Kay Hagan on Health Care

Democratic Senate Challenger; member of State Senate

Keep fighting to extend health coverage to children

Making health care affordable and accessible to everyone is crucial to our economic competitiveness and to North Carolina families' well-being. When Washington failed to adequately fund the children's health insurance program, Kay stepped up and pushed for state funds to make sure children got coverage. In the Senate, she will keep fighting to extend health coverage to children and will oppose unfunded mandates by supporting increased funding for Medicaid. Source: Campaign website, www.kayhagan.com, "Issues" May 21, 2008

Allow the government to negotiate for lower drug costs

She will fight to lower costs by implementing electronic medical records, eliminating the extraordinary waste in the system, giving small businesses new options for buying insurance together and allowing the government to negotiate for lower drug costs for Medicare recipients. Source: Campaign website, www.kayhagan.com, "Issues" May 21, 2008

We must reduce our nursing shortage

North Carolina, as well as the nation, must reduce our nursing shortage. Kay supports improving education to boost the number of qualified applicants, and she will push to improve the quality and availability of nursing programs. Source: Campaign website, www.kayhagan.com, "Issues" May 21, 2008

Bridge the gap on health care

When Washington came up short on health care for North Carolina's children, Kay led the effort to bridge the gap by increasing coverage through Health Choice and NC Medicaid.

While guiding North Carolina's investments in education and healthcare on the Budget Committee, Kay has been a leader in the effort to make government more efficient and to search out waste, fraud and abuse.

Source: Campaign website, www.kayhagan.com, "About" Mar 9, 2008

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