Dave is seeking another term as your Representative because he feels our State has unfinished business with regard to controlling healthcare costs. Having previously served on the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, he has continually supported expanded health insurance rights, and have formed the necessary relationships and skills to find solutions to this vital issue. He has co-sponsored single payer legislation, as well as introduced the “Cover All Kids” legislation, which would give health care rights to undocumented children. Everyone deserves the right to make their own choices for their body, and Dave will continue to fight to ensure that everyone receives the proper coverage they need, no matter their choice. Dave is proud to have supported the Advancing Contraception Coverage and Economic Security in our State, or ACCESS Bill. He is particularly pleased to have co-sponsored this bill, which goes even further than the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), which allowed health insurance companies to choose one form of contraception to cover within each of the 18 categories. The ACCESS bill requires coverage of nearly all FDA approved contraceptives, with no cost sharing with consumers. With this legislation, most Massachusetts women will be protected from whatever action the Trump administration takes on repealing birth control coverage.