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San Diego County, CA | June 5, 2012 Election |
HealthcareBy Scott PetersCandidate for United States Representative; District 52 | |
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HEALTH CARE AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Health care in America needs to be accessible and affordable for everybody. Whatever the Supreme Court decides in June about the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), we have a lot of work still to do. The ACA contains some real benefits for San Diegans. For example, it prevents insurance companies from denying coverage because of a pre-existing condition. It also lets adult children stay on their parent's health care plan until they're 26-a change that helps a lot of families with kids in college or who are starting out in their first job. These are the kind of improvements that we would lose if we heeded the mistaken calls just to "repeal Obamacare." But the reality is that too many families in San Diego struggle to get affordable, quality health care. And the high cost of insurance premiums is holding American businesses back. So we must continue the work to lower health care costs while preserving choice and quality care. We should build on the reforms set forth by the ACA and improve them-particularly when it comes to making health care more affordable for the middle-class, containing skyrocketing costs, and making sure hospitals are adequately reimbursed for the services they provide. Some of the reforms I'd like to see include:
CONTRACEPTION AND REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE Unbelievably, we appear to be fighting battles over reproductive choice and access to contraception. Those wars were fought and won 30-40 years ago. I strongly favor reproductive freedom and a woman's right to choose. My wife and I have a long history of supporting Planned Parenthood. Voting to defund the agency is out of step with this district and the majority of Americans. It is embarrassing and shameful that when so many families are hurting or are facing uncertainty about their jobs, children's education, parents' long-term care-when there are so many pressing issues for our nation and Congress-we are having a national discussion about who should have access to contraception. When I go to Congress I will vehemently protect women's access to contraception and a woman's right to choose. |
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