Issue Position: Healthcare
Issue Position
Issues: Health and Health Care
Quality, affordable healthcare is a right for everyone, not a privilege for those who can afford it.
This pandemic has shown us how broken our healthcare system is -- built to put profit over public health. Even as hospital workers were racing to save lives, they were facing cuts. That is backwards.
I support a shift to Medicare for All, so everyone can have health insurance. This is not only about justice -- it's also about efficiency -- too much money is currently being wasted in our for-profit health care system.
While we push for changes to our healthcare system, our state needs to invest in primary care, mental health care, and substance use disorder treatment to make sure we address root causes of health crises early.
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