Issue Position: Health

Issue Position

Everyone should have access to quality, affordable health care. As a member and former Chair of the Loudoun Health Council, I have seen far too many of our neighbors ask not to be taken to the hospital because of high costs of care or because they couldn't afford their prescription drugs. One medical emergency could put a family in debt for decades.

I will fight to protect access to health care for seniors and people with preexisting conditions, and I will work to increase and improve access, lower health care costs, and address the skyrocketing prescription drug costs. I support price transparency for healthcare and drug costs, increasing our focus on evidence-based medicine, and consider alternative delivery systems for health and primary care. I will also work to remove the onerous work requirements that accompanied Medicaid expansion.I was a health care aide on Capitoll Hill when Congress passed the Affordable Care Act and worked to protect Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. I have the policy expertise to make these changes happen in Richmond.

We also need to ensure access to mental health services and human services for people of all ages and incomes. This includes making counseling and therapeutic services available to children and adults as well as continuing the work started this year to allow walk-in visits at state mental health centers. We must also address addiction and the opioid crisis by investing in preventative services and improving access to screening and intervention.

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