Dear Editor,
This midterm election is one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime. Voters 55 and older, in particular, should be concerned about:  Shoring up social security, rising drug prices, Medicare funding, Medicaid, health insurance and healthcare costs, lower retirement taxes, more help for care-givers, and fixing pension shortfalls.
I will add one more issue, womens’ rights. Democratic candidates are running positive campaigns that address these issues in order to improve people’s lives and make things more affordable.

Kinzinger cares more about special interest groups than helping his constituents.  He voted for the dangerous American Health Care Act which passed by a razor-thin margin (217 to 213).  This bill gives billions to special interests while sticking ordinary Americans with huge premium hikes.  It includes an “age tax” that would force Americans age 50-64 to pay up to $13,000 more for health care.
It weakens Medicare and removes protections for people with pre-existing conditions. The House should not have passed this bill.
Kinzinger voted for this bill.  He put special interest groups before his constituents. His vote helped weaken Medicare and removed protections for people with pre-existing conditions. We need to vote him out of office now.
Wayne Borchardt
Belvidere