Seniors
Seniors should be able to age comfortably in the communities they helped build. That’s why I’m fighting to:
- Increase Enhanced STAR benefits. The STAR program helps homeowners stay in their homes and should be easier to access, with a larger benefit to recipients.
- Make home healthcare more available. New York is facing a critical shortage of home healthcare workers because wages for these jobs are pitifully low. We need to pass Fair Pay for Home Care to ensure seniors and their families can access the care they need.
- Cap prescription drug prices. There’s no reason we should be paying 3x more than our Canadian neighbors for medications we need.
- Protect hospitals and long-term care facilities. By increasing the Medicaid reimbursement rate, we can ensure our existing medical facilities and nursing homes are able to stay open.
Compare to Didi Barrett’s record:
During her decade in office, Barrett has failed to support seniors by:
- Repeatedly refusing to support Fair Pay for Home Care legislation.
- Failing to support Coverage for All legislation.
- Accepting $4,500 from the Healthcare Association of New York State, which opposed the NY Health Act.
- Voting for the April 2020 state budget, which cut Medicaid by $2.5 billion a year—including $400 million from hospitals—at the height of COVID-19.
