Issue Position: SENIOR CITIZENS DESERVE BETTER

Issue Position

SENIOR CITIZENS DESERVE BETTER

Thousands of senior citizens in House District 34 -- and hundreds of thousands across the state -- depend on Medicaid for their health care.

In turn, doctors who treat Medicaid patients depend on the state to reimburse them for their services.

But in 2011, House Republicans decided to slash the doctors' reimbursements. They cut them so low that some doctors have stopped seeing Medicaid patients, while others are refusing to take new patients.

Obviously, Connie Scott wasn't thinking about the seniors in her district when she cast that vote.

As someone who grew up with a single mom, Abel Herrero understands how important Medicaid can be to a person's wellbeing and life. He will make sure that seniors can get access to the health care they deserve by ensuring that their doctors receive the reimbursements they need.

Seniors can count on Herrero. They can't count on Scott.

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