Healthcare

If I am elected Governor, I will push to expand Medicaid on day one. Texans are either dying or going bankrupt because Abbott has chosen political ambition over the health and well-being of Texans.

Healthcare is near and dear to my heart. Access to quality healthcare saved the life of my husband after an accident. We thought he was fine with only a few bumps and bruises, but several days later he was dizzy and nauseated. Because we had insurance, we decided to get him checked out for what we thought was high blood pressure, but it turned out to be bleeding in his brain and he was rushed into emergency brain surgery.

Because we have insurance, we didn’t have to choose between getting him the care he needed and potentially losing everything we have worked so hard to earn in our lives to extreme medical debt. No Texan should have to make that choice.

Increasing access to healthcare in Texas will drive down costs and extend the lives of countless Texans. Medicaid expansion will bring economic success and opportunities for our dying rural hospitals that are struggling to stay open.

With the help of President Biden’s Build Back Better Plan, Texas will be able to transform its healthcare deserts into flourishing and productive fields. Our federal tax dollars will finally come home and back to the Texans who earned them. They won’t go to Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, or New York, states that have already expanded Medicaid, they will come back to Texas.

Unlike our current administration, I will always choose the well-being of Texans over party and ideological allegiance.