Healthcare for the People: Affordable, Accessible, and Protected Like National Security

For most of my life, my mother has depended on disability and government-subsidized healthcare.

Just yesterday, she told me she hasn’t heard a single threat from Medicaid about losing her benefits—not a peep.

That’s the way it should be. Because no American—especially not our elderly, disabled, or working poor—should ever have to wonder whether they’ll be able to see a doctor or get their medication.

But access alone isn’t enough.

We need to make healthcare affordable, efficient, and grounded in common sense—not lobbyist-driven bureaucracy. What does it matter if you can access healthcare--when you can't afford it?

And here’s the big idea: Healthcare should be treated as a national security issue.

If our population is sick, untreated, or buried in medical debt, we are weaker as a nation.

That’s why I believe in a new model of public access care, supported by smart tax reform, telehealth infrastructure, and moral priorities.

1. Create an American Public Health Corps

Imagine a network of medical professionals—doctors, nurses, techs—who serve low-income and uninsured citizens at little or no cost, just like the military protects our borders.

Here’s how it works:

• Offer student debt forgiveness, housing benefits, and federal pensions to medical workers who serve in the Public Health Corps for 8+ years.

• Station them in rural, underserved, and high-need urban areas.

• Fund these clinics through redirected waste from bureaucratic health programs, and through new taxes on private insurance profits.

If we can protect our nation with soldiers, we can heal it with doctors.

2. Expand Telehealth and Rural Infrastructure

Affordable healthcare also means accessible healthcare—and that ties directly into my infrastructure plan.

I’ll fight for:

• Broadband internet expansion into every rural zip code, giving patients access to telehealth options from home.

• Reimbursement parity for telehealth, so doctors aren’t penalized for virtual visits.

• Grants to small clinics to purchase telehealth tech, connect with specialists, and stay open after hours.

Whether you live in Sand Branch or Oak Cliff, you should be able to talk to a doctor without driving 80 miles.

3. Tax Insurance Company Profits to Fund Real Care

Let’s be honest: Insurance companies are making billions—while everyday Americans are struggling with $5,000 deductibles and $700 insulin.

I propose:

• A progressive tax on insurance company profits, specifically earmarked for rural clinics, children’s hospitals, and preventative care programs.

• Ban on stock buybacks by insurers receiving federal subsidies.

• Caps on administrative cost margins, forcing insurers to spend more on care, not overhead.

Because some industries—like healthcare—should exist for the good of the many, not the profit of the few.

We don’t need more coverage mandates, more paperwork, or more empty promises.

We need real care, rooted in compassion, delivered with efficiency, and protected like the vital infrastructure it is.

If you’re ready to make healthcare work for the people—not the corporations—follow @SholdonDaniels on X and support our fight to reform it the right way.