Healthcare

 

 Child Welfare Abortion
Buy into Medicare Act Birth Control
 Medicaid Expansion Smoking Laws
Needle Exchange Sex Education

Solutions:

  • Advocate for the passage of a 5 day paid sick leave ordinance that includes protections for organ donors
  • Advocate for city and county employees to be able to use insurance to buy expensive prescriptions in Mexico
  • Do a 2 year pilot program providing doulas for low-income women in houston zip codes that have a high maternal mortality rate
  • Advocate for a ballot initiative requiring the Harris Health System provide a sliding scale subsidy for a family of 4 making up to 200% of the federal poverty level

 

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New England Journal of Medicine – Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the United States — Origins and Implications

Washington Post – Hobby Lobby decision shows we need to get rid of the employer-based health insurance system

Wall Street Journal – The ACA Marketplace Problems in Context (and Why They Don’t Mean Obamacare Is ‘Failing’)

Wall Street Journal – Public Misperceptions About Obamacare Premium Increases

Kaiser Family Foundation – State Health Insurance Marketplace Types, 2016

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