Jamie Raskin on Health Care

Long-time champion of single-payer health care

But Jamie knows we can do even better. He will work for a more cost-efficient system that reduces serious health inequities in the country, upholds women's reproductive freedom, and promotes healthy nutrition and diet, exercise, and preventive health care for all Americans.

Voted YES on establishing an ObamaCare healthcare exchange

Highlights:
• Establishes a health benefit exchange to meet all functions required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
• Defines "exchange" to include the following parts:
• The "individual exchange"; and
• The Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP Exchange).
• Defines "individual exchange" as the division of the exchange that serves the individual health insurance market
• Requires carriers approved by the exchange to offer qualified health care plans for qualified individuals and employers
• Specifies that when a carrier sets a community rate for a health benefit plan the rate must be based on a rating methodology based on the experience of all risks covered by the health benefit plan and may only use the following factors to adjust the community rate: Age; Geography; and "Health Status".

Opposes repealing the 2010 affordable care act.

The Project Vote Smart Voter Guide inferred how candidates would respond to the question, 'Health Care: Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?' Project Vote Smart notes, "in response to the increasing unwillingness of candidates to answer issue questions, Project Vote Smart has researched Congressional candidates' public records to determine candidates' likely responses on certain key issues. These issue positions, from the year 2016, are provided [for candidates who] refused to provide voters with positions on key issues covered by the 2016 Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests. Historically, candidates have failed to complete our test due to the advice they receive from their parties and advisors and out of fear of negative attack ads."