Issue Position: Protecting Retirees and Ensuring Affordable Healthcare

Issue Position

As growing economic inequality continues to leave more Americans working harder, but earning less, expanding the social safety net has become more critical for everyone - especially retirees. Chris has fought policies that hurt the security of everyday families. Chris voted against additional taxes on the pensions of senior citizens that would shrink the fixed incomes keeping many retirees out of poverty.

Chris has also taken a public stand to preserve and expand Social Security, which has been proven to be the most efficient and effective means of keeping people out of poverty in the United States.

Americans spend significantly more than any other nation on healthcare, yet receive worse healthcare and outcomes than the people of at least 36 other nations. It's clear we need a system that prioritizes people, rather than profits for insurance or pharmaceutical companies that have been allowed to exploit the system at our expense.

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