Priorities

Single-payer
Free at the point of service
No deductibles, no premiums, no co-pays, no networks, no confusion
Choose any doctor you'd like
Includes medical, dental, vision, hearing, emergency, mental health, and more
Cap on pharmaceutical costs each year
According to recent Yale study, we would save $450 billion a year and prevent 68,000 unnecessary deaths

Green New Deal (H.R. 109)
Achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, 40 to 60 percent by 2030
Investing in zero-emission vehicle infrastructure and manufacturing, as well as clean, affordable, and accessible public transit and high-speed rail
Create millions of high-wage jobs
Introduce a Carbon Tax (H.R. 763)
Cost and impact will be devastatingly higher with inaction

Ensure farmers have the Right to Repair their own equipment
Protect farmers from predatory patent lawsuits from seed corporations
Reform federal subsidies to go to small and mid sized farms instead of disproportionately going to the largest producers
Current food system accounts for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions- help farms of all sizes transition to sustainable agricultural practices
Enforce the Clean Air and Water Acts for large factory farms to ensure proper oversight of pollution

Place a 1.5% cap on student loan interest - public or private loans
Increase funding to K-12 public schooling
Set a starting salary floor for public teachers
Stop tying federal funding to standardized testing
End public school funding via property taxes and equally fund per student- funding through property taxes results in unequal funding for schools that need it most
Expand after-school programs

Ensure high-speed broadband internet access
Raise minimum wage and tie to productivity for future growth (it would be at $24/hr today if it stayed tied to productivity since 1968)
Stop consolidating rural schools and start building rural schools that can access and utilize distance learning opportunities
Incentivize cooperative business models and utilities- food co-ops, credit unions, and farm co-ops
Compensate farmers for improving ecosystems
Invest in public transportation to better connect residents and provide access to jobs, schools, medical facilities, shopping, recreation, and more

Pass the Emmett Till Antilynching Act (H.R. 35)
Marijuana record expungement
Restore voting rights for felons
End for-profit private prisons
Independent investigations and prosecutions for police killings
Demilitarize police
Require police budgets to bear the cost of misconduct, not being able to use the general fund
Establish a community oversight committee

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