Health Care

Health insurance system

362 public statements from 2026 candidates · 3 related bills

§1The range of views

Why this matters: This decides who pays for your doctor visits and prescriptions, what choices you have, and what happens to your coverage if you lose or change jobs.

Drafted by AI, then checked for neutral wording in a separate AI review. It describes the question and the main positions, not any candidate's view. Facts link to their sources.

How Americans get health coverage: through private insurance and employers, through public programs, or through a single government plan.

One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals

These options describe policies, not people. The order is not a ranking.

§2What candidates have said

Why this matters: Statements candidates made publicly, summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Candidates who haven't spoken publicly on this issue aren't listed.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All) (101)

Robb Ryerse AR-3
His campaign website says health care is a human right and that he supports Medicare for All.^1,2
Xavier Becerra CA Governor
His campaign website says that as governor he would make health care affordable, strengthen Medi-Cal and build toward a universal single-payer system in California.³
Mike McGuire CA-1
His campaign website says that in Congress he would fight to pass Medicare for All, guaranteeing health care to every American.^4,5,6,7
Eric Jones CA-4
His campaign website says he supports Medicare for All as the goal, done in a way that is fully paid for.⁸
Mai Vang CA-7
Her campaign website says she will advocate for Medicare for All to guarantee health care for every American, and would work to eliminate medical debt and lower prescription costs.^9,10
Connie Chan CA-11
Her campaign website says she would build the coalition needed to pass Medicare for All and would cosponsor the Medicare for All Act.¹¹
Scott Wiener CA-11
His campaign website says he would pass Medicare for All so health care is a universal right in law.^12,13
Aisha Wahab CA-14
Her campaign website says she would pass Medicare for All and move toward universal, affordable health care.^14,15
Ro Khanna CA-17
His campaign website says Medicare for All must be passed, says he has cosponsored Medicare for All legislation since arriving in Congress in 2017, and says people could keep private insurance as secondary coverage.^16,17
Sandra Van Scotter CA-20
Her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All and amending the Constitution to make Medicare a right.¹⁸
Randy Villegas CA-22
His campaign website says health care is a human right and that he strongly supports Medicare for All.¹⁹
Tessa Lynn Hodge CA-23
Her campaign website says she will fight for a single-payer health care system so that everyone gets the care they need.²⁰
Angélica María Dueñas CA-29
Her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All, a single-payer system, and would cosponsor the Medicare for All Act.^21,22
Jimmy Gomez CA-34
His campaign website says he is an original cosponsor of the Medicare for All Act and a founding member of the Medicare for All Caucus.^23,24
Angela Gonzales-Torres CA-34
Her campaign website says she will cosponsor Medicare for All, a single-payer system covering everyone with no premiums or copays.²⁵
Samantha Mota CA-37
Her campaign website says she will fight for Medicare for All, including dental, vision, preventive and mental health care.²⁶
Robert Garcia CA-42
His campaign website says the best way to fix the health care system is to pass Medicare for All, and that health coverage should not depend on a person's job.²⁷
Adam Withrow CO Senate
His campaign website says the private health insurance industry should ultimately be abolished, and that in the meantime there should be a public, not-for-profit option people can buy into, without a mandate.²⁸
Melat Kiros CO-1
Her campaign website says it is time to pass Medicare for All, and her platform also supports breaking up companies that combine insurers, pharmacy benefit managers and health care providers.^29,30
Meredith Ryan CO-6
Her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All so that no one suffers or goes bankrupt because they cannot afford health care.³¹
Joe Krzeczkowski CO-7
His campaign website calls for a single-payer health care plan.^32,33
Erik Underwood CO Governor
His campaign website says he would give all Coloradans free health care, or at most $50 a year per family member, through a pool with neighboring states funded in part by an employer payroll tax and an income tax on earnings over $50,000.³⁴
Benjamin Wesley CT-4
His campaign website calls for investing in Medicare for All.³⁵
Jahana Hayes CT-5
Her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All and has worked to curb surprise billing and cap prescription drug costs.³⁶
Angie Nixon FL Senate special
Her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All, a plan covering every person in the US with no premiums, deductibles or copays.^37,38
Mike Sell FL-4
His campaign's platform names Medicare for All as the goal and a public option as the immediate step, and its bill tracker lists him as supporting the Medicare for All Act.^39,40
Todd Schaefer FL-4
His campaign website says a single-payer system would save up to $650 billion a year and that there should be no profit motive in health care, and it argues for universal health care.^41,42
Robert People FL-15
His campaign website and healthcare plan say he supports Medicare for All, a universal health care system.^43,44
Jared Moskowitz FL-25
His campaign website says he believes healthcare is a right and supports working toward a Medicare for All system in which every American is guaranteed coverage.⁴⁵
Nicole Locklin FL-26
Her campaign website says she supports the fastest responsible path to universal healthcare, naming Medicare for All, a public option and Medicare buy-in, and lists building to a single-payer system through a public option, Medicare buy-in and Medicare expansion.^46,47
Nikema Williams GA-5
An earlier issues page still on her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All, which it describes as a way to make sure every American can receive health care regardless of income or ZIP code.⁴⁸
Caitlyn Gegen GA-9
Her campaign website says she will fight for Medicare for All.^49,50
Jill N. Tokuda HI-2
Her campaign website says she joined colleagues in sponsoring the Medicare for All Act of 2023, calls healthcare a human right and says she will keep fighting for that legislation.⁵¹
Dave Bushaw IA-2
His platform page says he supports universal healthcare through Medicare for All, replacing premiums, copayments and deductibles with a payroll tax, and says he endorses Senator Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All Act.⁵²
Kaylee Peterson ID-1
Her campaign website says the health care system needs an overhaul that removes health insurance companies from the equation and moves to a universal single-payer system.⁵³
Jonathan L. Jackson IL-1
His campaign website says he is a strong advocate for Medicare for All.⁵⁴
Donna Miller IL-2
Her campaign website says health care is a human right and that she supports a Medicare for All framework.⁵⁵
Delia Ramirez IL-3
Her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All and co-sponsored the Medicare for All Act, which would guarantee health care for everyone under a single-payer model.⁵⁶
Patty Garcia IL-4
Her campaign website says she backs Medicare for All to ensure health care as a human right.⁵⁷
Daniel Biss IL-9
His campaign website says the country should pass Medicare for All, a national single-payer system providing universal coverage.^58,59
Paul Nolley IL-16
His campaign website says Medicare should be expanded to cover all medically necessary care and be available to every American regardless of age, with no premiums, copays or deductibles.⁶⁰
Juliana Stratton IL Senate
Her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All.^61,62
Kelly Thompson IN-3
Her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All, one national health insurance program covering every American with no premiums, deductibles or copays, rather than a public option.⁶³
Drew Cox IN-4
His campaign website says he supports a single-payer Medicare for All system and will fight to pass the Medicare for All Act, which it says must include mental health care and reproductive health care.^64,65
Cynthia (Cinde) Wirth IN-6
Her campaign website says she supports a single-payer healthcare system and Medicare for all.⁶⁶
Brad A. Meyer IN-9
His campaign website says he supports Medicare for All, a nonprofit universal health care system that it lists as his first legislative priority, so that coverage is not tied to employment.^67,68,69
Christopher Campbell KY Senate
His campaign website says he supports Medicare for All, calling health care a basic human right that the federal government has a duty to provide.⁷⁰
Megan Wingfield KY-2
Her campaign website says healthcare is a human right and that she supports Medicare for All and universal, affordable and accessible healthcare, along with an end to medical debt.⁷¹
Morgan McGarvey KY-3
His campaign website says health care is a basic human right and that he supports Medicare for All to ensure everyone is covered with quality, affordable, accessible care.⁷²
Mikel Wein KY-5
His campaign website says the country needs a government-run, universal, comprehensive health care system that is free at the point of service and paid for with federal tax dollars, and says it wants representatives and senators who will advocate and vote for the Medicare for All Act of 2025; it lists passing Medicare for All among actions needed immediately.^73,74
Jay J Bowman KY-6
His campaign website says it supports a universal single-payer health care system, which it describes as run through a federal agency that administers the system, processes claims and pays providers, and which could be private, government or a hybrid; it says the system would be phased in gradually.⁷⁵
Pete Lynch KY-6
His campaign website lists Medicare for All among its top policy priorities, including universal coverage for all Americans, no out-of-pocket costs for essential services and prescriptions, simpler administration and accessible care in rural and underserved areas.⁷⁶
