Seniors
Congressman Pallone is committed to protecting the programs that seniors rely on, like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, while also making them stronger and more secure.
Medicare
Congressman Pallone opposes Republican efforts to end the Medicare guarantee and provide vouchers to seniors. Turning Medicare seniors over to private insurance companies would break the underlying promise of the system and ultimately end up costing seniors more.
Medicaid
He also opposed block granting Medicaid funding to states because of the impact on nursing homes and home health care.Medicaid is the financing mechanism for most nursing home patients and the quality of nursing home care would severely suffer.
Social Security
Congress created Social Security as a promise to Americans that they or their loved ones would have a source of income when they retired, were widowed, or disabled. For the past 75 years, it has lived up to this promise. Congressman Pallone opposes all efforts to privatize Social Security
Congressman Pallone is a cosponsor of H.R. 1902 – Social Security 2100 Act (Larsen, D-CT) which would provide a modest across the board benefit increase andadjust for a more robust cost of living formula.. He also supports H.R. 1205 – Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal the government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions from social security benefits.
More on Seniors
New Brunswick, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) joined Protect Our Care’s nationwide bus tour in New Brunswick today with health care advocates and residents to celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act’s historic provisions that will lower prescription drug and health care costs.
Long Branch, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today participated in a telephone town hall hosted by AARP with over 800 constituents to provide an update on his work to lower prescription drug and health care costs. Pallone originally authored or advanced key provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act through his Energy and Commerce Committee over the last couple of years. President Biden signed the bill into law last month.
Woodbridge, NJ – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference today in Woodbridge with local elected leaders and health care advocates on the Inflation Reduction Act. The bill will lower prescription drug costs for seniors by finally empowering Medicare to negotiate the cost of prescription drugs, capping the amount seniors pay at $2,000 annually, and capping the amount seniors pay for insulin at $35 per month.
Piscataway, NJ — Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a press conference in Piscataway today with local elected officials and health care advocates to highlight provisions in the Build Back Better Act that will lower prescription drug costs and make health care more affordable and accessible.
Washington, D.C. – Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on the bicameral agreement to lower prescription drug prices for Americans in the Build Back Better Act:
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) applauded House passage of his legislation, H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, that would lower the cost of prescription drugs. On Monday, December 16 at 11 AM, Pallone and members of the New Jersey Congressional delegation will hold a press conference at the Piscataway Senior Center to update the public on the bill’s impact.
Edison, N.J. – Today, at a roundtable discussion with aging and disability advocates at the JFK Adult Medical Day Program in Edison, New Jersey, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) released a proposal to create a new Medicare long-term care benefit.
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PISCATAWAY, NJ — Today, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr.