Lower Costs, Raise Wages
Lower Costs, Raise Wages
Health care
Rachel will focus on lowering the cost of health care, making it less complicated, and holding insurance companies accountable for high costs. She will:
Reverse the historic cuts to health care Congress voted for in 2025.
Ban prior authorization by insurance companies so they can no longer deny doctor-prescribed care.
Cap the amount of money from premium payments that can go toward insurance company executive salaries.
Address rampant consolidation in the health care industry that drives up prices, squashes competition, and hurts working people.
Jobs
Rachel comes from a strong union family and knows that our part of Pennsylvania needs more stable, good-paying jobs so people can live and raise a family here. She will:
Fight for funding for trade and technical schools and promote shop class in high school.
Fight for working people to have the ability to form a union and advocate for better working conditions. Defend the Davis-Bacon Act against attacks on prevailing wages. Support project labor agreements to ensure that union workers aren’t undercut
Make it easier for people to go to school while working, whether it’s for cosmetology, welding, or health care.
Support and invest in small business owners that are part of our communities.
Our farmers
Rachel will fight for our farmers, especially family farms that are struggling to stay afloat. She supports long-term solutions that remove obstacles for farmers and make it possible for them to compete. Rachel will:
Support legislation that tackles the cost of living and inflation
Fight monopolies in industries like fertilizer, seeds, and meatpacking.
Protect small and mid-sized farmers from multinational corporations trying to buy our land and resources.
Make it easier for farmers to work on their own equipment by supporting Right to Repair laws.
Update outdated laws that keep farmers from being competitive and profitable.
Housing
Our part of Pennsylvania needs more affordable housing for working families. Rachel will vote to:
Establish a new first-time homebuyer credit and a starter home construction credit.
Hold absentee landlords accountable and fight blight.