Cooper frequently campaigns on his gubernatorial record, where he successfully built a bipartisan coalition to implement Medicaid expansion, extending healthcare coverage to over 670,000 North Carolinians. He actively opposes federal spending bills that could reduce state Medicaid funding, advocates for expanding Medicare benefits to include vision, dental, and hearing, and seeks to broaden prescription drug price negotiations.

• Successfully pushed to include the Momnibus (H.R. 959 / S.346) in President Biden’s Build Back Better Act which will now provide more than $1.1 billion to address the maternal health crisis.

• Fought to close the Medicaid coverage gap, which would provide more than 210,000 North Carolinians access to healthcare.

• Voted for H.R. 6833, the Affordable Insulin Now Act, to cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin at no more than $35 a month. 

Dr. Andrews’ entire platform centers on fixing what she calls a profit-motivated system. She is heavily running on Medicaid expansion in South Carolina, lowering prescription drug costs, and protecting public health infrastructure.

Running to unseat the Republican executive leadership, State Representative Johnson has made healthcare access his primary campaign focus. He has pledged that one of his first actions in office will be to bypass legislative stagnation to expand Medicaid, capturing federal funding to insure hundreds of thousands of low-income and disabled South Carolinians.

Promises to stand up to corruption, consumer fraud, violent crime, and powerful interests that put profits, politics, or power above the people.