Issue Position: Healthcare

Issue Position

Every Missourian deserves affordable, quality healthcare. Maggie will fight to expand access to healthcare and mental health services.

Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Missourians deserve quality, affordable healthcare. We have too many Missourians who are uninsured or underinsured, and high healthcare costs are a strain for Missouri families.
Now that Missouri voters have passed Medicaid expansion, we must continue our fight to ensure it is properly implemented and funded. As a member of the legislature, Maggie will work to ensure the will of the voters is upheld to expand healthcare to the estimated 230,000 Missourians who will be covered through Medicaid expansion.

Maggie's husband is a nurse practitioner and he provides primary health care services for many uninsured and underinsured patients at a Clay County clinic. It's so important for patients to have access to basic health care to prevent unnecessary trips to the emergency rooms. When patients don't receive this care, we all share the burden through higher insurance premiums.

As a state, we must also address how high healthcare costs are impacting economic growth. There are far too many individuals who want to start their own small business, but are forced to stay at their current job to maintain their health insurance.

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