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Issue Position: Ensure Seniors Receive the Benefits They Deserve

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2012
Issues: Senior Citizens Entitlements and the Safety Net Health Insurance

Growing up in the Glen Park neighborhood in Gary, Pete remembers a time when people worked hard and knew that they had a promise of a secure retirement. Pete believes that future generations deserve stable, predictable Social Security and Medicare benefits, and that current retirees should continue to receive the benefits they deserve.

While Social Security is solvent for current retirees, action must be taken now to ensure its solvency for the next generation. That is why Pete has supported action to raise the limit of Social Security taxable earnings. If the current tax is good enough for every dollar earned by middle class workers, then it is good enough for every dollar earned by someone making excess of the current limit of $110,000. Action must also be taken to ensure the long-term stability of Medicare, which is why Pete has cosponsored legislation that would allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower prescription drug prices.


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