Making Affordable Healthcare More Accessible

It is too expensive and too difficult for too many Virginians to get the healthcare and prescriptions they need. Lisa grew up relying on Medicaid for her healthcare, while her mom had no health insurance at all. She knows firsthand how vital access to healthcare is, as well as the fear of not being able to see a doctor when you’re sick. Right now, too many politicians in Washington are using Virginians’ healthcare as a bargaining chip. And our own Representative Rob Wittman just voted for the largest Medicaid cuts in U.S. history, putting at least 260,000 Virginians at risk of losing coverage. It is wrong, and it’s immoral.

In Congress, Lisa will lower healthcare costs and protect access to care by:

• Lowering prescription costs by capping Insulin at $35 a month for all Virginians, fast-tracking the availability of affordable generics for high-cost prescription drugs, and cracking down on drug companies that are price gouging

• Protecting and expanding the Affordable Care Act to lower premiums and preserve guaranteed benefits like annual check ups, maternal care, and substance abuse and mental health treatment

• Standing up to the politicians who are attempting to raise the retirement age or gut Medicare

• Blocking attempts to cut Medicaid and Medicare, and reversing the damage that has been done by Elon Musk

• Improving the VA system to reduce wait times and ensure veterans get the quality care they deserve quickly

• Expanding Medicare’s power to negotiate for lower drug prices and include hearing, vision, and dental care coverage

• Increasing billing transparency so patients and their loved ones are not the victims of surprise charges and confusing medical bills they can’t afford