Social Security & Medicare
Positions on preserving and reforming Social Security benefits, Medicare funding, and retirement security programs.
Social Security is money the government pays to people when they retire or cannot work. The money comes from everyone's paychecks.
Wants to protect these payments and maybe make them bigger.
Thinks the program costs too much. May want to raise the retirement age.
Officials grouped by where they land on this issue.
Progressive8133
Estimated from republican party platform
Estimated from democrat party platform
Supports strengthening and expanding Social Security and Medicare benefits for seniors.
Advocates for protecting Social Security from cuts, expanding Medicare coverage, and lowering the eligibility age.
Supports expanding Social Security benefits, opposing privatization, and strengthening Medicare for all seniors.
Advocates for protecting current beneficiaries while making structural changes for future sustainability.
Supports protecting and expanding Social Security and Medicare; opposes benefit cuts.
Supports preserving Social Security and Medicare while exploring reforms to ensure long-term solvency.
Supports protecting and expanding Social Security and Medicare benefits.
Supports protecting Social Security and Medicare; opposes benefit cuts and privatization.
Centrist / Mixed331
Supports preserving Social Security and Medicare while exploring reforms to ensure long-term solvency.
Supports protecting current benefits while open to bipartisan reforms for long-term program stability.
Supports preserving Social Security and Medicare while exploring reforms.
Supports preserving Social Security and Medicare while exploring long-term reforms.
Supports preserving Social Security and Medicare while exploring reforms for long-term sustainability.
Supports preserving Social Security and Medicare while exploring long-term fiscal reforms.
Supports preserving Social Security and Medicare while exploring market-based reforms.
Supports preserving Social Security and Medicare while exploring fiscal reforms.
Laura Hoydick has not taken a strong public position on Social Security & Medicare.
Has discussed entitlement reform to address national debt while opposing tax increases to fund programs.
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