Lauren Jewett LA-1
Her campaign website says she will cosponsor Medicare for All, a system of care based on need rather than profit with no premiums or deductibles, and will push to expand the Affordable Care Act.⁷⁷
Conrad Cable LA-4
His campaign website says he supports Medicare for All, which it says would let everyone see a doctor and get medicine without going into debt, with health care depending on need rather than income.^78,79
Edward J. Markey MA Senate
His campaign website says he supports a national Medicare for All program and letting states build universal health care systems with federal support, and lists him as an original cosponsor of the Medicare for All Act.⁸⁰
Ayanna S. Pressley MA-7
Her campaign website says she believes the country needs Medicare for All so that every person has consistent access to essential care.⁸¹
Andrea James MA Governor
Her campaign website says she would pursue a state single-payer health care system, Medicare for All in Massachusetts, covering all residents without premiums, co-pays or deductibles.⁸²
Sarah Elfreth MD-3
Her campaign website says she is a cosponsor of Medicare for All and wants to build a health care system that leaves no one out.⁸³
Sam Husseini MD-4
His campaign website calls for an enhanced Medicare for All and cites a Yale study that, it says, found a Medicare expansion could insure everyone for $1 trillion less than the current insurance-company system.⁸⁴
Moshe Y. Landman MD-6
His campaign website says the country must have a universal health care system that covers every citizen and resident, and describes a transition to a single-payer system.^85,86
Nancy Wallace MD-8
Her campaign website says she supports single-payer universal health care, through a universal, comprehensive, national single-payer health plan.^87,88
Troy D. Jackson ME Senate
His campaign website says he supports Medicare for All and would cosponsor the Medicare for All Act, calling health care a right.⁸⁹
Matthew G. Dunlap ME-2
His campaign website says he would be a champion for protecting Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid and would work to expand coverage, and that Medicare for All would help ensure tax dollars are spent on health care for Mainers.⁹⁰
LaVeta Davenport MI-1
Her campaign website says health care should be free and accessible. The Green Party of Michigan 2026 platform text on her campaign website, which says she fully aligns with it, calls for a single-payer universal health plan, described as Improved Medicare for All, to cover everyone whether or not they have a job.^91,92,93
Zebulon Featherly MI-1
His campaign website says he supports a government-run single-payer health care system, funded through progressive income taxes and including mental health care, and describes health care as a human right.^94,95
Ben Ambrose MI-2
His campaign website says he supports Medicare for All, which it says would guarantee quality health care for every American, and it also lists protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act among his priorities.^96,97
Charlotte Magoon MI-2
Her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All, a single-payer plan that it says would cover medical, dental, vision and mental health care for every American, with no premiums or co-pays and without insurance companies involved in patient care.⁹⁸
Debbie Dingell MI-6
Her campaign website says she believes everyone in America has the right to quality health care and that she is Co-Chair of the Medicare for All Caucus and a House lead of the Medicare for All Act.^99,100
William Lawrence MI-7
His campaign website says he supports Medicare for All, which it says would remove the profit motive from health insurance and let everyone access quality care for a lower price.^101,102
Ray Pooley MI-9
His campaign website says he will fight to break corporate monopolies on health care so every American can access quality, affordable care through Medicare for All.¹⁰³
Rashida Tlaib MI-12
Her campaign website lists co-sponsoring the Medicare For All Act among her health care work and says she believes healthcare is a human right.¹⁰⁴
Donavan McKinney MI-13
His campaign website says families cannot afford anything less than Medicare for All, which it says would cover everyone regardless of employment status or location and include dental, vision, mental health, reproductive health and abortion care.¹⁰⁵
Abdul El-Sayed MI Senate
His campaign website says he would extend Medicare to every American, from birth on, without premiums, copays or deductibles.¹⁰⁶
Douglas P. Marsh MI Senate
His campaign website says every U.S. citizen should have access to quality health care by default and that a single-payer system is the best way to ensure it.¹⁰⁷
Peggy Flanagan MN Senate
Her campaign website says she believes health care is a human right and will push for Medicare for All, while working to expand access to care until such a plan passes.¹⁰⁸
Matt Little MN-2
His campaign website says he supports Medicare for All, making Medicare available to all Americans, and warns against incremental patchwork fixes.^109,110
Ilhan Omar MN-5
Her campaign website's healthcare page says she backs Medicare for All, which it describes as a single-payer system guaranteeing care for every resident, with no out-of-pocket costs for patients.¹¹¹
Doug Chapin MN-6
His campaign website's issues page says he will fight for single-payer health care, like Medicare for All.¹¹²
Bethany E Mann MO-3
Her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All, which it says would separate health coverage from employment and pay for primary care, mental health, dental, vision, women's health, emergency care and prescription drugs.^113,114,115
Chris Reichard MO-8
His Issues page lists Medicare for All, along with several stepping-stone bills toward it, among stalled bills in Congress that it says would fix the health care and education funding problems he saw in the district.¹¹⁶
Ty Pinkins MS Senate
His campaign website says health care is a human right and that he supports the Medicare for All Act.¹¹⁷
Michael Dublin NC Senate
His platform supports free, high-quality health care for all, and bringing drug companies and for-profit hospitals under public ownership so that care costs patients nothing.¹¹⁸
Valerie P. Foushee NC-4
Her campaign website says she considers health care a universal right and is an advocate for Medicare for All.¹¹⁹
Alma S. Adams NC-12
Her campaign website says she supports a single-payer health care system, describes health care as a basic human right, and supports prohibiting insurers from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions.^120,121
Mike Marvin NE Senate
His campaign website's platform page, under the heading Medicare for All, says Medicare and Medicaid should be expanded to eventually cover every American and that he would fight for universal health care.¹²²
Nik Sandman NE-1
His campaign website says he supports Medicare for All, described as coverage that follows people from job to job and includes prescriptions, dental, vision and mental health care, with no premiums or deductibles.^123,124
Veronica Fernandez NJ Senate
Her campaign website says she strongly supports Medicare for All and would immediately sign on to Senator Bernie Sanders's bill.¹²⁵
Zack Mullock NJ-2
His campaign website's Where I Stand page says health care should be a right and that he supports Medicare for All, which it says would be paid for with corporate taxes and a tax on the top 5 percent.¹²⁶
Ramon Mora Jr. NJ-2
His campaign website's home page lists Medicare for All and single payer among the solutions he offers for rising costs, and its Healthcare Agenda page lists Medicare for everyone, saying every American should get health care as good as what government employees such as members of Congress receive, and lists getting rid of insurance companies.^127,128
Ryan Michael Kelly NJ-3
His campaign website says he supports a universal, single-payer health care system and describes health care as a public good that everyone is guaranteed rather than something tied to employment, income or age.¹²⁹
Steven Welzer NJ-3
His campaign website's home page lists universal single-payer health care among his issues and calls for putting health care ahead of tax breaks for corporations.¹³⁰
Adam Rueda NJ-5
His campaign website lists Medicare for All among its priorities.¹³¹
Analilia Mejia NJ-11
Her campaign issues page says she supports Medicare for All, which it describes as covering everyone regardless of job status, with no out-of-pocket costs, and including hospital, preventive, mental health, substance abuse, vision, dental, maternity and long-term care.¹³²
Adam Hamawy NJ-12
His campaign website says he will fight for Medicare for All, a universal single-payer system with no out-of-pocket costs.^133,134
Andres Jinete NJ-12
His campaign website calls for a free, single-payer universal health care system covering everyone, regardless of status.^135,136
Winston Jordan NJ-12
His policy platform website lists single-payer Medicare for All with no premiums or copays at the point of care and free choice of provider, and says he would first pilot a VA+ national health care program in the district.¹³⁷
Melanie Ann Stansbury NM-1
Her campaign website says health care is a human right and that she supports Medicare for All, along with making sure everyone has access to quality care regardless of pre-existing conditions.¹³⁸
Greg Levy OH Senate special
His campaign website calls for a universal, single-payer health care system that is free when people use it.¹³⁹
N'Kiyla Jasmine Thomas OK Senate
Her campaign website says she would work to establish Medicare for All to guarantee health coverage for every American.¹⁴⁰
Curtis Stinnett OK Senate
His campaign website says he would switch the country to a Medicare for All system, folding Medicaid, TRICARE and VA coverage into Medicare.¹⁴¹
Chris Henry OR Senate
His platform calls for universal, publicly financed health care through Medicare for All or an equivalent system, including mental health, dental, vision and long-term care.^142,143

Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy (40)

John Garamendi CA-8
His campaign website says the Affordable Care Act can be improved and that he supports a national public option to increase competition and expand insurance choices in every community.¹⁴⁴
Gil Cisneros CA-31
His campaign website says he would strengthen the Affordable Care Act and create a public option that lets people buy into Medicare.¹⁴⁵
Marni von Wilpert CA-48
Her campaign website says she would protect and expand the Affordable Care Act and add a public option that gives families more affordable choices.¹⁴⁶
John Hickenlooper CO Senate
His campaign website says health care is a right and that he supports legislation to create a public option.¹⁴⁷
Jason Crow CO-6
His campaign website says health care is a right, that the Affordable Care Act should be protected and improved, and that he will fight for a public option while working toward universal coverage.¹⁴⁸
Luke Bronin CT-1
His campaign website calls for universal, affordable health care with a strong public option that lets any American who wants to join Medicare do so, and supports the Break Up Big Medicine Act to break up health care monopolies.^149,150
Joe Courtney CT-2
His campaign website says he helped pass the Affordable Care Act and has proposed expanding Medicare to cover people 55 and older and creating a new public health care option.¹⁵¹
Sarah McBride DE-AL
Her campaign website says health care is a human right, that she supports moving toward universal coverage, and that she supports Medicare for all who want it and lowering the Medicare eligibility age.^152,153
James T. Martin FL-21
His campaign website says he believes healthcare is a human right and supports a public option, which it describes as a route to affordable healthcare for any American who wants it while keeping employer and union coverage in place.¹⁵⁴
Henry "Hank" Johnson, Jr. GA-4
His campaign website says he will continue to advocate for a public health insurance option.¹⁵⁵
Josh Turek IA Senate
His campaign website says he would introduce a public option so every Iowan has access to health care.¹⁵⁶
Christina Bohannan IA-1
Her campaign website says she supports letting Iowans buy into Medicare at any age as an option alongside private insurance, and that she opposes a single-payer system.¹⁵⁷
Dave Dawson IA-4
His campaign website says he supports a public option, a voluntary government-run health plan that anyone can choose, while protecting the right of union members and others to keep the private coverage they have negotiated.¹⁵⁸
Bill Foster IL-11
His campaign website says he supports and has voted for a robust public option, and that Americans should have a choice between private insurance and a public option.¹⁵⁹
Charles Booker KY Senate
His campaign website says he supports a state-run public insurance option that any Kentuckian could choose to buy, while people who like their current insurance could keep it, and calls health care a human right.^160,161
Zach Dembo KY-6
His campaign website says he will fight for a public option in health care, along with price transparency requirements, caps on out-of-pocket expenses and reforms to reduce administrative overhead and waste in the insurance system.¹⁶²
Stephen F. Lynch MA-8
His campaign website's Healthcare page says he is committed to building on the Affordable Care Act by adding a strong public option to compete with private insurers.¹⁶³
Rasheed Nicholas Walters MA-8
His campaign website says he rejects single-payer universal healthcare and will introduce the American Healthcare Freedom and Fair Pricing Act, under which people could buy private insurance or enroll in a government-subsidized plan at $75 a month.¹⁶⁴
Dan Schwartz MD-1
His campaign website says he would protect and improve the Affordable Care Act and allow public option plans in its marketplace to increase competition.¹⁶⁵
Hannah M. Pingree ME Governor
Her campaign website says she would create a state-backed public health insurance option that people could choose and businesses could offer, without replacing existing coverage.^166,167
Callie Barr MI-1
Her campaign website says health care should be a right, and that she supports a public option for everyone who wants it, including making Medicare available as an option to everyone from birth.^168,169,170
Kristen McDonald Rivet MI-8
Her campaign website says she is fighting to give every American the option to buy into Medicare, and that she led the effort to pass a tax cut through the House for families who purchase health care.¹⁷¹
Jeremy Moss MI-11
His campaign website says he strongly supports a public option as a pathway to universal coverage, while leaving people free to keep a plan through an employer or union.¹⁷²
Anil Kumar MI-11
His campaign website says his campaign holds that quality, affordable health care is a right rather than a privilege, and that he would push for health care reform that puts patients ahead of profit; its Action Center page calls for an affordable public option, lower costs and cheaper prescriptions.^173,174
Lydia Christensen MI Senate
Her campaign website says she supports Medicaid for All, an opt-in public plan for citizens and legal residents with premiums capped by income and free below a set threshold.¹⁷⁵
DeVelle L. Jackson MN-5
It says he supports a universal healthcare guarantee that builds on existing coverage such as veterans' care, Medicaid, Medicare, union and employer plans, private insurance and state programs, centered on a national public option that anyone could choose regardless of income or employment.¹⁷⁶
Fred Wellman MO-2
His campaign website says universal coverage should be the goal and lists creating a strong public option, restoring ACA subsidies, reversing Medicaid cuts and lowering the Medicare eligibility age among the immediate reforms he supports.^177,178
Missi Hesketh MO-7
Her Healthcare page says she supports a public plan option open to everyone, priced on a sliding scale by income, that leaves private insurance in place.¹⁷⁹
Sam Forstag MT-1
His campaign website says he would let every Montanan choose to join Medicare, with expanded subsidies so that coverage is free for working people.¹⁸⁰
Chuck Hubbard NC-5
His campaign website says he believes in providing a government option that would help sustain rural health care infrastructure and lower prices for everyone.¹⁸¹
Jamie Ager NC-11
His campaign website says he supports creating a public option, with the goal of giving everyone access to affordable, quality care.¹⁸²
Chris Backemeyer NE-1
His campaign website says he supports enacting a public option to guarantee universal coverage, and lists lowering the Medicare eligibility age to 60 and lowering prescription drug costs among his health care priorities.¹⁸³
Denise Powell NE-2
Her campaign website says she would work to create a public option, similar to Medicare, that every American could choose, while keeping private insurance for those who want it, and would build on the Affordable Care Act so families are not spending too much of their income on premiums and deductibles.¹⁸⁴
Gabriel Vasquez NM-2
His campaign website says he is fighting for a public option.¹⁸⁵
Deb Haaland NM Governor
Her healthcare plan says she would work toward public coverage for all New Mexicans through a state public option available to anyone who wants it.¹⁸⁶
Robert E Brooks Sr OK Governor
His healthcare plan would let every Oklahoman buy into a SoonerCare-style public option, with premiums based on income, alongside private insurance.¹⁸⁷
Brett Smith OR Governor
His campaign website proposes expanding the Oregon Health Plan into a public option open to every resident, free for those below the median income and with capped premiums for others, while keeping private insurance as a choice.^188,189
Annie Andrews SC Senate
Her campaign website says she would advocate for policies such as a public option to expand access to affordable health care, and would protect and expand Medicaid and Medicare.¹⁹⁰
Walid Hakim SC Governor
His platform proposes a state-owned Carolina Insurance Company that would offer every resident medical, dental and vision coverage for $100 a month per person or $200 per family, with no deductibles or co-pays.¹⁹¹
James Talarico TX Senate
His campaign website says he would let Americans of any age join Medicare and would create a public health insurance option that competes with private insurance.^192,193

Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA (9)

Sanford Bishop GA-2
His campaign website says he strongly supports the Affordable Care Act.¹⁹⁴
Lucy McBath GA-6
Her campaign website says she supports proposals making it easier for more Georgians to get covered and to expand upon the Affordable Care Act.¹⁹⁵
Sarah Zabel ID-1
Her health care plan says a wholesale shift to single-payer does not clearly achieve its goals, and proposes structural reforms within the current system, while saying more fundamental restructuring deserves a serious hearing if those reforms prove insufficient.¹⁹⁶
Emanuel Cleaver, II MO-5
His campaign website calls him a supporter and defender of the Affordable Care Act and says he believes it should be strengthened.¹⁹⁷
Lakesha Womack NC-14
Her issues page says she would protect and strengthen the Affordable Care Act, back limits on out-of-pocket costs and on prescription drug costs, push for full funding for rural hospitals and community health centers, and oppose policies that move health care costs onto working families.¹⁹⁸
Chris Pappas NH Senate
His campaign website says health care should be a right and that he is committed to protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act.¹⁹⁹
Frank Pallone Jr. NJ-6
The About page says he led passage of the Affordable Care Act and that he continues to oppose the Trump administration's efforts to roll back its protections; the home page also lists health care as a right among its featured themes.^200,201
Rob Menendez NJ-8
Its healthcare page says healthcare is a human right and lists protecting and expanding the Affordable Care Act among the things he will fight for.²⁰²
Kenneth J Block RI Governor
His campaign website says he will not take any action as governor that undermines the Affordable Care Act, supports provisions such as letting young adults stay on a parent's plan until 26 and covering people with pre-existing conditions, and would explore a regional health insurance marketplace with the other New England states.²⁰³

Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals (12)

Gary Palmer AL-6
His campaign website says he opposes the Affordable Care Act and supports repealing and replacing it with market-based approaches that increase competition and choice.²⁰⁴
Tom McClintock CA-5
His campaign website says the Affordable Care Act should be fully repealed and replaced with changes such as giving individuals the same tax advantages employers get for health plans, letting people buy plans from any state, expanding health savings accounts, reforming cost drivers such as malpractice, and strengthening assigned-risk pools for people with pre-existing conditions.²⁰⁵
Mike Cargile CA-35
His campaign website says health care should be a free market with less regulation and with insurers and other suppliers able to compete across state lines.²⁰⁶
Houston Brignano CA-36
His campaign website says he supports portable health savings accounts and competition across state lines so families can choose their own care.^207,208
David Pan CA-46
His campaign website proposes replacing current programs with a $4,000 yearly payment into each adult citizen's health savings account to buy private insurance, privatizing Medicare and Medicaid as options alongside private plans, requiring insurers to offer high-deductible catastrophic plans paired with health savings accounts, and requiring providers to post their prices.²⁰⁹
Austin Scott GA-8
His official House website says he co-sponsored and voted for H.R. 2 to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and that he supports market-based reforms that lower costs, increase access to more affordable care and give citizens more control over their health care decisions.²¹⁰
Tyler Bass MN-3
His campaign website says he would bring back individually underwritten insurance policies as they existed before the Affordable Care Act, says high-risk pools or subsidized options could cover people with serious pre-existing conditions, and wants to move toward group-style coverage through association health plans, small-business pooling and interstate group options.²¹¹
Shannon W. Bray NC Senate
His campaign website supports repealing top-down federal health care mandates, expanding health savings accounts, state-led health care solutions and more price transparency.²¹²
Mahesh (Max) Ganorkar NC-4
His campaign website proposes health care vouchers delivered through the tax-filing process for people to buy health insurance, with catastrophic coverage required as a minimum, and says insurance should be purchasable from anywhere in the country.²¹³
Justin Murphy NJ Senate
His campaign website says he opposes government-run health care and supports a health savings account for every American and letting people buy insurance from any company in the country.²¹⁴
Kasie Whitener SC Senate
Her campaign website calls for separating health insurance from employment, more free-market options and removing costly government interventions in health care, and her blog says government should not be in the health insurance business.^215,216
Ted Brown TX Senate
His campaign website says health care should be provided through free-market competition, and it calls for medical savings accounts, tax-deductible health expenses, buying insurance across state lines and allowing limited catastrophic policies.²¹⁷

Statements that don't match one option (200)

