Issue Position: Healthcare

Issue Position

Failure to expand access to healthcare in the middle of a pandemic is unacceptable. I will continue to fight for access to quality, affordable healthcare for all Georgians, including expanding Medicaid, an action that will provide 500,000 Georgians with health insurance while creating tens of thousands of healthcare jobs across our state.

Even before COVID, Georgia consistently ranked among the worst in national health rankings, including one of the highest in uninsured rates and the highest in maternal mortality rates. As a nonprofit advocate for families and children, I've been committed to improving the health and well-being of all Georgians my entire career. Since serving Cobb in the legislature, I've sponsored legislation to increase access to health insurance for working families
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and promote science-based policies to improve healthcare for women and children
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because I believe Georgia must be healthy in order to thrive.

I kept pressure on House leadership to save critical public health and safety-net programs from draconic budget cuts and supported reforms to end surprise medical billing
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because our families should not have to go bankrupt in order to be healthy.

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