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1. Fighting for a Life That's Affordable
Candidate positionIt shouldn't be this hard to build a life on Long Island. Every day I meet working families who are doing everything right, but still feel like they're falling behind. Housing costs too much, groceries are more expensive than ever, childcare is out of reach for too many families, and everyday bills keep going up while paychecks struggle to keep pace. Too many young people can't afford to stay here, and too many seniors are being forced to leave the communities they helped build.
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It shouldn't be this hard to build a life on Long Island. Every day I meet working families who are doing everything right, but still feel like they're falling behind. Housing costs too much, groceries are more expensive than ever, childcare is out of reach for too many families, and everyday bills keep going up while paychecks struggle to keep pace. Too many young people can't afford to stay here, and too many seniors are being forced to leave the communities they helped build.
2. Healthcare is a Right, Not a Privilege
Candidate positionHealthcare shouldn't depend on your ZIP code, your job, or your bank account. Too many Long Island families are paying more every year for insurance, prescription drugs, and medical care while giant healthcare corporations make record profits. Andrew Garbarino promised to protect Medicaid and then turned around and voted to gut New Yorkers Healthcare and Hospitals which will result in over 1.5 million New Yorkers losing healthcare coverage and over 13 Billion in cuts this year alone.
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Healthcare shouldn't depend on your ZIP code, your job, or your bank account. Too many Long Island families are paying more every year for insurance, prescription drugs, and medical care while giant healthcare corporations make record profits. Andrew Garbarino promised to protect Medicaid and then turned around and voted to gut New Yorkers Healthcare and Hospitals which will result in over 1.5 million New Yorkers losing healthcare coverage and over 13 Billion in cuts this year alone.
3. Housing that Works for Long Island
Candidate positionLong Island is exporting the one thing we can't afford to lose: our best and brightest. Too many young adults who grew up here can't afford to stay, and too many seniors can't find a place to downsize without leaving the communities they love. I believe we can create more housing opportunities without sacrificing the character of our neighborhoods. That means building where it makes sense, protecting our environment, listening to residents, and making sure new development strengthens our communities instead of overwhelming them. I've spent my career making those decisions, and I'll bring that same balanced approach to Congress.
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Long Island is exporting the one thing we can't afford to lose: our best and brightest. Too many young adults who grew up here can't afford to stay, and too many seniors can't find a place to downsize without leaving the communities they love. I believe we can create more housing opportunities without sacrificing the character of our neighborhoods. That means building where it makes sense, protecting our environment, listening to residents, and making sure new development strengthens our communities instead of overwhelming them. I've spent my career making those decisions, and I'll bring that same balanced approach to Congress.
4. Protecting Long Island's Environment
Candidate positionLong Island's environment isn't just something we enjoy—it's what makes this a great place to live. Our drinking water, beaches, bays, parks, and open spaces are part of who we are, and protecting them means protecting our health, our economy, and our future. I've spent my career fighting to safeguard our sole-source aquifer, hold polluters accountable, preserve open space, and restore the Great South Bay. In Congress, I'll continue fighting to make polluters pay, protect clean water and clean air, strengthen climate resilience, and keep Long Island healthy for generations to come.
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Long Island's environment isn't just something we enjoy—it's what makes this a great place to live. Our drinking water, beaches, bays, parks, and open spaces are part of who we are, and protecting them means protecting our health, our economy, and our future. I've spent my career fighting to safeguard our sole-source aquifer, hold polluters accountable, preserve open space, and restore the Great South Bay. In Congress, I'll continue fighting to make polluters pay, protect clean water and clean air, strengthen climate resilience, and keep Long Island healthy for generations to come.
5. Tackling Corruption in Washington
Candidate positionWashington should work for the American people—not billionaires, corporate PACs, lobbyists, and special interests. I believe elected officials should earn the public's trust through transparency, accountability, and ethical leadership, not by selling access or putting powerful donors ahead of the families they represent. That's why I’m refusing corporate PAC money, I support banning congressional stock trading, and will fight to restore integrity to Congress by ending pay-to-play politics, strengthening ethics laws, and making government accountable to the people of Long Island.
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Washington should work for the American people—not billionaires, corporate PACs, lobbyists, and special interests. I believe elected officials should earn the public's trust through transparency, accountability, and ethical leadership, not by selling access or putting powerful donors ahead of the families they represent. That's why I’m refusing corporate PAC money, I support banning congressional stock trading, and will fight to restore integrity to Congress by ending pay-to-play politics, strengthening ethics laws, and making government accountable to the people of Long Island.
