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John,
I was recently going through a box of old photos from the attic, and I found one that I wanted to share with you. I think you’ll understand why.
That’s me being recognized by the National Council of Senior Citizens and the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare in my earlier days representing California in Congress.
As long as I’ve been a Democrat — from my teenage years when I listened to scratchy vinyl recordings of RFK and JFK and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to the present — I’ve seen the possibility and the promise of the Democratic Party.
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Social Security and Medicare are two of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history — and Democratic presidents took on the wealthy and corporate special interests to create both.
Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal guaranteed a retirement income for elderly Americans even as he pulled our economy out of the Great Depression.
Lyndon Johnson’s Medicare program ensured every senior over the age of 65 could access care, and his Great Society program made our mid-century economy the envy of the world.
Working together with the Biden administration, I’ve fought to not only protect these programs but to expand them — taking on Big Pharma and Trump’s far-right megadonors to do so. We’ve taken them on, and we’ve won.
Beginning on January 1 next year, no Medicare recipient will pay more than $35 out-of-pocket for insulin or will pay more than $2,000 all-in for that year’s out-of-pocket prescription drug costs.
Our Inflation Reduction Act would have gone even further, allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices for ALL medicine, not just insulin — but Republicans unanimously stood in our way.
Their nominee, Donald Trump, is openly suggesting cuts to Medicare and Social Security yet again if he is elected president, just as he attempted with every single year of his presidential budgets — and his opponents in the primary weren’t much better.
So is my opponent, Republican Steve Garvey.
This photo reminded me of everything that we’re fighting for when we fight for Medicare and Social Security — a system where everyone pays their fair share, where everyone can afford to see the doctor and fill their prescriptions when they get sick, and where everyone can afford to retire with dignity.
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Thank you,
Adam
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