Issue Position: Healthcare

Issue Position

Health care is an important issue to me and our campaign. My close high school friend and brother-in-law was paralyzed during a surgery a year and a half ago. My campaign manager, Zach Goldford, nearly died from the rapid onset of an autoimmune disease. The existing ACA allowed them both to receive the care they needed without loss of coverage and bankruptcy.

The failure of the Missouri legislature to expand Medicare coverage under the ACA is a travesty. I will continue to push for the expansion of Medicaid for the people of Missouri. We also need to consider a state level system which fixes our broken health care system and ensures access to every Missourian. Systems to expand coverage like those being used in Iowa or a health care overhaul like that proposed in California are viable options.

I am committed to a system which provides access to health care for all.

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