At a town hall event in Ann Arbor this week, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare PAC Board Member Dan Adcock endorsed Dr. Abdul El-Sayed for Senate. Adcock was joined by Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) and Becca Balint (VT-At Large) in making the case that Dr. El-Sayed is the only candidate in the race who Michiganders can trust with their earned benefits.
Social Security is the sleeper issue of this election, and Adcock touted how important this race is to the program’s future. “Social Security is on the ballot because this class of Senators is likely to determine the fate of Social Security. That’s because Congress will need to act soon to prevent the projected depletion of the program’s trust fund reserves in 2032, along with an automatic benefit cut,” said Adcock.
If Congress does not act and benefits are automatically cut, Michiganders will suffer an average $523 reduction in their monthly Social Security checks. For seniors living on fixed incomes, a reduced benefit can force drastic choices between groceries, utility bills, and life-saving medications.
A nationally recognized expert on health policy, Dr. El-Sayed will fight to protect Social Security by making the wealthy pay their fair share. “Michiganders deserve a future where retirement doesn’t mean anxiety and financial stress,” says El-Sayed.
Dr. El-Sayed’s opponent, Mike Rogers, spent years in Washington working against seniors. Rogers was a major proponent of the Bush-era scheme to privatize Social Security, which would have upended America’s most successful government program — to benefit Wall Street. Rogers also fought against allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, meaning higher costs for seniors and outsize profits for Big Pharma.
The choice for seniors is clear. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is the only candidate who will protect Social Security and Medicare for this generation — and the next.
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