6. Keeping America's Promise to Our Seniors
Candidate positionFor generations, Americans have worked hard, paid into Social Security and Medicare every paycheck, and planned their retirement around one simple promise: if you play by the rules, those benefits will be there when you need them. Today, that promise is at risk. If Congress continues to do nothing, Social Security's retirement trust fund is projected to become insolvent in 2032. Under current law, that would trigger huge benefit cuts of more than 22 percent for millions of retirees—even though they've spent a lifetime paying into the system. That's unacceptable. And what’s even worse is that Speaker Mike Johnson and Congressional Republicans have talked openly about privatizing Social Security and Medicare.
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For generations, Americans have worked hard, paid into Social Security and Medicare every paycheck, and planned their retirement around one simple promise: if you play by the rules, those benefits will be there when you need them. Today, that promise is at risk. If Congress continues to do nothing, Social Security's retirement trust fund is projected to become insolvent in 2032. Under current law, that would trigger huge benefit cuts of more than 22 percent for millions of retirees—even though they've spent a lifetime paying into the system. That's unacceptable. And what’s even worse is that Speaker Mike Johnson and Congressional Republicans have talked openly about privatizing Social Security and Medicare.
7. Safe Communities & Sensible Immigration
Candidate positionKeeping our communities safe starts with strong leadership, support for law enforcement, and an immigration system that is secure, orderly, and fair. As Suffolk County Executive, I worked side-by-side with the Suffolk County Police Department to strengthen public safety, negotiate a long-overdue police contract, improve officer training and equipment, protect victims of domestic violence, and reclaim neighborhoods from crime. In Congress, I'll fight to support our police, secure our borders, combat fentanyl and human trafficking, and fix our broken immigration system with common-sense solutions that keep Long Island families safe while upholding the values that has made America a shining beacon of hope and prosperity.
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Keeping our communities safe starts with strong leadership, support for law enforcement, and an immigration system that is secure, orderly, and fair. As Suffolk County Executive, I worked side-by-side with the Suffolk County Police Department to strengthen public safety, negotiate a long-overdue police contract, improve officer training and equipment, protect victims of domestic violence, and reclaim neighborhoods from crime. In Congress, I'll fight to support our police, secure our borders, combat fentanyl and human trafficking, and fix our broken immigration system with common-sense solutions that keep Long Island families safe while upholding the values that has made America a shining beacon of hope and prosperity.
Meet Pat Halpin.
Candidate positionPat spent his public service career getting things done—without partisanship or excuses. Now, he’s running for Congress to fight against billionaire tax breaks and special interests to help bring down costs for the hard working folks on the South Shore.
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Pat spent his public service career getting things done—without partisanship or excuses. Now, he’s running for Congress to fight against billionaire tax breaks and special interests to help bring down costs for the hard working folks on the South Shore.
A Healthier Future for Long Island
Candidate positionLong Island families are one serious diagnosis away from financial disaster, and instead of fixing that, Andrew Garbarino voted to make it worse with massive federal cuts to healthcare in New York. I’ve spent my career protecting essential services and fighting to make government work for working families on the South Shore. In Congress, I’ll fight to make healthcare and retirement security affordable again—not gut them to pay for tax breaks for billionaires and give more power to giant healthcare conglomerates.
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Long Island families are one serious diagnosis away from financial disaster, and instead of fixing that, Andrew Garbarino voted to make it worse with massive federal cuts to healthcare in New York. I’ve spent my career protecting essential services and fighting to make government work for working families on the South Shore. In Congress, I’ll fight to make healthcare and retirement security affordable again—not gut them to pay for tax breaks for billionaires and give more power to giant healthcare conglomerates.
The Policy Agenda I Support
Candidate positionGuarantee Healthcare for Every American — I support the goal of expanding Medicare, but I don't believe getting to universal healthcare means taking good coverage away from people who already have it. Union members have fought at the bargaining table for strong healthcare benefits, and millions of Americans have employer coverage they're happy with. We should let every American access Medicare and build a system that's so good and affordable that more families and employers choose it—not force people into it overnight. As we move toward universal Medicare coverage, people should continue to have the ability to purchase private supplemental insurance as is the norm in most industrialized nations.
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Guarantee Healthcare for Every American — I support the goal of expanding Medicare, but I don't believe getting to universal healthcare means taking good coverage away from people who already have it. Union members have fought at the bargaining table for strong healthcare benefits, and millions of Americans have employer coverage they're happy with. We should let every American access Medicare and build a system that's so good and affordable that more families and employers choose it—not force people into it overnight. As we move toward universal Medicare coverage, people should continue to have the ability to purchase private supplemental insurance as is the norm in most industrialized nations.
