Issue Position: Guaranteeing Healthcare

Issue Position

Healthcare is a fundamental human right. We must fight to ensure that every American has both coverage and access to quality healthcare. And we must make fiscally sound choices to bring the skyrocketing costs of healthcare down.

Guarantee coverage for essential health services that protect our families like maternity care, hospital services, and mental health care.
Protect people with pre-existing conditions so they cannot be charged higher premiums or denied insurance.
Safeguard women's access to reproductive health care. This includes well-visits, preventive care, and cancer screenings.
Negotiate drug prices. The VA negotiates and saves 40%; every American deserves those savings.
Unburden small and family-owned businesses from the overwhelming cost of providing health insurance to their employees.
Liberate entrepreneurs to leave their jobs and start new businesses without the fear of losing their healthcare coverage.

Medicare-for-All will achieve these goals. It will also significantly lower the out-of-pocket cost of healthcare services for individuals and families.

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