Issue Position: Affordable and Accessible Health Care

Issue Position

Minnesotans want and Americans need high quality, affordable, and accessible health care that is patient-driven and physician-guided, putting individuals in charge of their health care rather than the government.

Minnesotans continue to tell Pete how frustrated they are with health systems that, in our part of the state, lead to skyrocketing premiums or no access at all. Over the first three years of ObamaCare, Minnesotans' premiums per capita increased 87 percent. That's unaffordable.

Pete strongly opposes the proposed $33 trillion Medicare for All government-run health care scheme that eliminates personal and private health care insurance for 180 million Americans transferring them to the government-run system. The one-size-fits-all plan would result in the largest tax increase in modern American history and would collapse our current health care system.

In Congress, Pete remains committed to working with Republicans and Democrats on true health care reform that lowers costs and increases access to quality health care by setting up Associated Health Plans, allowing insurance companies to cross state lines, and doing all we can to ensure health insurance is portable and affordable.

When it comes to pre-existing conditions, Pete supports requiring insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions. Pete's son, Isaac, has faced numerous health challenges including a pre-existing condition and Pete knows firsthand the importance of affordable health insurance that covers his son.

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