The Contrast with Garbarino Who Lied to Us
Candidate positionAndrew Garbarino promised to protect Medicaid—and then voted to cut it. In 2025, Garbarino joined other Republicans in warning congressional leadership that he could not support legislation that reduced Medicaid coverage for vulnerable Americans. Then Garbarino turned around and voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill, betraying his fellow New Yorkers.
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Andrew Garbarino promised to protect Medicaid—and then voted to cut it. In 2025, Garbarino joined other Republicans in warning congressional leadership that he could not support legislation that reduced Medicaid coverage for vulnerable Americans. Then Garbarino turned around and voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill, betraying his fellow New Yorkers.
Housing that Works for Long Island
Candidate positionI believe we can create more housing opportunities without sacrificing the character of our neighborhoods. We don't have to choose between protecting our communities and giving the next generation a chance to build a life here. We can do both by planning smarter, listening to residents, and building where it makes sense.
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I believe we can create more housing opportunities without sacrificing the character of our neighborhoods. We don't have to choose between protecting our communities and giving the next generation a chance to build a life here. We can do both by planning smarter, listening to residents, and building where it makes sense.
Housing Starts with Good Planning
Candidate positionBuilding more housing is only part of the solution. If we want housing to be more affordable, we also have to lower the cost of building it responsibly. That starts with infrastructure. Communities need the roads, sewers, utilities, and public investments that allow housing to be built where it belongs. Here on the South Shore, investments like the Southwest Sewer District didn't just help clean up the Great South Bay—they created the infrastructure that made responsible housing possible in places that could support it.
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Building more housing is only part of the solution. If we want housing to be more affordable, we also have to lower the cost of building it responsibly. That starts with infrastructure. Communities need the roads, sewers, utilities, and public investments that allow housing to be built where it belongs. Here on the South Shore, investments like the Southwest Sewer District didn't just help clean up the Great South Bay—they created the infrastructure that made responsible housing possible in places that could support it.
The Policies I'll Fight For
Candidate positionExpanding housing opportunities for young adults, working families, and seniors.
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Expanding housing opportunities for young adults, working families, and seniors.
And What I'll Fight Against
Candidate positionI oppose one-size-fits-all housing mandates from Washington or Albany that ignore local communities.
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I oppose one-size-fits-all housing mandates from Washington or Albany that ignore local communities.
Building a Better Long Island
Candidate positionIt doesn't have to be this way. We need leaders who will put Long Island first—lowering costs, protecting our freedoms, defending our environment, and making sure the next generation can afford to build a future right here at home. That's what I'll fight for every day in Congress.
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It doesn't have to be this way. We need leaders who will put Long Island first—lowering costs, protecting our freedoms, defending our environment, and making sure the next generation can afford to build a future right here at home. That's what I'll fight for every day in Congress.
1. Fighting for a Life That's Affordable
Candidate positionI believe that if you work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to build a good life right here on Long Island. In Congress, I'll fight to make everyday life more affordable by expanding housing opportunities for working families, standing up to corporate price gouging and monopolies that drive up prices, and putting working families ahead of billionaires and special interests.
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I believe that if you work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to build a good life right here on Long Island. In Congress, I'll fight to make everyday life more affordable by expanding housing opportunities for working families, standing up to corporate price gouging and monopolies that drive up prices, and putting working families ahead of billionaires and special interests.
2. Healthcare is a Right, Not a Privilege
Candidate positionI support building toward universal Medicare coverage in a way that protects the coverage people already have, lowers prescription drug prices, breaks up healthcare monopolies that drive up costs, and reverses the healthcare cuts that threaten Long Island families, hospitals, and community health centers. My approach is simple: put patients ahead of corporate profits, make healthcare more affordable, and ensure no family has to choose between getting the care they need and paying the bills.
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I support building toward universal Medicare coverage in a way that protects the coverage people already have, lowers prescription drug prices, breaks up healthcare monopolies that drive up costs, and reverses the healthcare cuts that threaten Long Island families, hospitals, and community health centers. My approach is simple: put patients ahead of corporate profits, make healthcare more affordable, and ensure no family has to choose between getting the care they need and paying the bills.
A Healthier Future for Long Island
Candidate positionEvery American should have access to affordable, high-quality healthcare. I believe we should give Americans the opportunity to buy into Medicare coverage—while making sure no one with strong private coverage they already like is forced to give it up.
