Seniors
Your health and financial stability are important to Senator Markey. His state staff can help make sure you receive all of the Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security benefits to which you are entitled. To request help please call Senator Markey's Boston office at (617)565-8519.
Seniors have paid into Social Security and Medicare throughout their lives, and they should be able to count on these programs for health care and income security in retirement. Medicaid provides vital health care benefits for low-income families and persons with disabilities. In Massachusetts alone, there are 1.1 million Social Security beneficiaries, 1.1 million seniors who receive Medicare benefits, and 1.6 million recipients of MassHealth, the Medicaid program in the Commonwealth.
Senator Markey has fought to protect Social Security and has consistently advocated for necessary cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) and the repeal of both the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, which currently limit the benefits for surviving spouses of military or civilian government employees. Senator Markey has also vocally opposed any attempt to privatize Social Security.
To read more about what Senator Markey has done to recently to stregthen Medicare and Medicaid click here.
To read more about Senator Markey's fight to protect Social Security, click here.
