Demand employers keep health benefits
May is Older Americans Month and we, the grandparents of America, urge fellow Americans to join with us to protect our earned health-care benefits. Sadly, over 22 million retirees across America have had their earned health-care benefits canceled by former employers, and another 14.3 million are on the verge of losing them.
Millions of us are in the same sinking health-insurance boat. Our generation was told that if we stayed our entire career with the same company, while accepting lower pay and less vacation, we would receive employer-sponsored health benefits throughout our entire retirement in return.
With 2012 a congressional and presidential election year, retirees need to stand up and be counted as many of our former employers have sought ways to rid themselves of health-care contracts with America’s retirees.
I’m active with ProtectSeniors.Org, which is leading the fight to protect earned retiree health-care benefits. I encourage all retirees and our neighbors to get involved, join ProtectSeniors.Org and show Congress and the presidential candidates we mean business, and demand a law to protect our families.
JAMES BREWER, Rock Spring, Ga.