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Every American should have access to affordable, high-quality healthcare. I believe we should give Americans the opportunity to buy into Medicare coverage—while making sure no one with strong private coverage they already like is forced to give it up.
The Policy Agenda I Support
Candidate positionLowering the Cost of Healthcare and Prescription Drugs — Americans pay more for healthcare than people in any other industrialized nation, yet we don't get better health outcomes in return. That's because our healthcare system rewards monopoly power, middlemen, and corporate profits instead of patients. I believe we should learn from the best ideas that are working around the world and build an American healthcare system that delivers high-quality care at a price families can afford. The more Americans who participate in Medicare, the greater its purchasing power becomes. We should use that bargaining power to negotiate lower prices for American families—not protect pharmaceutical company profits.
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Lowering the Cost of Healthcare and Prescription Drugs — Americans pay more for healthcare than people in any other industrialized nation, yet we don't get better health outcomes in return. That's because our healthcare system rewards monopoly power, middlemen, and corporate profits instead of patients. I believe we should learn from the best ideas that are working around the world and build an American healthcare system that delivers high-quality care at a price families can afford. The more Americans who participate in Medicare, the greater its purchasing power becomes. We should use that bargaining power to negotiate lower prices for American families—not protect pharmaceutical company profits.
Housing Starts with Good Planning
Candidate positionThe federal government has an important role to play—not by telling Long Island where to build, but by giving local communities the tools to succeed. I'll fight for federal investments that help communities modernize sewer systems, improve transportation, upgrade water infrastructure, and prepare sites for responsible housing development. That's how Washington can be a partner instead of getting in the way.
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The federal government has an important role to play—not by telling Long Island where to build, but by giving local communities the tools to succeed. I'll fight for federal investments that help communities modernize sewer systems, improve transportation, upgrade water infrastructure, and prepare sites for responsible housing development. That's how Washington can be a partner instead of getting in the way.
The Policies I'll Fight For
Candidate positionProviding federal support for sewer, transportation, and water infrastructure that makes responsible housing possible.
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Providing federal support for sewer, transportation, and water infrastructure that makes responsible housing possible.
And What I'll Fight Against
Candidate positionI oppose reckless overdevelopment that overwhelms neighborhoods, schools, roads, and infrastructure.
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I oppose reckless overdevelopment that overwhelms neighborhoods, schools, roads, and infrastructure.
The Policy Agenda I Support
Candidate positionLearn from what works: Adopt proven ideas from other industrialized countries that reduce costs, improve access, and deliver better outcomes while building a healthcare system that reflects American values.
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Learn from what works: Adopt proven ideas from other industrialized countries that reduce costs, improve access, and deliver better outcomes while building a healthcare system that reflects American values.
Housing Starts with Good Planning
Candidate positionI've also seen how predictable tax policy can make housing more affordable. As Chairman of the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency, I worked with projects that used phased-in property tax agreements to encourage investment while keeping long-term costs manageable for homeowners and renters alike. When communities provide certainty, responsible developers are more willing to invest, financing becomes more affordable, and projects are more likely to succeed.
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I've also seen how predictable tax policy can make housing more affordable. As Chairman of the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency, I worked with projects that used phased-in property tax agreements to encourage investment while keeping long-term costs manageable for homeowners and renters alike. When communities provide certainty, responsible developers are more willing to invest, financing becomes more affordable, and projects are more likely to succeed.
The Policies I'll Fight For
Candidate positionSupporting workforce housing for teachers, nurses, police officers, firefighters, healthcare workers, and other essential workers who should be able to live in the communities they serve.
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Supporting workforce housing for teachers, nurses, police officers, firefighters, healthcare workers, and other essential workers who should be able to live in the communities they serve.
And What I'll Fight Against
Candidate positionI oppose warehouse sprawl, including the new Amazon facility in Holbrook that increases truck traffic, harms our environment, and reduces quality of life.
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I oppose warehouse sprawl, including the new Amazon facility in Holbrook that increases truck traffic, harms our environment, and reduces quality of life.
The Policy Agenda I Support
Candidate positionBreak the Healthcare Monopolies — America doesn't just have a healthcare coverage problem. We have a healthcare monopoly problem. No healthcare conglomerate should be able to own your insurance company, decide which drugs it will cover, own the middleman negotiating the price, steer you to the pharmacy it owns, buy your doctor's practice—and make money at every step.
