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.
Stances are estimated, not sourced to each official’s public record. Treat them as a starting point and check a politician’s own statements before relying on them.
Favors8326
Estimated from republican party platform
Estimated from democrat party platform
Estimated based on republican party platform
Estimated based on democrat party platform
Supports protecting Social Security and Medicare.
Mixed235
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 long-term fiscal reforms.
Supports preserving Social Security and Medicare while exploring fiscal reforms.
Supports preserving Social Security and Medicare while exploring reforms for long-term sustainability.
Laura Hoydick has not taken a strong public position on Social Security & Medicare.
Opposes23
Supports entitlement reform and spending cuts.
Advocates entitlement reform to address long-term fiscal challenges.
Controversially proposed sunsetting all federal programs including Social Security every five years.
Open to restructuring entitlements for fiscal sustainability.
Supports reforms to reduce entitlement spending as a fiscal hawk.
Supports reforming entitlements to reduce government spending.
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