Drug/Food Safety

• Boost the FDA budget to ensure adequate resources are available to protect Americans from unsafe drugs and to fast-track delivery of potentially life-saving drugs.

Electronic Record Keeping

• Invest in health information technology.
• Support steamlining coverage, such as "Express Lane" eligibility, which allows states to use data from other public programs such as Food Stamps to enroll uninsured children in health care coverage.

Medicare/Medicaid

• Extend Medicare coverage to include Americans aged 55-64
• Reduce bureaucracy and improve care coordination in Medicare and Medicaid.
• Offer lower-income families Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program benefits.

Stem Cells

• Support funds for embryonic stem cell research.
• Support research on stem cells derived from embryos slated to be destroyed.

Public Health Issues

• Launch a national obesity prevention effort.
• Cut down "junk food" in schools.
• Ban smoking in most workplaces.

Abortion

• Support abortion rights, leaving the decision to have an abortion to individual women rather than the state.
• Provide comprehensive education about abstinence, birth control, and other pregnancy and disease prevention.

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Information compiled by Michele Foust, WebMD Medical News.

Medically reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

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