Thread by @didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020.This section is called: Securing Universal Health Care Through a Public Option
Only one party has a specific plan for ensuring EVERY American will have access to quality healthcare as a human right..the other fights to TAKE IT AWAY. 1/9

#Democrats also know that finally covering every American through the public and private insurance system alone is not enough to guarantee universal access. 2/9 #DemPartyPlatform #HealthcareIsAHumanRight

That is why #Democrats support doubling investments in community health centers and rural health clinics in underserved urban and rural areas, 3/9 #DemPartyPlatform #ConmunityHealth

#Democrats will increase support for dental care, mental health care, and substance use services like medication-assisted treatment,and mobile health clinics. 4/9 #DemPartyPlatform #Healthcare

#Democrats will enact longer, multi-year funding cycles for these critical health services so they can operate with greater certainty,5/9 #DemPartyPlatform #Healthcare

Community health centers are the nation’s only providers that are required by law to be both located in medically underserved areas and required to serve all who seek care, regardless of their ability to pay. 6/9 #DemPartyPlatform #CommunityHealthCenters

#Democrats will leverage innovative payment options through #Medicare and #Medicaid to help community health centers and rural health clinics keep their doors open. 7/9 #DemPartyPlatform #communityhealth

#Democrats will expand the National Health Service Corps and Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program to grow a diverse primary care workforce and to address critical shortages of health care providers in medically underserved rural and urban areas, 8/9

#Democrats will address critical shortages of primary care nurses, dental professionals, and mental health and substance use counselors. Democrats will also increase monitoring and enforcement to ensure that health care facilities are accessible to people with disabilities. 9/9