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Affordable, Accessible Healthcare for All

Improving our healthcare

Comprehensive women's healthcare is a critical need

Healthcare is a basic right in the United States. Yet, we've lost our access to high quality expertise, experience, and facilities for women. Medical experts are fearful of criminal prosecution if they provide the standard of care to newborns and pregnant women. Our physicians (OB/GYNs and others) have fled District 1 for locations that allow them to focus on practicing medicine. 


Healthcare impacts everything

  • Local employers cannot attract quality employees. 
  • Tourists second guess the choice to vacation here. 
  • Some are calling Bonner County a "healthcare desert". 
  • Rural hospitals everywhere are struggling and we've accelerated broad sweeping healthcare troubles here.  
  • Pregnant women in our counties rely on Life Flight Memberships in the event of pregnancy complications. 

The challenges of rural healthcare

We can create an environment where our healthcare providers thrive. Other rural locations, similar to ours, have attracted the best and the brightest medical minds because of the quality of life ... because they have recreation like ours and a thriving community. 


The financial burdens on rural hospitals tough. We need to legislate to make it easier, not more difficult for hospitals to stay open. Despite the divisive climate, I do believe that most of us agree that quality healthcare is something we want. Let's problem solve collaboratively, systemically, and rationally. 

Seeing healthcare through the three lenses

Local - We want everyone to have access to safe, excellent healthcare.


Freedom - We are not free when politicians are making our medical decisions.


An Economy that Works - To attract the best workers to our community, we must have adequate healthcare for the whole family.

 "The stability of a republican form of government depending mainly upon the intelligence of the people, it shall be the duty of the legislature of Idaho, to establish and maintain a general, uniform and thorough system of public, free common schools. " 


Idaho State Constitution

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High quality education and opportunities

High quality education and opportunities

High quality education and opportunities

We need to fund our schools, protect our libraries, and provide economic opportunities for our young people.

Education

Planned infrastructure to support growth

High quality education and opportunities

High quality education and opportunities

Our infrastructure is aging and growth is high. Planned infrastructure investment is required.

Infrastructure

I'll work to find opportunities and solve problems for District 1.


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P.O. Box 1742

Sandpoint, Idaho 83864

208-610-1582

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