Residents here in Spartanburg and Greenville are skipping doctors’ appointments, cutting pills in half, and putting off care because it just costs too much. That’s not right.

Big insurance companies keep jacking up prices on basic healthcare while families across the Upstate are left to scrape by. It’s time they’re held accountable. That means making sure healthcare is something you can count on, not some luxury only a few can afford.

• Advocate for a single-payer health care system that guarantees quality healthcare for all Americans.

• Fight to ensure that all workers can take paid leave from their jobs to welcome a new child, care for a sick family member, or care for their own medical conditions

• Advocate for reducing prescription drug costs by extending out-of-pocket cost caps, especially for those who rely on expensive medications.

• Increase funding to rural hospitals at risk of closure to ensure continued care for rural communities. 

• Expand mobile health services to serve disabled, senior, veteran, and homeless populations with sliding-scale services.

• Extend coverage to dental, vision, and reproductive healthcare

• Fiercely advocate to increase access to safe and affordable contraceptives, and oppose the dangerous restrictions placed on women's right to choose, by decreasing the amount of contraceptive deserts and ensuring equal and safe access to reproductive care within South Carolina and across the U.S.