Jacky Rosen on Social Security

Social Security & Medicare are lifelines for seniors

Health Care : Increase or decrease government support for health care?
• Sam Brown (R): Decrease. "More regulations... only lead to less innovation." Opposes Obamacare and capping insulin at $35 for Medicare recipients. In 2024 "will not cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid," but in 2022 voiced support for Sen. Rick Scott's "Rescue America" plan, which included sunsetting all three programs.
• Jacky Rosen (D): Increase. Supported rural access to telehealth and expansion of mobile health clinics. Opposed efforts to repeal Obamacare. Supported capping insulin at $35; introduced bipartisan legislation to reduce prescription drug costs for seniors. Social Security and Medicare "are lifelines for our seniors."

Don't privatize Social Security or VA

Dean Heller (R): Position unclear.

Jacky Rosen (D): Opposes both.

Oppose extreme proposals like privatization or vouchers

Opposes diverting some FICA into personal accounts.

The Project Vote Smart Voter Guide inferred how candidates would respond to the question, 'Social Security: Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?' Project Vote Smart notes, `in response to the increasing unwillingness of candidates to answer issue questions, Project Vote Smart has researched Congressional candidates` public records to determine candidates` likely responses on certain key issues. These issue positions, from the year 2016, are provided [for candidates who] refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2016 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests. Historically, candidates have failed to complete our test due to the advice they receive from their parties and advisors and out of fear of negative attack ads.`