Malden Seniors To Join Boston Rally Against Proposed Cuts

Senior citizens are expected to board a bus in Malden Wednesday morning and head into Boston where they’ll join what is promised to be a massive rally to protect  Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. 

The protest is being held as a congressional “super-committee” is putting together a proposal to reduce the federal deficit.  Senator John Kerry is on that committee and the march is expected to go by his office as well as Senator Scott Brown’s office.

Similar buses are expected to leave from many communities in Greater Boston, according to Jason A. Stephany, communication director of MassUniting,  a group based in Charlestown that has organized protests against foreclosures and corporate greed.

“The Super-Committee – a 12 member bipartisan group, including Sen. Kerry – is considering potential cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security that would harm today’s seniors and workers – including:  a $112 billion cut to Social Security by changing how the Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA) is calculated and reducing benefits; raising the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 67; and, increasing out-of-pocket costs for seniors in Medicare,” a press release from MassUniting states.

The bus is expected to leave from the at about 10 a.m. The rally in Boston is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. at the Wang Center, followed by a “rolling rally” to the senators’ offices.