Lee McInnis AL-3
His campaign website says every American can have health care and calls for health care for all, pointing to counties in the district without hospitals, pediatricians or other services.²¹⁸
Tom Cotton AR Senate
His campaign website says he led the 2017 effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and has opposed one-size-fits-all government takeovers of health care.^219,220
Jeff Wadlin AR Senate
His campaign website says the goal should be health coverage for everyone, reached by cutting total health care costs roughly in half over time through a public-private system that combines private delivery and consumer choice with universal access.²²¹
Hallie Shoffner AR Senate
Her campaign website says she would strengthen the Affordable Care Act, protect Medicare and Medicaid, lower prescription drug prices and hold insurance companies accountable.²²²
Bobby Wilson AR-3
His campaign website says health care prices should be lowered by increasing supply and letting new technology compete, and says he opposes Medicare for All.²²³
James "Rus" Russell, III AR-4
His campaign website calls for expanding Medicare and moving toward health care for everyone.²²⁴
Bruce Westerman AR-4
His campaign website says he introduced the Fair Care Act to cover more Americans and lower costs in both private and public insurance while keeping coverage for pre-existing conditions.²²⁵
Ami Bera CA-3
His campaign website says every American deserves affordable, high-quality health care and that he leads bipartisan efforts to lower costs, protect Medicare and Medicaid and expand coverage toward universal coverage.^226,227
Richard Pan CA-6
His campaign website says he would work to stop President Trump from weakening the Affordable Care Act, protect Medicare, stop insurance companies from denying care that doctors prescribe, and lower prescription drug costs.²²⁸
Doris Matsui CA-7
Her campaign website says she helped pass the Affordable Care Act, and an earlier issues page still on the site says she will keep working to build on the law and its consumer protections.^229,230
Mark DeSaulnier CA-10
His campaign website says he wants to promote health care for all and to protect Medicare and Social Security.²³¹
Lateefah Simon CA-12
Her campaign website says she would advocate for a public option and ultimately work toward an affordable single-payer health system.²³²
Ritesh Tandon CA-17
An earlier policy page still on his campaign website says health care costs should be brought down through competition and sensible regulation while keeping people's choices, and argues against a single government-run payer system.²³³
Jimmy Panetta CA-19
His campaign website says he supports universal health care, fought efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and, on the Ways and Means Committee, worked on legislation to expand Medicare and lower prescription drug prices for seniors.²³⁴
Jim Costa CA-21
His campaign website says he helped enact the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and championed the American Rescue Plan, which it says helped more than 25,000 people in his district newly enroll in coverage and lowered their premiums.^235,236
David G. Valadao CA-22
His campaign website says the best approach to health care reform is market-based, giving individuals competitive choices while addressing the needs of people who cannot afford insurance and keeping access for those with pre-existing conditions.²³⁷
Salud Carbajal CA-24
His campaign website says he voted against repealing the Affordable Care Act and has fought for legislation to improve and expand the health care system.²³⁸
Raul Ruiz CA-25
His campaign website says he voted to stop insurance companies from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions and wants to reform the health system so that everyone has access to quality, affordable care.²³⁹
Laura Friedman CA-30
Her campaign website says she supports universal health care.²⁴⁰
Norma J. Torres CA-35
Her campaign website says health care is a human right and that she has fought to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and expand community health centers.²⁴¹
Sydney Kamlager-Dove CA-37
Her campaign website lists health care for all among her priorities and says that as a state senator she coauthored AB 1400, a bill for single-payer health care for every Californian.²⁴²
Hilda Solis CA-38
Her campaign website says she helped pass and implement the Affordable Care Act and that everyone, regardless of income, insurance or immigration status, should have access to quality, affordable health care.^243,244
Brian Burley CA-42
A platform document on his campaign website calls for market-friendly and consumer-friendly health care policies that lower costs, and says people should be able to add anyone to their health plans regardless of age or relation.²⁴⁵
Cristian Morales CA-43
His campaign website's platform calls for more affordable health care choices and competition, price transparency and protection for patients with pre-existing conditions, without putting Washington in control of every health care decision.²⁴⁶
Mike Levin CA-49
His campaign website says he strongly supports the Affordable Care Act and that ideas to improve it should be explored, including a public option and an early buy-in to Medicare through the insurance marketplaces.²⁴⁷
Joe Neguse CO-2
His campaign website says he supports universal health care coverage and has worked to lower prescription drug costs and expand Medicare.²⁴⁸
Gaylon Kent CO-2
His campaign website calls for returning doctors and health insurers to the free market.²⁴⁹
Clifton Brown CO-3
His campaign website says he will always support universal health care and would make health care a constitutionally protected right.^250,251
Lauren Boebert CO-4
Her campaign's Contract with Colorado says health care should be personal and portable, with transparent and competitive pricing.²⁵²
Christopher Mitchell CO-5
His campaign website names Obamacare among the government-subsidized programs he would introduce legislation to eliminate.²⁵³
Samir Ezzeldin Witta CO-6
His campaign website proposes free health care for pregnant women and everyone under 26 and a $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket deductibles.²⁵⁴
Tim Bennett CO-7
His campaign website says Medicare should be protected for seniors and Medicaid preserved for the truly vulnerable, and that both can be strengthened by rooting out fraud, expanding price transparency and encouraging competition while resisting a full federal takeover.²⁵⁵
Brittany Pettersen CO-7
Her campaign website says she will protect the Affordable Care Act and work to strengthen it, with the aim that every American can afford quality health care.²⁵⁶
Phil Weiser CO Governor
His campaign website says he would build on the Colorado Option to offer more affordable insurance choices and use the buying power of public employee health plans to cover more groups.²⁵⁷
Ned Lamont CT Governor
His campaign website says he would expand coverage through the CT Option and explore ways to move Connecticut toward universal affordable health care.²⁵⁸
Amy Chai CT-1
Her campaign website says health care costs rose after the Affordable Care Act passed and that capping the profits of venture capital firms that own health care companies would lower costs.^259,260
Rosa L. DeLauro CT-3
Her campaign website says everyone should have affordable health care and that she fights to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid.²⁶¹
Jim Himes CT-4
His campaign website says he works to make Medicare sustainable, improve the Affordable Care Act and make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans.²⁶²
Michael Ted Goldstein CT-4
His campaign website says government over-regulation has destroyed competition in health care and driven up costs, and that he would cut regulation, restore market competition and take on drug-industry middlemen and insurance practices.²⁶³
Chris Coons DE Senate
His campaign website says everyone should have access to quality, affordable health care and that he has fought threats to the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid.²⁶⁴
Neil J. Gillespie FL Senate special
His campaign site says he proposes national health coverage that people could opt out of.^265,266,267
Gay Valimont FL-1
Her campaign website says she will work for universal, affordable health care so that everyone can see a doctor without going broke.²⁶⁸
Amanda Marie Green FL-2
Her campaign website says she will work to expand access to affordable health care that provides a basic standard of care to all Americans.²⁶⁹
Seth Harp FL-3
His campaign website says he supports guaranteeing affordable health care for every American so that no family goes bankrupt because of illness.²⁷⁰
Mike Klein FL-3
His campaign website says every American deserves access to affordable health care that is not rationed by wealth, and calls for breaking what it calls the prescription drug monopoly.²⁷¹
LaShonda "L.J." Holloway FL-4
Her campaign website says affordable health care should mean lower premiums and drug costs, expanded Medicare coverage and guaranteed access to quality care for every American as a basic right.^272,273
John H. Rutherford FL-5
His campaign website says he supports protecting coverage for pre-existing conditions and letting dependents stay on a parent's insurance until age 26, and that he has worked to lower premiums, treatment costs and prescription drug prices.²⁷⁴
Rachel Grage FL-5
Her campaign website says she will work to keep health insurance premiums and prescription costs affordable, maintain federal cost-sharing support and expand access and coverage.²⁷⁵
Ryan Elijah FL-7
His campaign website says he supports affordable, patient-centered health care options, tax benefits such as expanded health savings accounts, and clear pricing requirements for hospitals, insurers and other providers.²⁷⁶
Bale Dalton FL-7
His campaign website says the country should build on the Affordable Care Act to lower premiums, deductibles and surprise medical bills.²⁷⁷
Mike Haridopolos FL-8
His campaign website says he opposes any single-payer health care system and supports patient-centered care and competition in the health care marketplace.²⁷⁸
Jennifer Jenkins FL-8
Her campaign website says she will protect coverage for pre-existing conditions and invest in access to mental health care.²⁷⁹
Darren Soto FL-9
A 2018 Spanish-language page still on his campaign website says he supports Medicare for All as a public option to complement the ACA and will keep working to preserve and improve the ACA.²⁸⁰
James Pericola FL-11
His campaign website says he would expand access to affordable, high-quality health care by protecting the Affordable Care Act.²⁸¹
Kimberly Overman FL-12
Her campaign platform says she supports strengthening the Affordable Care Act and protecting Medicare and Medicaid.²⁸²
Leela Gray FL-13
Her campaign website says she will work to break up health care monopolies among insurers, hospital systems and pharmacy benefit managers and to strengthen the ACA.²⁸³
Tony D'Arrigo FL-13
His campaign website calls for universal health coverage for every American, a major expansion of Healthcare.gov with caps on premiums, deductibles and out-of-pocket costs tied to income, and free health care for every child through age 18.²⁸⁴
Brian Lambert FL-14
His campaign website says healthcare should offer patients more choice through greater price transparency, free-market competition and fewer federal mandates that it calls unnecessary.²⁸⁵
Mark Davis FL-16
