Healthcare

Health-care access, costs, single-payer, prescription drug pricing, healthcare executive compensation, and federally qualified health centers.

Mentions, position unclear (13)

Anthony Rendon (No Party Preference) — Superintendent of Public Instruction

…country. I understand the importance of state and local leaders working together to protect the environment.” Healthcare Excerpt: “Millions cannot afford health care or know someone who cannot afford health care. Countle…

Dana Schultz (Nonpartisan) — Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector

…ing more than two decades in public finance, operations, and compliance. My career began at the Orange County Health Care Agency, where I supported critical programs in behavioral health and public health services. I lat…

Gus Mattammal (No Party Preference) — Superintendent of Public Instruction

…rld that’s better for all Americans, including you. If we come to the table with our own good-faith plans for healthcare, education, climate change, and economic opportunity, then we have a basis for negotiation and comp…

Jane Kim (Democratic) — Insurance Commissioner

…to homeowners for home hardening and safety improvements. By reducing risk instead of just reacting to it, a single payer system can actually make us safer. I will guarantee fast and fair claims. Your rates shouldn’t go…

Katie Porter (Democratic) — Governor

…p corporate cheaters and strengthen disaster response. I wrote new laws to protect patients from unreasonable drug price hikes and hold polluters accountable. In 2025, I returned to being a Professor of Law at UC Irvine.…

Malia M. Cohen (Democratic) — Controller

…using, fought for reproductive rights and women’s safety, and successfully advocated to provide children with healthcare. I am also passionate about public health. Last year, I took on Big Soda and passed the sugar-sweet…

Marjorie Mikels (Green) — Attorney General

…licy are you personally passionate about? Upholding Human Rights (All Rights/All People), Promoting Universal Health Care, Supporting taxes on Billionaires and Reduction in Military Expenditures, Prisons and Detention Ce…

Merritt Farren (Republican) — Insurance Commissioner

…saster that destroyed my community and will work insurance line by insurance line in home, auto, business and health insurance to expose and attack the underlying costs that are driving insurance prices up. What areas of…

Michael Tubbs (Democratic) — Lieutenant Governor

…ion around our strong, local assets: UOP, the Port, and Mercy to focus economic growth around transportation, health care, and education Work with the county, the business community, and the philanthropic sector to expan…

Steve Hilton (Republican) — Governor

…track being laid. More and more of the taxes we pay are eaten up by government unions, in luxury pensions and healthcare handed to them by the Democrat politicians they bribe – with our money! It’s obvious that more spen…

Tom Steyer (Democratic) — Governor

…loopholes to skip out on paying billions of dollars every year. This is money that should go to our schools, healthcare, and infrastructure. Our recent report shows how wealthy commercial property owners – including Don…

Tony Thurmond (Democratic) — Governor

…eve that California can do better—in public education, job creation, worker protections, crime prevention and healthcare accessibility and affordability. If I am elected, I plan to continue my work of improving our schoo…

Xavier Becerra (Democratic) — Governor

…ling info@xavierbecerra2026.com. Campaign website Becerra’s campaign website stated the following: PRIORITIES HEALTH CARE Health care is a human right. Californians deserve care they can actually use—without medical debt…

Methodology

Candidates’ published 2026 campaign-themes text on Ballotpedia is searched for the phrases below. When a match is found, a ~220-character snippet is extracted and scanned for support- or opposition-signal phrases. Classification is intentionally conservative — the snippet is the source of truth.

Match phrases: healthcare, health care, single-payer, single payer, medi-cal, medicaid, medicare, calcare, affordable care act, drug price, prescription, hospital, insurance coverage, health insurance, patient care

Support signals: expand health, universal coverage, single-payer system, lower drug price, negotiate drug, protect medicaid, strengthen medi-cal, expand medicare, guarantee health

Opposition signals: repeal aca, cut medicaid, end medi-cal