For immediate release: October 5, 2012.

Kuster to Launch District-Wide “Standing Up for Seniors” Tour

Events in Nashua, Salem, Concord, and Peterborough

CONCORD, N.H. – Congressional candidate Annie Kuster will meet with seniors to discuss her commitment to protecting Medicare and Social Security during a district-wide “Standing Up For Seniors” tour beginning Monday, October 8th.

Throughout the week, Kuster will meet with seniors in Nashua, Salem, Concord, and Peterborough.

“Standing up for seniors means standing against those in both parties who would cut the Social Security and Medicare benefits our seniors have earned through lifetimes of hard work,” said Kuster.

“At a time when some in Washington, including my opponent Congressman Bass, have supported efforts to end Medicare as we know it, we need leaders who are committed to protecting the benefits our seniors have earned. I’m looking forward to meeting with seniors across the district to hear their stories, listen to their concerns, and talk about my plan to protect and strengthen the vital programs they count on.”

Kuster has made protecting Medicare and Social Security key issues in her campaign. Her commitment to preserving both programs earned her endorsements from the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM) and the Alliance for Retired Americans.

With her mother, former New Hampshire State Senator Susan McLane, Kuster wrote a book on Alzheimer’s entitled “The Last Dance: Facing Alzheimer’s With Love and Laughter.” Following her mother’s death in 2005, Kuster and her father, former Concord Mayor Malcolm McLane, toured senior centers and retirement communities around the state to discuss aging and Alzheimer’s issues with caregivers and health care providers.

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