Issue Position: Affordable and Accessible Health Care

Issue Position

About one out of six adults here in Waldo County are without health insurance. They are our neighbors, co-workers, friends, members of our churches; they are us. They can't get insurance through their work and it is far too expensive for them to buy it on the individual market. So they take a risk and pray nothing serious happens. When something does happen we try to help with fundraisers and change jars placed on the counters of small businesses. As generous as we are, the money is never enough and people often go without care or are bankrupted by their health care bills. Broad access to health care is morally and economically the right thing to do. Unfortunately, Maine families are worse off because the Governor and the Republican-led legislature has killed legislation that will allow families and businesses to shop for the most affordable health insurance policies.

The health care system and health insurance industry is amazingly complex. We need legislators in Augusta who will fight to increase access to high-quality affordable health care for Maine people. I am driven by the belief that every Maine family should have access to a family doctor.

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