Health care is a human right. I believe it is time to remove health care from the negotiating table. I will fight to establish quality universal health care that is funded through progressive taxation. The pandemic exposed how fragile our health care system is. We need to adopt the universal health care model if we want all Californian’s to thrive. I plan to pay particular attention to the mental health crisis we are facing, which largely impacts our youth. We need to reexamine how we provide these critical services and work towards expanding access across the state. I will also champion safeguarding access to abortion care and comprehensive reproductive care.