18 Days to Go: Medicare for All is a no-brainer

For Day 18, I am highlighting the need to pass Medicare for All so that good healthcare isn’t tied to your age, your job, or how much money you have.

When I announced my support for Medicare for All, I wasn’t just following the crowd. In fact, I was the first candidate in this race to publicly support providing everyone health insurance through Medicare.

It wasn’t a hard decision for me at all. Medicare for All is a broadly popular policy proposal, and it’s also just the right thing to do.

I’ve talked to too many people in this district who have had to choose between filling a prescription or buying groceries, who have put off going to the doctor because they were terrified of what the bill would look like, and too many who are one medical emergency away from financial ruin.

In New Hampshire, we know all too well about rising property taxes. Residents are being crushed by them, and renters are also seeing this burden reflected in their rent, which is rising faster than their income can keep up with.

Not only does Medicare for All ensure that people have access to high-quality health insurance and make sure that people don’t have to pay extraordinarily high insurance premiums, but it also would lower property taxes across our district.

There are three costs driving increases in public school budgets (and as a result, your property taxes): special education, transportation, and health insurance.

Medicare for All would help lower your property taxes by reducing the gigantic health insurance premiums that school districts and municipalities pay to insurance companies to cover their municipal employees.

I have served on the budget committee, and I have pored over every line looking for ways to save property taxpayers a dime. Taking health insurance premiums out of the budget would help us lower property taxes.