Issue Position: Seniors

Issue Position

Our seniors have worked hard and deserve to live their golden years without anxiety over increased living costs and the rising price of healthcare. Lorraine will fight to make sure our retirees' pensions and other benefits are fully funded and protected.

Because many U.S. states chose to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, over 2.2 million seniors received coverage under Medicaid. Although these seniors would have already been eligible for Medicare, Medicaid helps fill the gaps in that program by assisting with out of pocket costs and expanding the services for which seniors are eligible, including long-term and at-home care. Lorraine will fight to make sure that Texas seniors also have access to these benefits, by pushing the state to expand Medicaid.

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