Braley to sign Alliance for Retired Americans' petition opposing Ryan-Lange Medicare voucher plan

WATERLOO, IA -- Today, Rep. Bruce Braley (IA-01) will join Jan Laue, Iowa President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, and local retirees at a press event in Cedar Rapids where he will sign a petition opposing the Paul Ryan-Ben Lange plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program.  Ben Lange has embraced this plan to end Medicare as we know it and turn Medicare into a voucher program.

Braley and Laue will speak, then Braley will sign the petition.  The Alliance for Retired Americans has over 35,000 members in Iowa.


WHAT:      Press Event on Ryan-Lange Medicare Plan

WHO:        Rep. Bruce Braley (IA-01)
Jan Laue, Iowa President, Alliance for Retired Americans 

WHEN:     TODAY, Wednesday August 29th, 2012
1:00pm 

WHERE:   Mays Island Memorial Plaza
51 2nd Ave.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
(across from Veterans Memorial Building)

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