Universal Healthcare
America’s healthcare system is built to serve corporations, not people.
Families face soaring premiums, predatory hospital bills, and prescription drug prices that rise faster than wages, while insurance companies and Big Pharma post record profits. Too many people are forced to delay care, ration medication, or go without treatment entirely, not because help doesn’t exist, but because the system is designed to make care unaffordable and inaccessible.
We need a healthcare system that guarantees care when people need it, not when powerful industries allow it. That means taking on the corporate forces that profit from sickness and building a system where every person, in every ZIP code, can access comprehensive, affordable care.
I’ve seen firsthand what happens when our current system fails. Our city has endured one of the deadliest overdose crises in the nation, and I’ve worked on the front lines to expand access to lifesaving treatment and push agencies to act with urgency. That experience has made the stakes clear: we cannot fix what’s broken without taking on the industry interests that keep it that way.
That is why, as your congressman, I will:
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by guaranteeing universal coverage, eliminating premiums and deductibles, expanding mental and behavioral health care, and ensuring every person can get treatment, including addiction care, without the cost barriers that keep people suffering.
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by taking on hospital consolidation and private equity abuses, banning predatory billing practices and hidden facility fees, holding insurers accountable for denying care and restricting mental health and addiction treatment.
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by expanding Medicare’s drug-negotiation authority, capping insulin at $35 for everyone, banning pay-for-delay schemes that keep generics off the market, and establishing a federal program to manufacture essential drugs when corporations create shortages or price spikes.
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by using Baltimore’s experience to guide a coordinated federal response, expanding real-time surveillance of emerging synthetic drugs, building rapid-response teams in frontline cities, and ensuring every overdose is an opportunity for recovery through medication-assisted treatment.