McKinney - House Legislation

Health

Insuring access to affordable and quality health care is a matter of national security for the United States. I believe it is imperative to expand programs such as Medicaid and SCHIP to cover all Americans uninsured here in the United States, and I am opposed to increasing the age requirements for Medicaid. I have co-sponsored H.R. 3000, The Universal Health Services Act, which would increase the availability and continuity of health care through integrated systems, while financing the training and education of health care workers and professionals establish a set of standards. It would also allocate health services to all communities.

I will continue to support a fair prescription drug benefit to Medicare and have co-sponsored H.R. 3861, The Medicare Informed Choice Act, which would delay the late enrollment penalty until the end of 2006, and would enable beneficiaries to change plans if they've signed up for one that doesn't meet their needs. Further, I oppose any form of health care rationing or the use of a voucher-based system of health insurance.