Issue Position: Promoting Access to Quality Health Care

Issue Position

Mark Pocan believes that access to quality health care should be a right, not a privilege. As someone who's consistently supported a single-payer health care system, Mark will continue to fight to get quality, affordable health care for every American.

Mark's Accomplishments:

Expanded BadgerCare to cover 98 percent of Wisconsinites and 100 percent of Wisconsin children.

Co-sponsored the original framework for legislation that became SeniorCare, and voted to create the program.

Stood up to Scott Walker when he planned to eliminate SeniorCare, as part of an effort to collect 14,000 signatures and enable the program to continue.

Restored funding to Alzheimer's caregivers support program that would have left patients without care.

Authored and led the effort to successfully pass the Compassionate Care for Rape Victims Act, which requires all hospitals provide emergency contraception to victims of sexual assault.

Mark's To-Do List:

Strongly support legislation that will continue to increase coverage for every American, with the goal of universal coverage under a single-payer system
Enact legislation that would allow Medicare to bargain with drug companies to reduce prescription drug costs for our seniors.

Invest in medical research to increase the quality of preventative medicine.

Increase funding for domestic and international HIV/AIDS prevention, care and research, and for other medical conditions.

Strongly support the Affordable Care Act and its measures to provide preventative care, protect patients with preexisting conditions, and provide incentives for small businesses to cover employees.

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