healthcare

noun | health·care | efforts made to maintain or restore physical, mental, or emotional
well-being

STAND UP TO GREED AND LOWER THE COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

• Shorten the patent life of prescription drugs.
• Enforce antitrust laws with pharmaceutical companies.
• Authorize the federal government to negotiate with drug companies to bring down prices.
• Expand access to generic drugs that are more affordable.
• Crack down on companies monopolizing the pharmaceutical markets.
• Allow North Carolinians to buy safe and more affordable prescription drugs from Canada.
• Fight for historic transparency of the negotiations made between drug manufacturers and medication importers to the U.S.
• Empower trade advisory committees to influence the pricing of drugs.
• Invest in rehabilitative treatment for those affected by drug addiction.

ALLOW EVERYONE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE INSURANCE

When attempting to gain healthcare coverage, many families are unable to do so. This is often the result of underemployment from things such as disability, need for childcare, transportation, housing etc. This leads many to live without it, seeking medical care exclusively from the emergency room often for advanced illness that could have been easily treated if caught early by a primary care physician. Millions going without basic check-ups and available preventive care, worried that one trip to the E.R. will leave them or their loved ones financially ruined. Health insurers are incentivized to refuse coverage to those unfairly perceived as liabilities, not human beings in need of affordable care. Pam Genant wants to eliminate these physical and monetary barriers for middle- and working-class families. As our congresswoman, she will…

• Defend pre-existing conditions protections currently in place under the Affordable Care Act.
• Protect, improve, and build upon the Affordable Care Act.
• Support guaranteed coverage of preventive care services to every American, including preventative coverage such as yearly check-ups, dental, and eye care.

PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN MEDICARE

• Stand up to Washington politicians and oppose cuts to Medicare.
• Support comprehensive coverage, including dental, vision, prescription drugs, and hearing aids.
• Strengthen Medicare so that every citizen of the United States has guaranteed access to health care.

CREATE AND EXPAND RURAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS

• Introduce legislation to expand the U.S. Public Health Service to recruit, train, and deploy nurses and doctors into underserved communities in North Carolina.
• Fight to expand Medicaid in North Carolina.
• Support a public health insurance option that increases reimbursement rates for rural hospitals.

HONOR OUR PROMISES TO VETERANS

• Advocate for a reformed VA system here in North Carolina.
• Support expansion of Medicaid to fully cover mental health related services and properly fund the related institutions.

GUARANTEE WOMEN’S HEALTH

• Expand the Public Health Service to train and encourage doctors to stay in North Carolina’s hardest-hit communities.
• Ensure women cannot be charged more for their insurance just because of their gender.
• Vote to boost women’s health programs and deliver federal dollars for clinics across North Carolina.
• Fight to ensure that women have access to affordable, comprehensive health care services, like safe and legal abortion.
• Ensure access to contraception at no cost.
• Eliminate the Hyde Amendment which limits access to abortion services for millions of women enrolled in Medicaid and other federal programs.
• Provide comprehensive, medically accurate sex education to our nation’s young people.