As a boy, David, his mother, and three siblings, relied on his father’s Social Security death benefits to pay the family’s bills. Having also gone without health insurance for a long period of time, David knows first-hand how important Social Security is and why it, and Medicare, must be strengthened for seniors and families in Maine. As Maine’s senator, David will support efforts to:

• Offer Medicare, including dental and vision care, to all who want it.

• Improve existing Affordable Care Act and other federal healthcare provisions for those who choose not to enrol in Medicare. 

• Increase funding for substance abuse and mental health services.

• Raise the FICA payroll tax cap and utilize other means to protect and improve Social Security.

• Provide increased benefits to low-income retirees.

• Establish a sovereign wealth fund to help in funding Social Security and Medicare.

• Back the expansion of government incentivized retirement savings and investment accounts for working- and middle-class Americans to supplement Social Security.