Seniors
Hard-working Americans pay into Social Security and Medicare throughout most of their lives and make decisions based on the benefits they have been promised. Congressman Cohen believes that Congress has a duty to ensure their retirement security, which is why he has worked to strengthen Medicare and Social Security. He has consistently voted against measures that would be detrimental to the programs’ security and solvency.
In 2021, Congressman Cohen introduced the Medicare Medically Necessary Dental Care Act which would allow Medicare to cover dental services that are necessary for proper treatment of other ailments, such as prosthetic heart valve replacement and certain types of cancer. In 2023, Medicare updated its coverage to include these services. Congressman Cohen continues to support legislation that would expand coverage for services including dental, vision, and hearing.
Congressman Cohen is also supportive of changes to Medicare that will stabilize the payment structure for physicians.
See the bills Congressman Cohen is cosponsoring on Medicare and Social Security.
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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, today announced that Regional One Health will receive a grant of $499,996 from the U.S. Department of Justice for its Rx for Change comprehensive support services program for crime victims of gun violence and other violent behaviors.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Program has awarded two grants totaling $6,891,760 to the Memphis Fire Department and the MidSouth Development District.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) expressed guarded optimism that rulings by federal judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island will keep Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits flowing, at least in the short term. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) had planned to withhold payments for the program, arguing it could no longer fund it because of the government shutdown, despite previously pointing to the available contingency funds as a way to maintain the program.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today wrote to Governor Bill Lee urging him to use state emergency reserve funds to extend benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) if they would otherwise lapse because of the ongoing federal government shutdown.
The letter reads:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) tonight held a successful town hall meeting where he addressed constituents’ questions about what’s happening to the social safety net under the Trump Administration and vowed to oppose the serious devastation and chaos it is causing. A crowd of more than 300 attended the Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church event for the second in-person town hall Congressman Cohen has held this year.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) will hold an in-person Town Hall Meeting with constituents on Monday evening, August 11, at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church. The news media are welcome to attend.
What: An in-person town hall meeting to discuss the Congressman’s work for Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District, including energy costs and the GOP’s so-called “One Big Ugly Bill” that makes devastating cuts in SNAP, Medicare, Medicaid, and other lifeline programs.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today applauded the approval of $18,827,487 for 15 projects for which he sought funding through the annual appropriations process. The funding was approved after markups of bills in the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) and Commerce Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) subcommittees this week, and in the Homeland Security subcommittee in June.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) went to the House floor today to condemn the fact that the “Big, Ugly Bill” Trump signed on the 4th of July contains more money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) than for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Trump is focused on statistics and deportations, not criminals, he said.
Congressman Cohen said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) this morning voted against a cruel and dangerous budget reconciliation bill which passed the House on a 215-214 vote, and made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) led a letter to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner on Friday urging him to reverse the cancellation of contracts and the freezing of all funding associated with the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP). Congressman Cohen announced $5.2 million in GRRP funding for Wesley Stage Park in Memphis and $11.4 million for the Broadmeadow Apartments in Covington in March 2024.
Fifteen Congressional colleagues co-signed the letter.
The letter reads: