HONOR, INTEGRITY and SERVICE Republican Candidate for
ISSUES
Making health care coverage more affordable
Eddie worked in healthcare for over twenty years he understands that rising costs can put health care coverage out of reach for many Americans. Health care costs are rising at the fastest rate in nearly a decade, imposing a burden on families and businesses. That is why Eddie will work to:
- Create new and more affordable Health Care coverage options - targeted to those who need help the most: low-income children and families; employees of small businesses; and the self-employed.
- Generate improved access to health care for the most vulnerable through expanding the number of Community Health Centers and increasing the services they offer.
- Reform Medical liability to help rein in unnecessary health care costs. Too many lawsuits without merit are being filed against doctors and hospitals, forcing them to practice defensive medicine, driving good doctors out of practice, and driving up health care costs for everyone. Eddie believes people who have a legitimate claim should have their day in court. But to make health care more affordable and accessible to everyone, we must reduce the number of frivolous lawsuits and limit excessive jury awards. No patient has ever been healed by a frivolous lawsuit.
Give someone a fish and you feed them for a day, teach them to fish and you feed them for a lifetime
Eddie comes from humble beginnings and now has two college degrees believes we need to do more to prepare our high school students for the future. In order for them to compete for the high-demand jobs of the 21st Century every high school student must graduate with the skills needed to succeed in college and in a globally competitive workforce. That is why Eddie will work to:
- Strengthen and modernize vocational and technical education, expands math and science education for all students, enables more low-income students to pursue degrees in math and science, and enables educators to determine whether high schools are graduating students with the skills they need to succeed.
- Help the youngest Americans receive a quality education and learn the basic skills they will need to succeed in the future by holding schools accountable for student progress by regularly testing in the fundamental subjects of reading and math.
- Increase funding to provide extra help to middle and high school students who fall behind. With a better trained and better educated workforce, America will continue to be the best place in the world to do business.
We live in one of the fastest growing districts in the fastest growing state in America
Eddie’s experience as a small businessman has brought to life the economic challenges we face in the future and the steps we must take to ensure our economy will continue to grow, create jobs, and meet the needs of American workers in a changing world. That is why Eddie will work to:
- Draft changes to impress that government must take the side of working families. Many of our most fundamental systems - the tax code, our health care system, worker training programs, and retirement plans - were created for the world of yesterday, not tomorrow. We must transform these systems so all Americans are equipped and prepared to realize the American Dream.
- Keep inflation, interest rates, and mortgage rates at there current low levels.
- Make this tax relief permanent and reduce excessive regulations. Raising taxes on families and small businesses along with the burdensome paper work of excessive regulations will hurt the economic growth of new small businesses and job creation.