Securing Social Security & Medicare for Seniors
We have a moral obligation to care for those who cared for us. America’s seniors deserve dignity, security, and support, not cuts to the benefits they’ve earned. Yet year after year, Congress threatens critical programs like Social Security and Medicare with harmful cuts and privatization schemes.
I will stand against any attempt to weaken these programs. Seniors have paid into the system their entire lives. They are earned benefits that should be reliable and stable. I’ll fight to protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare so they remain rock-solid guarantees for this generation and the next.
Securing Social Security & Medicare for Seniors
Millions of American seniors rely on Social Security and Medicare as lifelines for financial stability, healthcare, and peace of mind. These are essential programs, especially in rural areas like ours where fixed incomes, high prescription costs, and limited access to care stretch seniors thin.
Meanwhile, the need for caregiving is surging. As our population ages, we face a serious shortage of home care workers. These frontline caregivers are underpaid, overworked, and often without health benefits themselves. Without bold action, our healthcare system and our seniors will bear the consequences.
We can’t afford to wait. Seniors deserve a government that works as hard for them as they did for us.
Programs like Social Security and Medicare are some of the most successful anti-poverty initiatives in American history. They’ve lifted millions of seniors out of poverty and provided stability in retirement for generations.
But these promises are under attack. Proposals to privatize Social Security or raise the retirement age would disproportionately harm working-class seniors, especially in rural communities where life expectancy is lower and physical jobs take a toll.
We must protect and strengthen these programs, not dismantle them.
In Congress, I will:
Our seniors have earned these benefits, and I’ll fight to protect them.