His policy platform says he supports universal healthcare so that every American has coverage regardless of employment, income, age or preexisting conditions, and his Issues page says the country needs a system that covers everyone without bankrupting them.^286,287
Matthew Montavon FL-17
His campaign website says he supports making healthcare and prescription drug prices more transparent, increasing market competition and widening access to high-quality care while leaving consumer choices intact.²⁸⁸
Scott Franklin FL-18
His campaign website says he opposes efforts to expand federal control over healthcare.²⁸⁹
Deva Simmons FL-18
Her campaign website says healthcare is a right, not a privilege, and lists protecting and expanding the Affordable Care Act, lowering prescription drug costs for seniors and increasing access to mental health services among her priorities.²⁹⁰
Kedner Maxime FL-20
His campaign website says healthcare is a right, and lists lowering prescription drug costs, protecting coverage for people with pre-existing conditions, and widening affordable care for working families, self-employed people and small-business owners.²⁹¹
Brian Mast FL-21
His campaign website says he opposes what it calls socialized medicine and wants a health care system in which families can choose the plan and doctors that fit their needs, while still protecting people with pre-existing conditions.²⁹²
Casey Askar FL-22
His campaign website says he would end Obamacare and put in its place a vehicle that works for all Americans, and would preserve Medicaid and Medicare by cracking down on government waste and fraud.²⁹³
Oliver G. Gilbert III FL-24
His campaign website says he will work in Congress for a route that makes healthcare a right for every American.²⁹⁴
Eliott Rodriguez FL-27
His campaign website says he would protect Medicare, Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage and let Americans between 55 and 64 buy into Medicare voluntarily.²⁹⁵
Phil "Felipe" Ehr FL-28
His campaign website lists among his priorities lowering premiums, expanding access and reducing out-of-pocket costs through the Healthcare Stability & Program Choice Act.²⁹⁶
Scott Eckhard Jewett FL Governor
His campaign website says he would fight rules that raise premiums and shrink the number of plans families can use, push for clearer prices and expand coverage choices for workers, small businesses and people who buy their own insurance.²⁹⁷
Charles Burkett FL Governor
His campaign website proposes 15 standardized health plans that insurers would compete to sell at prices based on risk, and says people with pre-existing conditions would have no traditional insurance option; insurers would instead manage their care, paid for through means-tested state-backed loans or, for those who do not qualify, a state-managed pool. The positions website his campaign names adds that health care must be provided as a safety net for vulnerable Americans who cannot work and for those not of working age.^298,299
Jeffrey Peter "Dr. Jeff" Datto FL Governor
His campaign website says he would work toward universal health coverage based on income, in which people with little money pay little or nothing, along with stronger public hospitals and clinics.³⁰⁰
Maura Keller GA-3
Her campaign website says she will vote to restore Medicare subsidies and fight to close the insurance gap, and that the country needs prescription drug caps, more coverage for children and seniors and a more affordable system for working families.³⁰¹
John Cowan GA-11
His campaign website says he would fix the problems created by the Affordable Care Act by lowering premiums, expanding choices and putting patients back in charge of their own care.³⁰²
Jonathan Chavez GA-13
His healthcare platform says it does not endorse single-payer coverage and that its proposed federal backstop for serious pre-existing conditions is neither a public option nor single-payer; it proposes interstate insurance competition, a uniform federal coverage floor with pre-existing condition protections, and that backstop.^303,304
Nathan M. Berning HI-1
His state voter guide statement says he believes healthcare is a human right and that his plan includes free housing, healthcare and transportation.³⁰⁵
Ed Case HI-1
His campaign website's agenda lists continuing and improving national health care reforms.³⁰⁶
Jordan S. Conley HI-1
His campaign website lists universal health care among the topics on its home page, and his state voter guide statement names it as one of the top issues he will focus on.^307,308
Joe Mitchell IA-2
His campaign website says he wants to lower health care costs, increase transparency and expand consumer choice while preserving key protections from the ACA, and that reform should require price transparency and send subsidies directly to patients to remove hidden costs in the drug supply chain.³⁰⁹
Lindsay James IA-2
Her campaign website says she will work to lower the Medicare buy-in age to 55.³¹⁰
Sarah Trone Garriott IA-3
Her campaign website says she will work to let more Iowans access care earlier through Medicare.³¹¹
Matt Loesby ID Senate
His campaign website says he would push to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which he says raises the cost of hiring workers.³¹²
Michael Scott Noack IL-2
His campaign website says he does not want government-run health care and instead wants to convert health insurance companies to nonprofit organizations, so patients keep their doctors and hospitals without corporate shareholders in the system.³¹³
Angel Oakley IL-3
Her policy page says she supports reforms that expand choice and competition among doctors, hospitals, insurers and pharmacies, increase price transparency and expand telehealth and direct primary care.³¹⁴
Chris Getty IL-4
His campaign website says he wants to expand affordable coverage options, protect people with pre-existing conditions and increase price transparency, and says this does not mean choosing between two extremes.³¹⁵
Mike Quigley IL-5
His campaign website says he voted for the Affordable Care Act, that despite its challenges it has made a positive difference for millions of Americans, and that he opposes any effort to privatize Medicare.³¹⁶
Sean Casten IL-6
His campaign website says everyone has a right to universal, high-quality, affordable health care, and that the country should protect and strengthen the Affordable Care Act by ensuring that all Americans have insurance and fixing flaws in the insurance marketplace.³¹⁷
Niki Conforti IL-6
Her campaign website says the Affordable Care Act has been unaffordable for most Americans and small businesses, and that she would push for reform that increases transparency in billing, gives consumers more options in the marketplace and lets policies be transportable across state lines.³¹⁸
Melissa L. Bean IL-8
Her campaign website says she will protect and strengthen the Affordable Care Act, including protections for pre-existing conditions, and that as a member of Congress she voted for it.³¹⁹
John Elleson IL-9
His campaign website says he supports community-first healthcare policies, including expanding local clinics and affordability initiatives without federal overreach.³²⁰
Brad Schneider IL-10
His campaign website says he fought, and will continue to fight, to protect the Affordable Care Act, and that Congress should make changes to fix problems with it.³²¹
Julie Fortier IL-12
Her campaign website says healthcare should be affordable, accessible and dependable for everyone, that the country must move towards a universal care option, and that coverage for pre-existing conditions should be protected and expanded.^322,323
Mike Bost IL-12
His campaign website says Southern Illinoisans should have the right to make their own health care choices, and that he supports allowing businesses and associations to pool their health plans to obtain larger premium discounts from insurers.³²⁴
James T. "Jim" Marter IL-14
His campaign website says the Affordable Care Act gave people less choice and dramatically higher prices and needs to be repealed.³²⁵
Eric Sorensen IL-17
His campaign website says he believes everyone should have access to quality, affordable health care, and that he will work to defend and improve the Affordable Care Act to protect coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.³²⁶
Whitfield Harrington Jr IL Senate
His campaign website says he would expand Direct Primary Care, in which patients pay a doctor a low monthly fee for unlimited visits without going through insurance, and that cutting out insurance companies as middlemen will bring health care costs down.³²⁷
Jamee Decio IN-2
Her campaign website says she would pass federal legislation for universal healthcare, guaranteeing a basic level of access for every American while keeping the option to choose private plans, as under models such as Medicare and Germany's system.³²⁸
Marlin A. Stutzman IN-3
His campaign website says he supports expanding free market solutions such as Health Savings Accounts, transportable coverage, tax credits for businesses that provide health care, and protection for doctors from frivolous lawsuits.³²⁹
Victoria Spartz IN-5
Her campaign website says healthcare costs are unsustainable and that the country needs more transparency, competition and consumer choice and more value-based care delivery models, and that most of this work has to be done at the federal level.³³⁰
André Carson IN-7
His campaign website says Republicans are threatening the Affordable Care Act and that he and House Democrats are standing up for quality healthcare.³³¹
Mary Allen IN-8
Her campaign website says healthcare is a human right and that universal healthcare, not tied to jobs, lowers costs by focusing on prevention instead of emergencies.³³²
Sharice L. Davids KS-3
Her campaign website says health care is a right and that this means protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act, expanding Medicaid and lowering the cost of prescription drugs.³³³
Katy Tyndell KS-4
Her campaign website says she will work to ensure access to quality, affordable healthcare for all, citing the cost of insurance premiums for businesses and the difficulty families face finding affordable mental health services.³³⁴
Ron Estes KS-4
His campaign website says he supports replacing what it calls Obamacare with state-based, free-market solutions that put health care decisions in the hands of families, and that he has cosponsored legislation to provide transparency to health care.^335,336
John "Drew" Williams KY-1
His campaign website proposes insurance reforms including prohibiting fully automated claim denials without human medical review, requiring plain-language denial notices, requiring physician review of medical-necessity denials and banning insurer self-referral practices.³³⁷
S. Brett Guthrie KY-2
His campaign website says he leads the fight for lower health care costs and for keeping the government out of the doctor-patient relationship.³³⁸
Ralph Alvarado KY-6
His campaign website lists clearer health insurance choices and more affordable health care as parts of his plan, and says he will work with Republicans and Democrats to fix health care, lower costs, increase transparency and give patients more control over their care.³³⁹
"Jamie" Davis LA Senate
His campaign website says he would expand health coverage to everyone in Louisiana, with fair pay for doctors and nurses, and rein in premiums and out-of-pocket costs.³⁴⁰
Lisa Ballay LA-2
Her campaign website says she favors more competition, less administrative burden and prices that patients can see, rather than another layer of federal bureaucracy, and lists Healthcare Freedom, which it describes as putting patients and healthcare professionals back in charge, among its plans.^341,342
Troy A. Carter Sr. LA-2
