Every Virginian deserves access to affordable, high-quality health care, regardless of their income or where they live. Jen Kiggans disagrees. Despite being a former Navy pilot and a nurse, Kiggans has voted time and time again to rip health care away from her fellow veterans and raise the cost of health care for middle-class families in order to give tax cuts to billionaires.
Elaine has a different definition of public service. From lowering ACA premiums, to taking on Big Pharma to cut prescription drug costs, to cutting seniors’ out-of-pocket drug costs and capping insulin at $35 a month, Elaine has a record of delivering affordable and accessible health care for every member of her community. Now she’s running to cut the cost of care, cut the complexity of care, and close the rural health care gap, so no Virginian has to pay too much, spend too much time, or travel too far just to get the care they need.
Cut the Cost of Care
- Cut health care costs for the middle class by restoring ACA premium subsidies.
- Cut health care costs for seniors by expanding the number of drugs Medicare can negotiate on and extending the reduced cost benefits to people on private insurance.
- Cut health care costs for working families by cracking down on predatory medical debt collectors, pharmaceutical monopolies, and Wall Street firms buying up hospitals for profit.
Cut the Complexity of Care
- Cut the complexity of care for military families by allowing military children to stay on their parents’ Tricare Plan until age 26.
- Cut the complexity of care for patients and providers by standardizing insurance paperwork and billing requirements, and modernizing the Prior Authorization process.
Close the Rural Healthcare Gap
- Help rural hospitals stay open by restoring the $1 trillion Jen Kiggans and Donald Trump cut from Medicaid in order to give tax cuts to billionaires.
- Ensure equal health care access for rural Virginians by expanding federal loan repayment for doctors and nurses who commit to serving at least five years in rural communities.
- Expand access to telehealth, mobile health clinics, community health centers, and rural emergency medical services so geography isn’t a barrier to care.
