Lt. Governor Nominee Vikki Goodwin Solicits Healthcare Stories From Texans Struggling To Access Healthcare
Democratic nominee for Lt. Governor and HD-47 Representative Vikki Goodwin invites Texans to share their personal healthcare story through a form on her website: Goodwin4Texas.com/healthcarestory
“At every stop on the campaign trail, Texans talk about the affordability crisis. Thanks to the recent spike in premiums, families are having to choose between paying for health insurance and paying the rent. We shouldn’t be crowdfunding medical bills, or facing bankruptcy to care for our aging parents or family members with disabilities,” says Representative Goodwin.
“I’ve been a small business owner for two decades, and it’s very expensive to have your own health insurance. People ask themselves, ‘Do I just risk it?’ More Texans could afford to be entrepreneurs if we had affordable health insurance options. Outcomes would be better, and costs would be lower for everyone, if we invested in preventative care. I invite people to tell me what is working for them and what needs to be changed.”
Last week, Representative Goodwin attended a Healthcare Town Hall in League City, alongside Texas Senator and ER Nurse Molly Cook, hosted by Shannon Dicely, the Democratic nominee for State Senate District 11 and a breast cancer survivor. Representative Goodwin emphasized healthcare and affordability being top priorities for her campaign, answered unscreened questions, and talked to regular Texans about their personal struggles accessing and affording quality healthcare.
On the campaign trail so far, Representative Goodwin has heard many concerns from the people of Texas, including stories of:
Hospitals closing in rural, urban, and suburban areas of Texas.
Families having to drop health insurance coverage after the recent spike in premiums.
Texans going to Mexico to access less expensive healthcare.
Insurance denials for prescribed healthcare services, and dental and vision not being covered.
The difficulties of accessing and affording mental healthcare.
Medicaid becoming harder to access since the federal government made the application longer.
People with disabilities concerned about losing their autonomy.
Veterans and people with chronic illness alarmed at remarks made yesterday in the Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee, which seem to indicate an appetite within the Republican party to restrict people to the more expensive medical marujuana providers.
Single mothers who can’t afford healthcare coverage after the Medicaid for Pregnant Women or CHIP Perinatal coverage period expires.
Women afraid to become pregnant in Texas, and choosing to go out of state for pregnancy and reproductive healthcare.
