Building A Healthcare System For All, Not Just The Few.

Healthcare is not just another policy issue. It's one of the defining challenges facing our society. I have friends and coworkers who have skipped doctor visits, delayed treatment, and missed out on needed medication because they simply couldn’t afford the astronomical cost of care. I’ve watched plenty of people work full-time jobs and still go without insurance. That’s not just unacceptable, it's a moral failure and a complete failure of leadership.

Access to healthcare determines whether a child grows up healthy, whether a parent survives an illness, and whether a family stays financially stable. No one should lose everything because they get sick. No one should have to drive hours for basic care. And no one should have to choose between their health and their paycheck.

This is why healthcare is at the core of my campaign. Alabama deserves a system built around people, not profits, corporations, or insurance companies. And I’m committed to fighting for a future where every Alabamian can get the care they need, when they need it, without fear or debt.

Healthcare is a basic human right, not a privilege tied to job status, income, or ZIP code. I believe Alabama needs to work towards a universal system so that every person can get care without the fear of massive debt or being denied coverage. But we must also face the reality that our state cannot reach that goal overnight. Years of horrible fiscal management by the legislature, underfunding, hospital closures, and a shrinking healthcare workforce means that we need to build the foundation first so we can do it responsibly and correctly.

It's time to build a system where everyone can get care when they need it, without debt, denial, or discrimination.

These are some of the policies I will work toward in the legislature:

• Expand Healthcare Access for Every Alabamian: Healthcare is essential, and my ultimate goal is universal health coverage in Alabama. Getting there requires honest, fiscally responsible planning. Not empty promises. I will introduce legislation to create a Joint Task Force on Healthcare Expansion made up of healthcare professionals, policy experts, and financial specialists to develop a realistic, fully funded roadmap to covering every Alabamian over time. While that work is underway, I’ll fight to immediately expand access where we can, modernize our revenue system, and grow Alabama’s economy so broader coverage is sustainable. Universal healthcare is the destination, but responsible, step-by-step progress is the path.

• Fully Expand Medicaid: Alabama’s refusal to expand Medicaid leaves hundreds of thousands uninsured and billions of federal dollars on the table. I will fight to fully expand Medicaid, covering roughly 300,000 more Alabamians, protecting rural hospitals, creating jobs, and cutting the uninsured rate nearly in half. This is the fastest, most cost-effective way to save lives and strengthen our healthcare system.

• Expand Mental Health Services Across Alabama: Mental health care is healthcare. Too many Alabamians, particularly in rural communities, lack access to affordable mental health services. I’ll fight to expand funding for mental health programs, increase school counseling and crisis support, and ensure insurance treats mental health the same as physical health. No one should suffer in silence because help is too hard to find or afford.

• Bring Maternity Care to Shelby County: No family should have to travel long distances to safely give birth, especially in Alabama’s wealthiest county. I will fight to bring maternity services to underserved areas of Shelby County by investing in community and rural hospitals. Safe childbirth should be a basic guarantee, not a gamble down 280.

• Protect Reproductive Freedom and Medical Privacy: Healthcare decisions belong between patients and their doctors, not career politicians in Washington or Montgomery. I will fight to restore reproductive freedom, protect pregnancy outcomes from criminalization, and safeguard access to IVF and fertility care. With one in six people experiencing infertility, families deserve access to care without fear, political interference, or legal uncertainty.

• Cap Prescription Drug Costs and End Price Gouging: No one should be rationing insulin or skipping medication because of outrageous prices. I’ll fight to cap prescription drug costs on the state level, require transparency from pharmaceutical companies, and rein in hospital and insurance price gouging. Life-saving medicine should never be used as a weapon for profit.

• Support Seniors and People with Disabilities: Alabama consistently underfunds long-term care which forces families into impossible choices. I’ll fight to expand in-home care, caregiver support, and community-based services so seniors, people with disabilities, and those who serve them can live with dignity, independence, and security, not isolation or institutionalization.