Healthcare
ROOTED
Growing up in a working family where affordable healthcare was not always available, Delia knows personally the difficult healthcare choices families make every day. She believes that no one should have to choose between a life-saving medicine or keeping a roof over their heads. Our healthcare system should exist to save lives and address people’s needs, and not to deliver massive profits to investors and pharmaceutical companies. Delia has been a leader in the fight to make sure everyone has access to healthcare including championing historic expansions of Medicaid and co-sponsoring laws to reduce racial disparities in our healthcare system.
READY
As Congresswoman, Delia is a champion for getting health care costs down, including supporting Medicare for All. She is taking on the pharmaceutical and for-profit medical industries by championing legislation to lower the cost of healthcare and prescription drugs. She advocates for increased healthcare access until we ultimately get Medicare for everyone, so no one is denied the care they need.
RESULTS
In Congress, Delia has:
Co-sponsored the Medicare for All Act to guarantee that everyone has access to life-saving healthcare under a single-payer model
Co-sponsored the Health Equity and Access under the Law for Immigrant Families Act of 2023 to reduce barriers that immigrants face to enrolling in healthcare
Co-sponsored the Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2023 to guarantee that hospitals have safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios
Co-sponsored the Stop the Wait Act of 2023 to remove the disability insurance benefits waiting period for patients with disabilities
As State Representative, Delia:
Wrote and passed a law that extends Medicaid to all low-income people over the age of 42, making Illinois the first state in the nation to grant healthcare access to seniors regardless of immigration status
Supported and co-sponsored legislation to lower the costs of life-saving prescription drugs
Supported historic legislation championed and passed by the Illinois Black Caucus to address racial disparities in the IL healthcare system
Pushed for a law to require a maximum number of patients per nurse, so we are putting patient care ahead of hospital profits
