Sam Forstag

“Our system of private health insurance is broken, and it leaves too many of us paying too much for bad health coverage. When we provide healthcare in a constant state of crisis-response, it benefits insurance corporations while all of us pay more for less. When our leaders fail to fix a broken system, corporations profit and working people do worse. Every single Montanan, including seniors and retirees, should have access to health coverage that actually gets us healthcare when we need it. To do that, we should give every American the option to buy into Medicare. Right now, Medicare serves the Montanans who can access it a whole lot better than the private health insurance that the rest of us are stuck trying to pay for. Expanding access to Medicare with expanded ACA subsidies will give working Montanans the choice to opt into free, quality health care. If private insurance companies think they can offer a better option, I’d love to see it. We should also make Medicare coverage comprehensive & keep it public, by expanding Medicare to cover vision, hearing, and dental, and long-term care for seniors, eliminating attempts at privatization through Medicare Advantage, and ensuring that our rural hospitals can continue serving Montanans by increasing reimbursement rates for Medicare and Medicaid. We also urgently need to restore and expand the enhanced ACA subsidies to ensure access to free health coverage for anyone making $70,000 or less, and affordable healthcare for everyone, and expand funding for long-term care options, including community-based and in-home care.”

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