priorities of American voters, the extent to which they are rejecting the economic priorities of conservatives and offers insight into what Democrats will have to do in order to regain the support of the public. Our commentary on the issues related to the poll is on this page. more »

Let's face it. Nothing about the economic crisis is funny. Nothing about America's 9% unemployment rate, 14.8 million unemployed, or 6.2 million long-term employed is funny. And there's nothing mildly amusing about the 2 million Americans whose unemployment benefits began running out after the GOP blocked another extension of unemployment benefits.

So why a comic strip?

Because the story of how the economic crisis is devastating millions of Americans, while Washington does little about it, should be told and retold in as many ways as possible, to reach as many people as possible. For that purpose, we've created a comic strip titled "99 and Counting..."

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Together, we have won historic battles for health-care reform and student-loan reform, taking on the massive insurance and banking lobbies. This is, as President Obama said in signing the health-care reform bill, "what change looks like." Review the information, the arguments and the campaigns that helped us overcome the opponents of change.

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