Standing up for Healthcare
With prescription costs rising and barriers to quality healthcare holding fast in America’s largest cities and smallest towns, it’s more important than ever for our leaders to find solutions that work for everyone from newborns to grandparents, from college students to armed forces veterans.
That’s why, in the U.S. Senate, Foster will fight for:
IMPROVING QUALITY AND ACCESS
Paid family and medical leave to keep our kids and our parents healthy
Reducing the cost of prescription drugs for our struggling seniors and all our families
Expanding access to high quality primary and specialty healthcare for rural and urban Louisianans by supporting the mission of Federally Qualified Healthcare Clinics and rural health clinics
FIXING THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
Ensuring that people who purchase high quality plans aren’t penalized
Incentivizing younger, healthier people to sign up in order to improve overall costs
Making it easier for small businesses to provide health insurance to their employees
Addressing the rising price of prescription drugs by collaborating with all stakeholders
EXPANDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE AND ACCESS
Eradicating the stigma of mental healthcare through better communication and integration into primary care settings
Improving Louisiana’s mental healthcare worker-to-citizen ratio, currently among the worst in the nation
Increasing both inpatient and outpatient options for optimal access to mental health services
OVERCOMING DRUG ABUSE
Bringing healthcare and public safety officials together to crack down on illegal prescriptions
Promoting enforcement, treatment and education to attack the drug abuse epidemic from all sides
REMOVING BARRIERS TO VETERANS’ HEALTHCARE
Blocking efforts to privatize the VA, which fail to incentivize timely, high-quality care for our veterans
Making comprehensive changes to VA governance that promote veteran-led, accountable healthcare services from the top down