PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
Social Security and Medicare are not “entitlements” — they’re earned benefits. Every worker in America pays into these programs with every paycheck, trusting that when they retire or become disabled, that same country will stand by them. It’s a promise made between generations — and it’s time we stopped letting politicians treat it like a budget line they can cut.
THE PROBLEM
Decades of political games have left Social Security and Medicare used as bargaining chips, not lifelines.
Some in Congress are still pushing privatization schemes that would gamble retirement funds on Wall Street.
Rising healthcare costs and demographic changes are draining Medicare faster than projected, yet Congress refuses to lift the income cap or negotiate fair drug prices fast enough.
Millions of seniors live on fixed incomes while prices for rent, food, and medicine continue to climb.
The promise of retirement security should not depend on who controls Congress this year.
OUR PLAN TO KEEP THE PROMISE
We will protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare so they are solvent, fair, and untouchable by political opportunism:
Lift the Payroll Tax Cap — Require high-income earners to pay into the system at the same rate as everyone else.
No Cuts, No Privatization — Make it illegal to divert or gamble retirement funds in private markets.
Medicare Drug Negotiation Expansion — Empower Medicare to negotiate all prescription prices, not just a select few.
Expand Medicare Coverage — Include vision, dental, hearing, and mental health as standard benefits.
Protect COLA Adjustments — Tie cost-of-living increases to real inflation — not political inertia.
Crack Down on Fraud, Not Patients — Streamline oversight to protect against corporate abuse, not harass legitimate beneficiaries.
WHY IT MATTERS
Social Security and Medicare are the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history. They are insurance programs we all pay into, not charity. Protecting them isn’t about politics — it’s about honoring the deal that built the middle class.
“We paid in. We earned it. And we’re not letting them take it away.”