I believe that access to comprehensive and affordable health care is a basic human right. Right now, Pennsylvanians we are drowning in a system of expensive, ineffective, and disparate health insurance plans. Across our state, practitioners are struggling to provide basic healthcare to uninsured and under insured patients. We have the opportunity to take the lead on Healthcare for All--by cutting out the big budget "middle man" of giant big insurance companies with a single-payer system.
Together we can create a healthcare system that includes:
--Primary and Specialist care;
--Emergency services;
--Dental and Vision services
--Comprehensive women's healthcare;
--Mental health services; and
--Long term, evidence-based addiction treatment.
As your representative I will:
--Support the Global Budgeting Initiative put forth by the PA Secretary of Health, to create standard pricing for services across hospitals;
--Support EMS Reimbursement for non-emergency services;
--Support a creation of convenient transportation to and from appointments;
--Support efforts to recruit and retain health practitioners in our rural communities;
--Encourage safe staff/patient ratios for our nurses; and
--Work toward a single-payer healthcare for all system in Pennsylvania.