His campaign website says he will expand access to quality and affordable health care.³⁴³
Priscilla Gonzalez LA-3
Her campaign website says she would strengthen and promote Louisiana's health insurance marketplace to increase access to affordable coverage, alongside expanding Medicaid, telehealth and community health centers.³⁴⁴
"Clay" Higgins LA-3
His campaign website's 2016 Issues page says the Affordable Care Act must be repealed, that the problem is the expense of health insurance rather than care, and that releasing the free market from federal mandates, including letting insurers sell across state lines, would lower costs.³⁴⁵
"Matt" Gromlich LA-4
His campaign website says he supports a system in which everyone has reliable health care that is free at the point of service and never tied to employment, with an emphasis on preventive services, rural health care and mental health support.³⁴⁶
Gordon Heslop LA-4
His campaign website says he is opposed to a national universal government-run health care system and that the Affordable Care Act needs to be abolished, with a return to the private market.³⁴⁷
Misti Cordell LA-5
Her campaign website says Washington mandates have raised healthcare costs and that she will work to expand access to doctors, protect patient choice and pursue affordable market-based solutions.³⁴⁸
Larry Davis III LA-6
His campaign website's Policies page lists support for free-market health insurance competition, more transparency and reducing the power of pharmaceutical middlemen among his healthcare goals.³⁴⁹
Joe Tache MA Senate
His campaign website says he would guarantee free health care.³⁵⁰
Nadia Donya Milleron MA-1
Her campaign website says she supports taking corporate insurance out of health care and driving Healthcare for All legislation.^351,352
Lori Loureiro Trahan MA-3
Her campaign website says healthcare is a right and that she will defend and expand the Affordable Care Act, and its 2018 Why I'm Running page, which appears only in the site map, says she will fight to make health care affordable, accessible and universal.^353,354
Dan Koh MA-6
His campaign website says he supports universal healthcare and a Medicare for All system that enrolls all Americans by default and preserves private insurance if desired.³⁵⁵
Andy Harris MD-1
His official House website says people with preexisting medical conditions should keep access to insurance, that everyone should be able to buy insurance across state lines, and that physicians rather than government bureaucrats should guide medical decisions.³⁵⁶
Adrian Boafo MD-5
His campaign website says he would pass Medicare for All with a public option, so that people who like their private health insurance can keep it, and establish universal health coverage.³⁵⁷
April McClain Delaney MD-6
Her campaign website says health care coverage should be a right, that she will defend the Affordable Care Act, and that the eventual goal should be universal health care.³⁵⁸
Rick Bennett ME Governor
His campaign website says he would commit Maine to a path toward universal health care by removing the federal trigger it says has stalled action and activating the Maine Health Care Board.³⁵⁹
John Moolenaar MI-2
His campaign website says a single-payer Medicare for All system would not be the right approach, that health care decisions should stay between patients and their doctors, and that families should be able to choose their coverage and treatment options.^360,361
Hillary Scholten MI-3
Her campaign website says she defends the Affordable Care Act and works to expand on it, and that she supports policies barring insurers from raising rates on people who get sick, denying coverage for pre-existing conditions or dropping people when they get sick.³⁶²
Terri DeBoer MI-3
Her campaign website says she supports more choice and competition in health care to bring down costs, backs direct primary care and health savings accounts, and wants patients and doctors, rather than insurers or bureaucrats, making health care decisions.³⁶³
Shafina Che Barnett MI-4
Her campaign website lists health care access among her priorities, saying she wants prescription medications to be affordable and good medical care to be available to every family and senior.³⁶⁴
Christian Vukasovich MI-5
His campaign website says he supports a Medicare for All Plus plan that would give every American access to quality care while letting people keep coverage they value, and would lower costs by negotiating prescription prices, cutting unneeded administrative costs, expanding preventive care and capping out-of-pocket costs.³⁶⁵
Tim Walberg MI-5
His campaign website says he is pushing for policies such as buying health insurance across state lines, more flexible health savings accounts, curbing lawsuits it calls abusive, and giving people who buy insurance the same tax treatment corporations get, and that he helped pass the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act and has voted many times to protect people with pre-existing conditions.³⁶⁶
C. Mia Pettus MI-8
Her campaign website lists universal access, public financing with private and nonprofit providers, prescription affordability and administrative costs among its health care priorities.³⁶⁷
Lisa McClain MI-9
Her campaign website says the Affordable Care Act, as it stands, is unaffordable for most consumers, and that she supports letting individuals and small businesses buy coverage across state lines and expanding the use of health savings accounts.³⁶⁸
Christina Bertrand Hines MI-10
Her health care topic page says she believes health care is a human right, wants to strengthen and expand the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid and build toward a system where everyone can afford care, and supports capping premiums and out-of-pocket costs for public and private insurance and early Medicare buy-in for Americans who have served the country, such as police officers.³⁶⁹
Michael Bouchard MI-10
His campaign website says people should be able to pick the health care that works for them and their families, and that it should be low cost, high quality and transparent about what people pay.^370,371
Kwabena Nkromo MI-10
His campaign website says he would work for health care that is accessible, affordable and preventive and would look to high-performing systems, including Massachusetts, as models for stronger primary and preventive care.³⁷²
James D. Hooper MI-12
His campaign website's 2022 Issues page says the health care system should devote more attention and resources to holistic and preventive care, including mental health, and that this should be done through a free-market approach.³⁷³
Eric Pratt MN-2
His campaign website says he opposes replacing private and employer-provided insurance with one government-run health system, and instead backs changes that increase competition and transparency, cut administrative costs and address the role pharmacy benefit managers play.³⁷⁴
Paul Wikstrom MN-4
His campaign website lists bringing back competition in health care, including more price transparency and allowing the purchase of insurance across state lines, in his plan.³⁷⁵
Michelle Fischbach MN-7
The issues page says she wants reforms centered on patients that boost competition and cut costs, while keeping protections for people with preexisting conditions, and that she will work to protect the promises made to seniors.³⁷⁶
Erik Osberg MN-7
It says he wants to work toward a system in which all Americans can obtain affordable, quality care whatever their wealth, and supports lowering the Medicare eligibility age, starting with a push toward 55.³⁷⁷
Trina Swanson MN-8
Her campaign website's priorities page says she will fight for universal healthcare, and its voter concerns page repeats that she will fight for universal health care.^378,379
Amy Klobuchar MN Governor
Her campaign website says she would extend and strengthen Minnesota's reinsurance program, have the state weigh affordability and deny excessive premium increases, and create a state tax credit for small employers that pay for their workers' health coverage.³⁸⁰
Lisa Demuth MN Governor
Her campaign website says she wants more competition and plan choices in health insurance, supports direct primary care and direct contracting, and would strengthen Minnesota's reinsurance program.³⁸¹
Tom Schmitz MO-1
His campaign website says healthcare should be separated from government and run as a free-market system, with patients free to choose their own medications and treatments without government interference. It says free-market competition is the answer for people with pre-existing conditions who lack insurance.^382,383
Jordan Herrera MO-4
His campaign website says his long-term goal is Medicare for All and that the path forward includes strengthening the Affordable Care Act and building a public option that anyone can buy into.³⁸⁴
Josh Smead MO-6
His campaign website says he supports moving America to a universal healthcare system.³⁸⁵
Eric W. Burlison MO-7
His campaign website lists affordable healthcare among his priorities, saying he would make healthcare more affordable and return control of their care to patients rather than bureaucrats.³⁸⁶
Jason T. Smith MO-8
His campaign website’s Meet Jason page says he has used his seat on the Ways and Means Committee to advance repeal of the individual and employer mandates that it calls Obamacare tax mandates.³⁸⁷
Cindy Hyde-Smith MS Senate
Her campaign website says the Affordable Care Act should be repealed and replaced with a plan that helps families afford coverage without expanding the government's role in health care.³⁸⁸
Cliff Johnson MS-1
His campaign website lists protecting and expanding affordable healthcare among his priorities.³⁸⁹
Trent Kelly MS-1
His official House website’s Healthcare page says Americans should be in charge of their own healthcare decisions rather than the federal government, should be able to choose their doctor, and that the system needs reform to lower drug prices and insurance premiums.³⁹⁰
Ron Eller MS-2
His campaign website says healthcare costs, insurance company limits on access and the loss of rural healthcare call for changes to national health policy, and that a single uniform healthcare system would not work, because people need solutions that fit the individual.³⁹¹
Bennie G. Thompson MS-2
His campaign website lists building on the Affordable Care Act, so that every Mississippi family can see a doctor, among its six issues.³⁹²
Michael A. Chiaradio MS-3
His campaign website says every American should have access to quality healthcare at low cost, and his healthcare statement says that for working-age Americans he would expand premium assistance, reduce high deductibles and eliminate or nearly eliminate coinsurance. The statement also says he will consider any idea, whatever its political label, if it works.^393,394
Alani Bankhead MT Senate
Her campaign website says she supports universal health coverage modeled on TRICARE, the military health program in which public dollars pay for care from private doctors, and says it would not be a government takeover of care.³⁹⁵
Seth Bodnar MT Senate
His campaign website says every American should have an affordable coverage option without losing choice or competition.³⁹⁶
Brian J Miller MT-2
His campaign website says the goal should be health care for all Americans, that the system should move from for-profit to non-profit, and that the federal government should set national objectives and provide financial support while states try different approaches such as single payer, a public option, Medicaid for All or a multi-payer system.³⁹⁷
Michael D Eisenhauer MT-2
