Issue Position: Health Care

Issue Position

Healthcare is a basic human right. Every man, woman and child deserves access to high-quality, reasonably-priced healthcare. While I do not believe a single-payer approach is viable at the state level, I believe there are measures we can put into place right now that would make a significant difference in reducing the cost of healthcare for working families:

I support reinsurance in Colorado similar to the proposals enacted in Alaska and Minnesota. Reinsurance will stabilize the individual marketplace and has the potential of lowering health insurance premiums by 20-30% along the Western Slope.
I support more transparency in understanding prescription and healthcare costs.
The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act was an important first step in providing healthcare to thousands more Coloradans. I will fight to protect this expanded coverage for families and children.

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