Issue Position : Healthcare
Issue Position
Health Care should be treated as a right, not as a privilege or a product for profit. Premiums have skyrocketed. This may work well for CEOs but not patients. Millions of Americans do not have access to the most basic preventative and primary care. One barrier to securing health care is the lack of accessible, affordable health insurance. From its inception in 1965, Medicaid was enacted to provide medical coverage to low-income individuals in all states and U.S. territories. Under federal regulation and with federal assistance, states were mandated to cover specific groups within our population such as low-income families and pregnant women and children. Imagine a Medicaid expansion that could provide coverage to all Nevadans. One that would give every Nevadan an opportunity to purchase Medicaid on the insurance market. An expansion that removes the income limits for eligibility for Medicaid. One that would create more options for patients in counties where they currently only have one option for health insurance--instead of allowing companies to drive up costs and take the power away from patients.Health Care should be treated as a right, not as a privilege or a product for profit. Premiums have skyrocketed. This may work well for CEOs but not patients. Millions of Americans do not have access to the most basic preventative and primary care. One barrier to securing health care is the lack of accessible, affordable health insurance. From its inception in 1965, Medicaid was enacted to provide medical coverage to low-income individuals in all states and U.S. territories. Under federal regulation and with federal assistance, states were mandated to cover specific groups within our population such as low-income families and pregnant women and children. Imagine a Medicaid expansion that could provide coverage to all Nevadans. One that would give every Nevadan an opportunity to purchase Medicaid on the insurance market. An expansion that removes the income limits for eligibility for Medicaid. One that would create more options for patients in counties where they currently only have one option for health insurance--instead of allowing companies to drive up costs and take the power away from patients.
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