As a clinical psychologist with over 30 years treating patients, I've seen firsthand what happens when people can't afford care. A manageable problem becomes a crisis.

• 4.3 million Texans lack insurance, including over a million children.

• The Texas GOP platform explicitly opposes any further Medicaid expansion and calls for repealing the Affordable Care Act. Texas is one of the few states that has never expanded Medicaid, even though the federal government would cover almost all of the cost.

• The Democratic platform supports expanding Medicaid, building toward universal coverage with a public option, and expanding rural healthcare access and mental health funding.

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Affordable healthcare, including mental health treatment, should be available to everyone. I will fight for affordable healthcare, childcare, housing, and human services. As your State Representative, I will:

• Push to expand Medicaid to extend coverage to hundreds of thousands of uninsured Texans

• Fight to protect and expand access to mental health treatment

• Work to keep rural and community hospitals open and staffed​