Christina Bohannan

Healthcare Recruit and retain more doctors and nurses in Iowa, especially in rural areas, by boosting training programs and incentivizing health care providers to work in rural communities. Healthcare Expand Medicare to cover home health costs for family caregivers. Wages / Job Benefits Growing Iowa’s economy to increase jobs and wages. Government Reform Ban Members of Congress from using taxpayer dollars for first-class and business-class air travel. Economy Increase resources and incentives for farmers to grow cover crops that reduce runoff and sequester carbon. Healthcare Immediately extend the ACA tax credits fully, to lower premiums for thousands of Iowans and allow time for real health care reform. Healthcare Allow Iowans to buy into Medicare at any age. Healthcare Expand the number of drugs for which Medicare can negotiate lower prices and extend those lower negotiated prices to Iowans on private insurance. Environment / Energy Increase resources and incentives for farmers to boost buffer zones surrounding waterways to block pollutants. Healthcare Work to stop those in Washington who seek to cut, privatize, or jeopardize these critical programs. Healthcare Fight to protect Medicare and Social Security, and shore up the Social Security trust funds to fully fund them for future generations. Education In Congress, I will fight to: Make Iowa number one in public education again. Healthcare Invest in more mental health care, where Iowa is severely lacking and ranks near the bottom in the country. Government Reform In Congress, I will fight to: Ban the trading of stocks by all Members of Congress, Executive Branch Members, Supreme Court Justices, their spouses, and staff – including requiring divestment of currently-owned stocks. Education Ensure every Iowa child has access to school lunch and summer lunch so that every child can eat, and every child can learn. Healthcare Expand Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing care. Environment / Energy Cracking down on utility monopolies and expanding Iowa’s clean energy economy to lower energy bills. Education Adapt education to ensure an outstanding traditional education as well as training to thrive in an era of technology and AI. Environment / Energy Take action to reduce PFAS and other chemicals in our water. Government Reform Ban family members from being paid by congressional members’ campaigns or official offices. Government Reform Create a truly independent Congressional Ethics Agency with the power to investigate members for wrongdoing, so members of Congress no longer get to regulate themselves. Healthcare Hold drug companies accountable for price gouging by imposing tougher penalties for raising prices faster than inflation. Drug Policy Lowering prescription drug prices by allowing Medicare to negotiate for lower prices on more lifesaving drugs and capping insulin costs at 35 per month for everyone. Healthcare Allow Medicare to negotiate for lower prices on more drugs so seniors and other taxpayers pay less. Healthcare Expand Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing care. Healthcare Allow Iowans to buy into Medicare at any age, which would protect Iowans in their fifties and early sixties from paying outrageous health insurance premiums. Drug Policy Cap insulin costs at 35 per month for all Americans. Government Reform Ban pay to all Members of Congress, Executive Branch Members, and their staff during shutdowns, with all such income used to pay down the national debt. Economy Pass a Farm Bill that provides fair crop insurance rates to protect against extreme weather. Healthcare In Congress, I will fight to: Immediately reverse the Medicaid cuts that will kick more than 100,000 Iowans off their health care and close rural hospitals and nursing homes. Education Reinvest in public education at every level: pre-K and K-12 schools, community colleges and universities, and skills training and apprenticeships. Government Reform Institute term limits and age caps. Drug Policy Make prescriptions available as lower-cost generics sooner. Education Expand Career and Technical Education (CTE) so that students can find good-paying jobs in the trades or manufacturing. Government Reform Ban personal use of Congressional office budgets. Education Guarantee every child access to a high-quality education by pushing for a substantial national investment in public education and school infrastructure, with a special focus on rural and small-town schools. Healthcare Expand Medicare to cover home health costs incurred by family caregivers. Housing Building and rehabilitating more housing to make it affordable for every Iowan to find a safe place to live. Environment / Energy Invest in Iowa’s clean energy economy, and make America more energy-independent with lower costs. Economy Crack down on price gouging and anti-competitive practices in the agricultural industry to reduce costs of seed, fertilizer, meat and grain processing, and other costs. Housing Prohibiting hedge funds and private investors from buying up Iowa’s family homes and land and artificially raising rents. Government Reform Permanently ban all Members of Congress, their families, and their staff from becoming lobbyists, including retroactively. Economy Cracking down on corporate price gougers and their corrupt anti-competitive practices that are jacking up costs on groceries, everyday goods, and farming inputs like fertilizer and seed. Economy Exercising Congress’s power to end the disastrous tariffs that are one of the biggest tax increases in American history and have left Iowans to pay thousands per year in higher costs. Government Reform Pass a constitutional amendment to reverse the Citizens United decision and block unlimited corporate and billionaire spending on campaigns.