Medicare for All

The United States spends more on healthcare than any other country. What do we have to show for it? 27 million uninsured adults, four million uninsured children, ever-increasing premiums, prescription drug prices nearly three times higher than in other countries, and some of the worst health outcomes in the world.

For decades, politicians have promised to fix our healthcare system, but nothing fundamentally changes. Both parties take millions from pharmaceutical companies and insurance lobbyists while Americans drown in medical debt. If you send me to Washington, I will take on companies that exploit patients and build a healthcare system that works for the people.

I believe that the best way to guarantee high-quality healthcare for all Americans is with a Medicare for All system. Medicare for All would provide Americans with high-quality healthcare without monthly premiums or deductibles. I will also make sure that any Medicare for All plan covers hearing, dental, vision, in-home care, and mental health and substance abuse treatment. Multiple studies have shown that America would actually spend far less on healthcare each year with Medicare for All than under our existing system.

But Medicare for All is just an insurance program, not a healthcare system. I believe we need to go further to having the government directly provide healthcare to many places in this country that do not have access to quality healthcare. We currently have government provided healthcare through the VA, and we should expand that to more people so we can eventually have a national healthcare system that provides quality care to all.

Finally, I will also stand up to prescription drug companies that price gouge consumers. Drug companies relentlessly hike up prices for prescriptions and use that money to reward their wealthy shareholders. I will fight back against corporate price gouging by supporting legislation to allow Medicare to negotiate prices for all drugs. Furthermore, I will propose legislation creating a new public corporation that manufactures common generic prescription drugs and sells them to the American people at cost — no more insane markups for lifesaving drugs.

Healthcare is a human right, and it's time to deliver healthcare that works for all Americans.