Healthcare
Virginia is the last state in the south without an extreme abortion ban. I will fight to enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution. I will also fight to protect people who access reproductive healthcare from extradition by the federal government.
I believe that every Virginian should have access to healthcare whenever they need it; this is why I propose implementing in our Commonwealth a system of Universal Catastrophic Coverage.
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I will fight to enshrine abortion rights in our Constitution.
I will fight to make sure that reproductive healthcare remains accessible to all Virginians through the postal service.
I will introduce a bill in the General Assembly that will protect all Virginians who accessed reproductive care from extradition by the federal government.
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Under a UCC plan, emergency medical expenses are automatically covered by an insurance fund that would act as a payer of last resort, kicking in only after other systems such as Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance reach their coverage limits. Despite sounding expensive to operate, similar plans implemented in Singapore and Switzerland have actually lowered per-patient costs across the entire healthcare system.
By providing a financial backstop for catastrophic expenses, our Commonwealth can reduce premiums for standard health insurance plans since insurers would carry less risk for extreme costs. Additionally, the Commonwealth will reduce the burden on hospitals and care providers in cases of uncompensated care, when uninsured or underinsured patients require emergency medical treatment they cannot afford.
Under this plan, no Virginian would ever have to call an Uber to rush to the hospital in an emergency situation for fear of incurring huge ambulance costs.