Ron Simmons for U.S. House of Representatives

Independent Candidate, New Mexico District 3

HEALTH CARE           I support: 

  • improving and making a priority of veteran health care, including mental health services 
  • a not-for-profit health insurance entity to cover the 47 million uninsured U.S. citizens
  • continuing the National Health Service Corps scholarship & medical school loan repayment programs  to bring healthcare providers to practice in New Mexico rural health clinics
  • continued funding for the Community Health Centers & Graduate Medical Ed programs                               
  • a requirement that private insurers accept  people with pre-existing health conditions
  • a requirement that employers be given reduced work comp insurance rates as credit for providing employee health insurance benefits
  • helping Medicare system solvency by applying withholding to part of non-wage incomes such as dividend distributions