Bonus! Other Health Care Recommendations
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Let’s get healthy, America!
Confront the mental health challenges plaguing our nation, including an increase in the suicide rate and frequent mental distress.
Enforce the 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), which requires insurance coverage for mental health conditions, including substance use disorders, to be no more restrictive than insurance coverage for other medical conditions.
The cuts to Medicaid in the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill hit drug addicts hard. We must fight to repeal these cuts ASAP.
Require all doctors, dentists, nurse practitioners and other prescribers to receive training in the management of opioids and their misuse.
Ensure that our public health system has the wherewithal to cope with the physical and psychological consequences of any type of attack.
Reinstate harsh fines against nursing homes that harm residents or place them in positions that put them at risk of injury.
Continue the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) crack down on pharmaceutical direct-to-consumer ads. The pharmaceutical industry spent almost $11 billion in 2024 for U.S. ads and many of them are misleading.
Ensure that the National Institutes of Health is properly funded and supported.
Address the massive shortage we face in specialists who can diagnose and treat Superbugs (antibiotic-resistant microbes).