Commentary AFL-CIO: Medicare Plays Vital Role in Long-Term Financial Security of Working Families by Gary Kopycinski on July 30, 2015 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Commentary: Heteronormativity: Grappling with Straight Privilege March 24, 2026 Former Park Forest Mayor Ostenburg Implores Chicago Cardinal Cupich to Care for St. Irenaeus Property December 16, 2025 An Angel Now Guards Our Friends in Blue: Park Forest Mourns the Loss of #204, Detective Tim Jones December 4, 2025 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2015. On today’s 50th anniversary of Medicare, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka made the following statement: