Lisa Blunt Rochester on Health Care

ObamaCare is not perfect, but it is a huge step forward

The Affordable Care Act has brought the number of uninsured down to historic lows, taking the burden off the backs of taxpayers and helped stabilize sky rocketing insurance rates. The law is not nearly perfect, but it is already a huge step forward.

In Congress, Lisa will be a champion for better healthcare by:
• Allowing Medicare and Medicaid to negotiate directly with drug manufacturers and cut out waste in our medical system.
• Working to expand access to the program, curbing costs, and ensuring standards of quality.
• Pushing to fund community health clinics and other local outreach efforts to help fill in the current gaps.

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."