Everyone needs access to healthcare, and I believe that healthcare is a human right. In my work as District Director for Senator Jamie Eldridge, I helped constituents on a regular basis with their healthcare crises, from helping families apply for MassHealth, challenge health insurance companies’ denial of coverage, and assist residents navigate the Health Connector. I support Medicare for All, through a single-payer system. My wife is a pharmacist and has seen people leave her pharmacy due to the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs. We must work to lower prescription drug prices and a single payer system would facilitate this, as well as reduce the cost of healthcare in general, address racial and ethnic health disparities. Finally, a Medicare For All system would be much more successful in addressing social epidemics in our communities, from the opioid crisis to suicides to mental health challenges.