Mark Pocan believes that access to quality health care should be a right, not a privilege. As someone who’s consistently supported a single-payer health care system, Mark will continue to fight to get quality, affordable health care for every American.
Mark’s Accomplishments:
- Expanded BadgerCare to cover 98 percent of Wisconsinites and 100 percent of Wisconsin children
- Co-sponsored the original framework for legislation that became SeniorCare, and voted to create the program
- Stood up to Scott Walker when he planned to eliminate SeniorCare, as part of an effort to collect 14,000 signatures and enable the program to continue
- Restored funding to Alzheimer’s caregivers support program that would have left patients without care
- Authored and led the effort to successfully pass the Compassionate Care for Rape Victims Act, which requires all hospitals provide emergency contraception to victims of sexual assault
Mark’s To-Do List:
- Strongly support legislation that will continue to increase coverage for every American, with the goal of universal coverage under a single-payer system
- Enact legislation that would allow Medicare to bargain with drug companies to reduce prescription drug costs for our seniors
- Invest in medical research to increase the quality of preventative medicine
- Increase funding for domestic and international HIV/AIDS prevention, care and research, and for other medical conditions
- Strongly support the Affordable Care Act and its measures to provide preventative care, protect patients with preexisting conditions, and provide incentives for small businesses to cover employees
