Issue Position: Seniors

Interview

We must ensure our senior citizens stay supported, connected, and engaged, and we should help them stay comfortably in their homes, if that's where they want to be.

We have to care for our seniors. We have to help older adults stay supported, connected and engaged and to help them stay comfortably in their homes, if that's where they want to be. In Colorado, we were one of the first states to create a new position, a senior adviser on aging, to lead Colorado's aging-related initiatives focused on health care, transportation, and housing. The US News and World Report ranked us the top State for Aging.

We must address issues around retirement, home healthcare, transportation and housing. Nearly 60% of Americans have less than $1,000 in a savings account and we have a huge retirement gap in this country -- because Social Security was only designed to be a supplement. We need to make it easier for people to save and access retirement accounts as they change jobs. We also need to support community programs that help older adults thrive in their communities, like supporting home healthcare.

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