Issues

The healthcare system is broken and leaves many South Texans uninsured, underinsured, and one trip to the hospital away from bankruptcy. No one should have to cross the border into Mexico for affordable medical care and treatment, but that’s the reality in South Texas.

Michelle’s mother passed away at age 46 after battling MS for 15 years and had to travel to Mexico for health care because she couldn’t afford it here in Texas. Michelle knows these are the challenges many South Texas families face, so she will fight to ensure we have access to affordable, quality health care and expand rural hospitals.

Michelle believes we should expand Medicare to cover dental, hearing, prescription drugs, mental health, substance abuse treatment, long-term, and disability care.

And she supports expanding Medicaid, using the tax dollars that we’re already sending to Washington to provide life-saving care to thousands of South Texans.

We need a healthcare system that also works for healthcare providers to do their life-saving work to the best of their abilities and limits the power and influence of insurance companies on our healthcare system.