Seniors
Social Security and Medicare are a promise that we’ve made to America’s seniors – if you work hard and play by the rules, affordable health care and the dignity of a secure retirement will be within your reach. In order to keep this promise, we need to keep Medicare and Social Security fully funded and combat any attempts to privatize or defund them. We should look for commonsense, bipartisan ways to strengthen Medicare and Social Security while shoring workers’ pensions – and stop putting the retirement of millions of Americans in danger.
Throughout my time in Congress, I have been proud to support efforts to strengthen these critical programs. I cosponsored the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, which would establish a loan program to help shore up seniors’ access to pensions. I was also proud to include pension stabilization for more than 1 million Americans in the American Rescue Plan.
Our seniors work their entire lives to be able to retire with dignity and without fear of poverty, and it is critical that Congress ensure that our seniors are supported.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Representative Angie Craig released the following statement following House passage of the Build Back Better Act.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Angie Craig (MN-02) Gwen Moore, (WI-04), Joe Morelle (NY-25) and Marc Veasey (TX-33) introduced legislation that would use savings from Medicare prescription drug negotiations to lower Medicare Part D costs for low-income seniors.
Today, Rep. Angie Craig hosted a roundtable with senior housing experts and advocates across Minnesota's Second Congressional District focused on the support needed for adequate, affordable senior housing.
Yesterday, Rep. Angie Craig (MN-02) and Rep. Pete Stauber (MN-08) introduced the Stop Coronavirus Scams Act in a bipartisan effort to crack down on the rising number of scams occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Stop Coronavirus Scams Act would double the maximum forfeiture penalty, criminal fine, and term of imprisonment for anyone who attempts to wrongfully obtain anything of value from individuals by using false COVID-19 related information.
Today, U.S. Reps. Angie Craig (MN-02), Pete Stauber (MN-08), Dean Phillips (MN-03) and Michael Guest (MS-03) introduced bipartisan legislation to require an examination of the health and economic impacts of skyrocketing insulin prices. The bipartisan bill would require the government to study and report the scope of the problems created across healthcare by the rise in insulin costs, which are up more than 600% in recent years and have increasingly led to patient rationing of the drug.
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig reiterated her commitment to lower the cost of health care and expand access for Minnesota families after the Medicare-X Choice Act of 2019 received a key hearing in the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health this week.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig voted to pass the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which would save Minnesota families tens of thousands of dollars in prescription drug costs.
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig announced her cosponsorship of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which would take immediate action to lower prescription drug prices for Minnesotans.
Today marks six months since U.S. Rep. Angie Craig was sworn into the 116th Congress. Since her first day in office, Rep. Craig has listened to the concerns of the district and worked across the aisle in an effort to create stronger communities and economies for every Minnesotan.
In her first six months, Rep. Craig has:
Today, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig announced her support for the Medicare-X Choice Act of 2019, a bill that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug pricing as well as establish a public option health plan with comprehensive health benefits that would compete with large insurance companies.