; Whereas Medicare is often the only source of health care for nearly all seniors, and before Medicare, nearly half of older Americans had no health insurance, and today, the population has dropped to just 2 percent; Whereas the median income of Medicare beneficiaries is about $30,000 per year in total from all sources; Whereas under President Biden’s leadership, Medicare beneficiary premiums decreased by $5.20 per month in 2023; Whereas the Affordable Care Act signed under President Obama added 12 years to the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and improved Medicare plan choices; and Whereas President Biden has stated that proposals to sunset Social Security and Medicare would put them on the chopping block by ending the guaranteed right to these benefits and subjecting seniors’ most basic economic security to periodic crises as Congress is forced to vote repeatedly to continue Social Security and Medicare: Now, therefore, be it