Issue Position: Affordable Health Care and Accessibility

Issue Position

We will all get sick or experience a medical emergency at some point in our lives. That is why Tom believes health care is a basic human right. He believes that no family should have to choose between paying for a mortgage or a hospital bill, or putting food on the table or getting a child's prescription. He also believes we need to stand up to attacks on the constitutionally protected rights of Colorado women to make their own reproductive health care decisions.

Despite the gains made by the Affordable Care Act, far too many Coloradan families are paying while the insurance and pharmaceutical companies--and many hospitals--profit off of their misfortune. When many families report paying thousands upon thousands of dollars per month for health insurance they deem worthless, there are still clearly serious problems with our healthcare system.

We need a health care system that is truly geared towards the health, wellbeing and economic security of Colorado's hardworking families. Tom will work diligently with his colleagues to lower the cost of insurance, expand access to coverage, and increase transparency in the medical industry to accomplish these goals.

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