His Voter Contract page says he will oppose efforts to turn the health care system into a government-run single-payer system, and his Issues page says he does not believe a single-payer system would be workable and that any change must protect people's ability to see the doctor of their choice and keep coverage for pre-existing conditions.^398,399
Guy Meilleur NC-4
His campaign website says the country can follow the example of Singapore's market-driven health care system.⁴⁰⁰
Virginia Foxx NC-5
Her campaign website says she opposes Medicare for All and supports patient-centered measures to increase access and lower costs, and it lists health care bills she has supported on pre-existing conditions, association health plans, price transparency, drug costs and surprise billing.⁴⁰¹
Maad Abu-Ghazalah NC-7
His campaign website's Platform page says he would like private organizations to offer long-term and preventive health care options, and that society owes everyone a safety net so that no one goes bankrupt or dies because of a catastrophic event, citing medical bills as a cause of bankruptcy.⁴⁰²
David Rouzer NC-7
His campaign website's issues page says Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) should be repealed and the health care system reformed with free-market changes that increase competition among health insurers and increase transparency, along with medical malpractice reform. It also says Medicare and Medicaid are important programs that should be preserved by fixing the systemic problems they face.⁴⁰³
Kimberly Hardy NC-7
Her campaign website's Priorities page says she would protect Medicare and Medicaid and fight for affordable health insurance premiums and meaningful coverage.⁴⁰⁴
Bo Whitehead NC-8
His campaign website says universal healthcare should be implemented as soon as possible, and that the country needs a modern health care system that heals the sick instead of putting them into debt. It also calls for a complete overhaul of the mental health system.⁴⁰⁵
Richard N. Ojeda II NC-9
His campaign website's Ensuring Quality Healthcare page says healthcare is a right that should be about people rather than profits, and that he would invest in Medicaid, Medicare and hospitals so families can get care without crushing debt.⁴⁰⁶
Richard Hudson NC-9
His campaign website's Health Care page says a remaining priority is dismantling the Affordable Care Act's top-down, government-heavy approach. It lists principles for reform: keep consumer protections, including for people with pre-existing conditions; give assistance to people without employer coverage to buy insurance; strengthen health savings accounts and allow them with high-deductible plans; and increase price transparency.⁴⁰⁷
Steven Feldman NC-10
His campaign website says he prefers market-based health care, such as high-deductible plans with health savings accounts, and says a government single-payer system would assure care for everyone but limit choice and require rationing. It also says he would let states experiment with their own ways of regulating health insurance and care, and let people who want Medicare pay the premium to use it.⁴⁰⁸
Ashley Bell NC-10
Her campaign website lists universal healthcare among her top issues, saying she backs universal coverage with benefits that are not tied to a job and would write legislation ending prior authorization and keeping insurers from refusing care that is medically necessary. Her draft bills include the Patient Care Without Delay Act, which the site says would effectively end prior authorization.^409,410
Jack Codiga NC-12
His platform page says healthcare should face more market forces, such as price transparency and competition, that health insurance should not be tied to staying in a particular job, and that government healthcare should be phased out along with other welfare programs.⁴¹¹
Trygve Hammer ND-AL
His campaign website lists affordable health care among his priorities, saying insurance costs are a burden for many North Dakota families and that people should not have to choose between their health and paying for rent or food.^412,413
Helene Neville ND-AL
Her campaign website says she supports improving access to care, affordability and prevention, protecting people with pre-existing conditions, strengthening rural health care, enforcing antitrust law against health care consolidation, and making health care prices more transparent.⁴¹⁴
Adrian Smith NE-3
His campaign website says he has sponsored bills and cast votes to cut off funding for and repeal the Affordable Care Act, which the site calls Obamacare.⁴¹⁵
Becky Kelly Stille NE-3
Her campaign website says she wants to expand access to health care by funding rural hospitals, lowering prescription drug costs and funding the Affordable Care Act, and that she will advocate for improved health care for all Americans.^416,417
David J. Else NE-3
His campaign website says he will fight for free health care for all.⁴¹⁸
Mark Cohen NE-3
His campaign website lists supporting the Affordable Care Act and strict regulation of insurance companies among his health care commitments.⁴¹⁹
Stefany Shaheen NH-1
Her campaign website says she supports Medicare for All and that the country needs a public option, meaning every option stays on the table to bring about change. It also says insurers should not decide what care people receive.⁴²⁰
Donald Norcross NJ-1
His campaign website lists health care for all among his priorities and says the protections for people with pre-existing health conditions should be kept.^421,422
Damon Galdo NJ-1
His campaign website says he would support price transparency, expanded access to Health Savings Accounts, competition to lower costs, and protections for patients with pre-existing conditions.^423,424
Rachel Peace NJ-4
Her campaign website says health care should be recognized as a right rather than a privilege, and that the U.S. can learn from health care models around the world to guarantee coverage.⁴²⁵
Sean Kirrane NJ-5
His campaign website describes his American Citizens' Health Insurance Act as providing universal baseline coverage for citizens, caps on out-of-pocket costs that vary with income, and competition among private insurers.⁴²⁶
Nelida Pou NJ-9
Her campaign priorities page lists wider access to health care, lower prescription drug costs and protecting the Affordable Care Act among her goals.⁴²⁷
Rosie Pino NJ-9
Her campaign issues page says she supports lower health care costs through more competition, price transparency and patient choice, including stronger Health Savings Accounts, insurance sold across state lines and fewer regulations, while protecting people with pre-existing conditions.⁴²⁸
LaMonica R. McIver NJ-10
Her campaign page on health care says reform should begin with universal health care, so that everyone in the country can get the care they need at a price they can afford.⁴²⁹
Joe Hathaway NJ-11
His campaign platform says he wants lower health care costs through price transparency and competition, including requiring hospitals and insurers to publish upfront prices, expanding Health Savings Accounts and Association Health Plans, and cutting out middlemen such as pharmacy benefit managers, and says government-run health care is not needed to do this.⁴³⁰
Gregg Mele NJ-12
His campaign website says he supports patient-centered healthcare that includes price transparency, more choice and competition and fewer administrative burdens, and that medical decisions should stay with patients, families and health professionals rather than distant bureaucracies.⁴³¹
Ndidiamaka Ekwua Charlene Okpareke NM-1
Her campaign website says that, drawing on her work as a pharmacist, she will work for affordable, accessible health care in New Mexico, with attention to quality, lower prices at the pharmacy and more access in communities with the greatest need.⁴³²
Teresa Leger Fernandez NM-3
Her campaign website says everyone should have access to affordable, good-quality health care close to home, which it calls a basic right, and lists among her accomplishments voting to bring down health insurance premiums and costs. It says health care for all means access for all, without unaffordable deductibles and copays or surprise bills.⁴³³
Teresa F. Benitez-Thompson NV-2
Her campaign website says health care should be made as widely available and affordable as possible, which it says means defending the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid coverage of mental and behavioral health care.⁴³⁴
Jeff Merkley OR Senate
His campaign website says every American should have the opportunity to take part in Medicare for All.⁴³⁵
John Francis Reed RI Senate
His campaign website says he is working to strengthen and expand the Affordable Care Act.⁴³⁶
Brian L Bengs SD Senate
His campaign website calls for a complete overhaul of American health care to lower costs and improve access, through what it describes as a five-stage process.⁴³⁷
Marquita Bradshaw TN Senate
Her campaign website says health care is a right and calls for lower prescription drug costs, protecting rural hospitals, expanding mental health services and supporting maternal care.⁴³⁸
Catherine Barcel "Barcy" Whitson TN Senate
Her campaign website says she would use the existing health care law to help people without group health benefits, work to lower prescription drug costs and protect rural hospitals.⁴³⁹
Misam Abidi TN Governor
His campaign website proposes a state reinsurance system, in which the state and insurers share the cost of extremely expensive cases, with a goal of lowering insurance premiums by about 40%.⁴⁴⁰
Wendell Jackson TN Governor
His campaign website says health care for all is a priority and that a system that benefits everyone will be put in place, with plans to come.⁴⁴¹
Mark R. Warner VA Senate
His campaign website says he helped write the Affordable Care Act and has worked to strengthen it, and that every American should have access to an affordable basic standard of care.⁴⁴²
June Goodband VT Governor
Her campaign website says Vermont should carry out its existing universal health care law to lower costs, widen access and improve outcomes.⁴⁴³
Amanda Janoo VT Governor
Her campaign website says she would make primary and preventive care free for every Vermonter through a publicly funded system, as a first step toward universal health care, paid for by a tax on the wealthiest Vermonters.^444,445
Dean Roy VT Governor
His campaign website says he supports a public health insurance option for people earning less than $100,000 a year, paid for by higher taxes on the wealthiest residents, and an eventual move to universal health care.⁴⁴⁶
Rachel Fetty Anderson WV Senate
Her campaign website says the government should invest in Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare so that all Americans benefit from the health care taxpayers pay for, with care based on medical need, and should remove third-party companies that do not provide care from taxpayer-funded programs.^447,448
James Byrd WY Senate
His campaign website says health care should be a right, and that he would push to lower prescription drug costs, keep rural hospitals open and make insurance work for the people who pay for it.^449,450

§3Related bills

Why this matters: Bills from 2023–2026 that bear on this issue, with how Congress handled them.

Puts association health plans and other employer coverage options into federal lawH.R. 3799
Voted on; did not become law
Expands association health plans, adds drug-benefit reporting, funds ACA cost-sharing aidH.R. 6703
Voted on; did not become law
Deposits federal money in health savings accounts for some marketplace enrolleesS. 3386
Voted on; did not become law