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Break the Healthcare Monopolies — America doesn't just have a healthcare coverage problem. We have a healthcare monopoly problem. No healthcare conglomerate should be able to own your insurance company, decide which drugs it will cover, own the middleman negotiating the price, steer you to the pharmacy it owns, buy your doctor's practice—and make money at every step.
The Policies I'll Fight For
Candidate positionProtecting housing affordability by preventing Wall Street investment firms from buying up homes and pricing working families out of the single-family housing market.
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Protecting housing affordability by preventing Wall Street investment firms from buying up homes and pricing working families out of the single-family housing market.
And What I'll Fight Against
Candidate positionAnd I oppose politicians who talk about the housing crisis but never do the hard work of bringing communities together to solve it.
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And I oppose politicians who talk about the housing crisis but never do the hard work of bringing communities together to solve it.
The Policy Agenda I Support
Candidate positionProtect independent doctors and pharmacies: Stop dominant healthcare corporations from using their market power to squeeze independent providers out of business, leaving patients with fewer choices and higher costs.
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Protect independent doctors and pharmacies: Stop dominant healthcare corporations from using their market power to squeeze independent providers out of business, leaving patients with fewer choices and higher costs.
The Policy Agenda I Support
Candidate positionPay fairly for the care you actually receive: Expand appropriate site-neutral payments so patients and Medicare aren't charged substantially more for the same routine service simply because a hospital conglomerate bought the doctor's office or facility.
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Pay fairly for the care you actually receive: Expand appropriate site-neutral payments so patients and Medicare aren't charged substantially more for the same routine service simply because a hospital conglomerate bought the doctor's office or facility.
The Policy Agenda I Support
Candidate positionPut patients and doctors back in charge: Crack down on abusive prior authorization, corporate steering, and other practices that allow insurance companies and vertically integrated healthcare corporations to put their financial interests ahead of a patient's care.
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Put patients and doctors back in charge: Crack down on abusive prior authorization, corporate steering, and other practices that allow insurance companies and vertically integrated healthcare corporations to put their financial interests ahead of a patient's care.
The Policy Agenda I Support
Candidate positionReverse Garbarino's Healthcare Cuts — Andrew Garbarino promised to protect Medicaid and then voted for legislation that cut healthcare and put coverage at risk for Long Islanders. I will fight to reverse those cuts and protect the healthcare families already depend on.
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Reverse Garbarino's Healthcare Cuts — Andrew Garbarino promised to protect Medicaid and then voted for legislation that cut healthcare and put coverage at risk for Long Islanders. I will fight to reverse those cuts and protect the healthcare families already depend on.
The Policy Agenda I Support
Candidate positionReverse the Medicaid cuts: Restore federal Medicaid funding and protect coverage and access to care for seniors, people with disabilities, children, and working families who depend on the program.
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Reverse the Medicaid cuts: Restore federal Medicaid funding and protect coverage and access to care for seniors, people with disabilities, children, and working families who depend on the program.
The Policy Agenda I Support
Candidate positionRestore and protect New York's Essential Plan: Restore the federal funding cuts that devastated New York's Essential Plan and protect affordable healthcare for the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers whose coverage was put at risk.
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Restore and protect New York's Essential Plan: Restore the federal funding cuts that devastated New York's Essential Plan and protect affordable healthcare for the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers whose coverage was put at risk.
The Policy Agenda I Support
Candidate positionMake ACA coverage affordable again: Restore enhanced ACA premium tax credits so Long Island families buying their own insurance aren't hit with dramatically higher monthly premiums.
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Make ACA coverage affordable again: Restore enhanced ACA premium tax credits so Long Island families buying their own insurance aren't hit with dramatically higher monthly premiums.
The Policy Agenda I Support
Candidate positionProtect Long Island hospitals and community health centers: Reverse cuts that shift billions in costs onto New York's healthcare system, threatening hospitals, community health centers, providers, and the patients they serve.
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Protect Long Island hospitals and community health centers: Reverse cuts that shift billions in costs onto New York's healthcare system, threatening hospitals, community health centers, providers, and the patients they serve.
The Policy Agenda I Support
Candidate positionStop pushing the cost of the uninsured onto everyone else: When people lose coverage, they don't stop getting sick. They end up seeking more expensive care in emergency rooms, leaving hospitals and insured families to absorb the cost. Protecting coverage helps keep costs down for everyone and keeps all our costs from going up.
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Stop pushing the cost of the uninsured onto everyone else: When people lose coverage, they don't stop getting sick. They end up seeking more expensive care in emergency rooms, leaving hospitals and insured families to absorb the cost. Protecting coverage helps keep costs down for everyone and keeps all our costs from going up.