Low-income people, racial or ethnic minorities, pregnant women, seniors, people with special needs, people in rural areas - they all have a much harder time accessing a dentist than other groups of Americans.
Prescription drug prices are skyrocketing and one-third of all seniors depend on Social Security for at least 90% of their income.
When the average Social Security benefit is $1328 a month, and more than one-third of our senior citizens rely on Social Security for Virtually all of their income, our job is to expand benefits, not cut them.
I fear very much for our kids, for low income people and for seniors.