Issue Position: Social Security/Medicare

Issue Position

"We have made a commitment to the generations before us to protect them and care for them as they've cared for us. Any politician who wants to turn our seniors' wellbeing over to Wall Street will have to go through me first." - Lisa Blunt Rochester

Before Social Security and Medicare, the single biggest cause of poverty in this country was getting old. We saw this problem, came together as a country, and created two of the most successful public programs of all time.

Most Republicans in Washington want to gamble with our seniors' wellbeing by privatizing Social Security and cutting Medicare, I'm running for Congress to ensure that doesn't happen.

In Congress, Lisa will be a champion for our seniors by:

Fighting any attempt to privatize Social Security and Medicare
Allow Medicare to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices
Opposing reductions in cost of living adjustments
Fighting to keep the retirement age at 67
Supporting policies that asked wealthier Americans to contribute more to the solvency of Social Security by increasing the current qualified income

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