Issue Position: Protecting Obamacare

Issue Position

"A healthy Delaware is a stronger Delaware. We need to protect Obamacare from radical Republican attacks and work to make it stronger and more effective for generations to come." - Lisa Blunt Rochester

Protecting and strengthening Obamacare is vital to the interests of our state. The Affordable Care Act has brought the number of uninsured down to historic lows, taking the burden off the backs of taxpayers and helped stabilize sky rocketing insurance rates. The law is not nearly perfect, but it is already a huge step forward.

Tens of thousands of Delawareans have insurance now, but we still have to do more to bring costs down. Republicans in Washington propose we do this by taking away insurance from millions of people. This is not the way to improve our system.

In Congress, Lisa will be a champion for better healthcare by:

Allowing Medicare and Medicaid to negotiate directly with drug manufacturers and cut out waste in our medical system.
Working to expand access to the program, curbing costs, and ensuring standards of quality.
Pushing to fund community health clinics and other local outreach efforts to help fill in the current gaps.

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