Issue Position: A Future Where Everyone Has Access to Quality, Affordable Health Care.

Issue Position

John Ray is privileged to represent a district that is home to multiple hospitals, medical clinics, community health clinics and has thousands of health care professionals living and working in it every day. Since taking office, John Ray's priority has been to ensure that every Tennessean is able to receive the type of care and treatment he or she needs and deserves. In addition to consistently advocating for Medicaid expansion, he has focused on the availability of and access to mental health care and drug and substance abuse services. He was the driving force behind the state's recent passage of a law to enforce mental health parity and substance abuse equity laws. For his successful, bipartisan work on mental health care, John Ray was recognized by NAMI-Tennessee and the Tennessee Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. He believes that we must protect and provide for our seniors, strenthen TennCare for struggling families, and make sure that all children, regardless of income, have access to health care. As a member of the House Health Committee, John Ray has been a consistent advocate and voice for women and families on reproductive health issues. It is well past time to stop playing politics with people's lives and make health care more affordable and accessible to all families.

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