Safeguarding Affordable, High-Quality Health Care
American health coverage must be protected—no backsliding, no neglect. Here's how we can ensure healthcare remains affordable, comprehensive, and resilient:
🛡️ 1. Require Supermajority for Health-Related Bills
To prevent quick rollback of critical healthcare protections, any legislation affecting health insurance, patient rights, pre-existing conditions, or coverage standards would require a supermajority (60%) in Congress to pass—ensuring bipartisan support and safeguarding public trust.
💊 2. Reinforce ACA Protections
The Affordable Care Act guarantees essential benefits and prevents insurers from denying treatment due to pre-existing conditions myjournalcourier.com+1newyorker.com+1. We’ll codify these protections permanently and restore premium subsidies to prevent millions from losing coverage .
📈 3. Expand Value-Based Insurance Design
Encourage plans that reduce costs and improve outcomes by covering high-value care with minimal out-of-pocket expenses—while avoiding low-value services sanders.senate.gov+15en.wikipedia.org+15obamawhitehouse.archives.gov+15. This model boosts quality and affordability for patients.
📋 4. Enhance Transparency & Simplify Claims
Major insurers have pledged to reform prior-authorization processes cms.gov+4sfchronicle.com+4washingtonpost.com+4. We’ll turn that into law—requiring faster approvals, clearer communications, and standardized appeals. We’ll also mandate transparency in billing, so Americans understand their costs before receiving care.
🤝 5. Protect Medicaid, CHIP, Rural Hospitals
Support the Senate’s $25 billion stabilization fund for rural hospitals cms.gov+3sfchronicle.com+3kff.org+3politico.com and prevent cuts to Medicaid and CHIP. Federal audits and block grants will modernize and protect these lifelines .
Why This Matters for District 1
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Nobody gets left behind—coverage won’t vanish with the next political shift.
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Affordable care is real—value-based plans and transparency reduce costs.
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Small towns saved—rural health systems and Medicaid funding remain strong.
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Health care stays focused on people—supermajority ensures broad support.
