Issue Position: Health Care - Universal Access

Issue Position

Since her days serving in San Mateo County government and throughout her tenure in Congress, Anna has been a health policy leader with a clear, overarching goal: to achieve universal health care in our country.

Anna will continue to fight to protect and strengthen the Affordable Care Act and to achieve universal healthcare coverage for all. She's working to:

*Pass bipartisan health bills that improve our health care system right now;
*Pass bills to lower the price of prescription drugs; and
*Increase the budget for medical research to eliminate the most aggressive diseases.

In addition, Anna backed the passage of a package of bills that will:

*Protect patients from surprise medical billing - unexpected and often expensive bills that patients receive after getting care from a doctor or hospital not in their insurance network;
*Invest in Community Health Centers, safety net hospitals, and Medicare and Medicaid; and
*Pay for Nursing Workforce Development Programs that provide loan repayments, scholarships, and grants for recruitment and retention.

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