A Healthier America
Abdul literally wrote the book on Medicare for All. And there is no one more passionate about the cause of guaranteed healthcare for every single American because no one should have to choose between getting the care they need or going into debt in the richest, most powerful country in the world. Abdul believes in expanding Medicare to cover every single American from cradle to grave while sustaining the option for workers to keep supplemental private insurance their unions or employers may provide. This would make Medicare stronger–expanding the pool of young, healthy people paying into the system. As a nation, Americans hold more than $225 billion in medical debt. Abdul thinks it shouldn’t exist–and he erased it for upwards of 300,000 Michiganders in Wayne County.
In the meantime, Abdul categorically opposes the privatization of Medicare or the attempt to cut Medicaid–we need to expand guaranteed health insurance, not sell it off to corporations or cut it. And Abdul holds solemn the commitment we have made to our veterans–and believes in expanding and improving the VA, not cutting it.
Abdul opposes the hospital mergers and acquisitions that are leaving Americans with fewer healthcare choices and nurses, hospital workers, and doctors with less power at their workplace. We also need to expand public healthcare options by investing more in federally qualified health centers and public clinics and hospitals.
Finally, public health is critical to keeping us healthy and safe in our communities. Rather than gut critical institutions like the CDC, FDA, Health Resources, and Services Administration, Abdul believes in reforming them so that they more efficiently and effectively meet the changing needs of our communities. And Abdul believes in vastly increasing support and funding for local and state health departments to meet the needs of their communities.