Issue Position: Healthcare

Issue Position

The United States is the wealthiest country in the world, yet we're also the only country where millions of people lack access to quality healthcare because they can't afford to pay. I believe that healthcare is a human right and that every person deserves access to the care they need at every stage of life. As your State Senator, I will fight for:
Passage of the New York Health Act to ensure that every New Yorker has health insurance regardless of ability to pay
Every woman's right to choose, including encoding Roe v. Wade in state law and ensuring unrestricted access to free and high-quality reproductive care, including contraception and abortion on demand.
Funding for long-term care so our seniors can stay healthy and be cared for in their homes and communities, and so that those who care for them can earn a living wage.
Increasing access to mental health services so that every New Yorker can flourish, and so that people with psychiatric disabilities can be protected, instead of warehoused in homeless shelters and jails
A healthcare system that covers every New Yorker, including undocumented immigrants
Universal long-term care, enabling seniors to age in dignity and creating quality jobs for home care workers and domestic workers as demand for a rapidly growing care workforce increases

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