Expanding Accessible Healthcare & Mental Health Services-Health Is More Than Healthcare

As the co-owner of a fitness and yoga studio, I’ve spent years supporting people while they build healthier lives through movement and community. I believe healthcare should be affordable, accessible, and focused on patients instead of corporate profits. As a current Courtland Township Trustee, I’ve worked to strengthen that foundation locally, supporting parks, recreation, and public spaces that give families places to move and gather. 

I believe the MiCare Act raises important questions about how we guarantee healthcare as a public good. As your State Representative, I would work with healthcare providers, patients, businesses, and my colleagues in both parties to explore how Michigan can build a system that provides universal access while protecting quality and supporting local hospitals. 

In Lansing, I'll fight to put people before corporate profits, strengthen our local healthcare system, and ensure every family has the opportunity to live a healthier life. 

I'll focus on getting things done. That means expanding access to local healthcare by investing in community health centers, rural healthcare, and mental health services so every Michigander can get care closer to home. That means working across party lines to find sensible solutions to solve food insecurity, mental health access. 

One way to lower healthcare costs is by supporting SB 3/HB 4544 to establish a Prescription Drug Affordability Board and SB 973–977 to create a Michigan-based insurance marketplace with a reinsurance program that could reduce premiums by 10–15%. 

And supporting our healthcare workforce by backing HB 5455, expanding training opportunities, and making it easier for qualified doctors, nurses, therapists, and behavioral health professionals to serve Michigan communities.

Too often, politicians tell us healthcare is solely an individual responsibility while insurance companies and pharmaceutical corporations continue to report record profits. Until our federally elected officials start making decisions that support the people over corporations, I will fight to ensure Michigan is doing everything in our power to lower costs for Michiganders. 

That means investing in prevention, mental health, clean water, education, parks and recreation, and local economies that give families stability and dignity.