PA Senate Democrats

• We support a public option so that everyone has access to the health care they need regardless of their ability to work.

• Continue to support the Affordable Care Act. It’s essential that the pillars of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are kept in place, including:
  • Maintaining coverage of essential health benefits
  • Covering pre-existing conditions; and
  • Prohibiting lifetime and annual benefit limits

• Protecting Medicaid and Medicaid expansion adopted after the passage of the ACA.

• Maintain the right to abortion and reproductive health care access for all women.

• We have to invest in retaining, attracting, and educating more hospital staff. The current shortages are undermining access and care so we must address this through state action.

• Mental and behavioral healthcare must be addressed. We have made historic investments in juvenile, school-based care, and adult mental health care, but we must do more to help all Pennsylvanians.

We stand united in supporting our EMS workers and first responders by improving working conditions, expanding recruitment efforts, and forgiving student loan debt so that EMTs, paramedics, and other first responder can continue delivering lifesaving medical care across the commonwealth.