I've long worked to make health care more affordable for individuals, families & children across ND. Follow along to see some of my efforts to fight for North Dakotans' to have access to quality care.
In early 2014, I unveiled a series of commonsense proposals with 5 other senators to take needed steps toward making the health reform law work better for individuals, families, & small businesses across North Dakota & the country. Read more in @politico: heitkamp.senate.gov/public/index.c…
To learn more, see the full timeline here of my work since 2013 to make the health reform law work better for families & businesses. heitkamp.senate.gov/public/_cache/…
@politico In Bismarck last year, I met w/ ND community, faith, and state leaders to talk about the need to protect Medicaid for the thousands of NDans who rely on it. The Republican health care bills from 2017 could slash NDans’ access to affordable care. Read more: bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bis…
@politico In the summer of 2017, NDans—many w/ disabilities or parents of children w/ disabilities—shared their stories of how Republicans’ efforts to repeal the health reform law would impact them & how critical Medicaid is for them. Watch their videos on @Medium: medium.com/@SenatorHeitka…
@politico Last year, I spoke on the floor of the US Senate about how the Republicans’ efforts to repeal the health care law would hurt North Dakotans & how I’m fighting for bipartisan, commonsense solutions to give families & businesses peace of mind. Watch:
@politico I successfully worked to delay the Health Insurance Tax through 2019 & cosponsored a bill this yr w/ @SenJohnBarrasso to suspend the Health Insurance Tax through 2020 that could impact nearly 71,000 #smallbiz & 200,000 workers wahpetondailynews.com/heitkamp-right…
@politico Earlier this year, I worked to successfully suspend the Health Insurance Tax through 2019. And I’m proud @WChamberND supported my efforts because the delay makes sense for small businesses and workers across our state. willistonherald.com/news/williston…
@politico In my op-ed, read the story of Kathryn & her daughter Valerie from Mandan to see what’s at stake after the administration turned its back on millions of Americans & nearly 300,000 NDans w/ pre-existing conditions by not defending the health care law bismarcktribune.com/opinion/column…
@politico On @Medium, watch the stories from some of the nearly 300,000 NDans w/ pre-existing conditions. The @TheJusticeDept's decided to turn its back on them by refusing to defend protections for those w/ pre-existing conditions in the current health care law. medium.com/@SenatorHeitka…
