Healthcare is a human right, not a privilege reserved for those who can afford it or for those able to navigate a broken system. Elizabeth Lee knows this firsthand. She spent years undiagnosed with a genetic condition because the healthcare system failed her. She was dismissed by providers, forced to ration care due to cost, and left to fight for answers that should come with compassion.

That experience drives her work today. As a nurse and patient advocate for more than a decade, she has seen the system from both sides, and she understands exactly where it breaks down and what it will take to fix it so every patient is treated with dignity and has access to the care they deserve.

What Elizabeth Will Do

Co-Sponsor and Fight for
Healthcare as a Basic Human Right

• Cosponsor and actively fight to pass Medicare for All -- because healthcare is not a privilege, it is a basic human right, following the lead of the National Nurses Union.

• Expand Medicare to include mental health, dental, vision, and hearing coverage.

• Build a coalition strong enough to overcome industry obstruction, pushing for a single-payer system that eliminates premiums, deductibles, and surprise billing, and ensuring a transition plan that protects patients, providers and healthcare workers alike.

• Use her background as a nurse and a senior clinical operations executive to advocate for policies grounded in clinical reality, not corporate profit.

• Hold leadership accountable until universal, comprehensive coverage is not a talking point, but the law of the land.

• Why it matters: No one can be their best self if they are facing unmet healthcare needs.
  

Defend and Expand Social Security

• Strengthen Social Security by making millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share.

• Why it matters: These aren't "entitlements"—you've paid into them your entire working life. Elizabeth will protect what you've earned.
  

Lower Prescription Drug Costs

• Cap insulin at $35 for all Americans, not just Medicare recipients

• Allow Medicare to negotiate prices for all prescription drugs, not just 10

• End pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) price gouging that inflates costs

• Create transparency requirements so patients know the real cost of medications

• Why it matters: Elizabeth has watched patients ration insulin and skip cancer treatments because they couldn't afford them. No one should die because Big Pharma prioritizes profits over people.
  

Fully Resource the VA

• End the veteran suicide crisis with comprehensive mental health services

• Eliminate wait times for veteran healthcare appointments

• Expand VA coverage for conditions linked to military service

• Support veteran caregivers and families

• Why it matters: With the sacrifices veterans make, they deserve the very BEST care the United States has to offer.
  

Protect Patients from Medical Errors
and Ensure Price Transparency

• Require hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies to clearly disclose black box medication warnings AND document patient awareness and acceptance of those risks

• Mandate price transparency before procedures

• Strengthen patient safety protocols and whistleblower protections

• End surprise medical billing once and for all

• Why it matters: Elizabeth survived a surgical accident that paralyzed her dominant arm. She knows what happens when the system fails to protect patients—and she'll make sure it never happens to you.
  

Expand Access to Mental Health and
Behavioral Health Services Across the Board

• Integrate behavioral health into primary care settings

• Increase funding for community mental health clinics

• Address the national mental health workforce shortage

• Expand tele-health access for rural and underserved communities

• Why it matters: Mental health is healthcare. Period.