Healthcare for All
Access to affordable, high-quality healthcare is a fundamental human right. Lateefah will fight to expand and protect healthcare coverage, advocating for a public option and ultimately working towards an affordable single-payer health system. Building on Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s staunch support for the Affordable Care Act, Lateefah will work to lower prescription drug prices by expanding Medicare drug price negotiation to cover all drugs, close the Medicaid coverage gap, expand Medicare to include dental, vision and hearing, and lower the Medicare eligibility age.
Lateefah will also work to address health crises by investing in maternal and infant mortality, particularly in communities of color, and mental health and substance use treatment and prevention, particularly for the opioid epidemic. Lateefah will fight to codify every American’s right to reproductive health care to protect abortion, contraception, and IVF access across the United States.