Healthcare

Access to healthcare from an early age can impact not just a child but their family and society as a whole.  Health care can influence children's physical and emotional health, growth, and development and their capacity to reach their full potential as adults. Children who don't get adequate healthcare from birth are much more likely to develop chronic health problems later in life.  Lack of health insurance puts people at risk for medical debt in addition to the lower likelihood that someone without health coverage would seek and get proper medical care. 

Federal Legislator - Senator and Congressperson make decisions about drug price legislation, the Affordable Care Act, funding for Medicare and the National Health Service Corps, establish guidelines for Medicaid and legislate the US world health programs. 

State Legislator - Senator and Congressperson Legislates the source of funding for a state's portion of their Medicaid budget, create bills dealing the health of their residents. Hospitals, doctors, medicaid, and all state health agencies fall under its purview.

Governor - signs into law state bills and drives initiatives on all aspects of public health including healthcare, behavioral health and substance abuse. 

President - appoints the head of the US Health and Human Services Agency, signs executive orders aimed at improving access to healthcare

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