elizabeth believes
HEALTHCARE IS
A HUMAN RIGHT
elizabeth believes
HEALTHCARE IS
A HUMAN RIGHT
Elizabeth spent years undiagnosed with a genetic disease because the healthcare system failed her. She knows what it's like to be dismissed by doctors, to ration care because of cost, and to fight for answers that should come with compassion.
As a nurse and patient advocate for over a decade, she's seen the system from both sides. And she knows exactly what needs to change.
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 and ensuring a transition plan that protects patients, providers and healthcare workers alike.
Use my background as a nurse and a senior clinical operations executive to advocate for policies grounded in clinical reality, not corporate profit, and Elizabeth will hold leadership accountable until universal, comprehensive coverage is not a talking point, but the law of the land.
Why it matters: These aren't "entitlements"—you've paid into them your entire working life. Elizabeth will protect what you've earned.
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 telehealth access for rural and underserved communities
Why it matters: Mental health is healthcare. Period.