Katie supports expanding Medicaid in Texas so more families can access preventative care and lower overall healthcare costs. She has often pointed out how Texans pay federal taxes that fund Medicaid expansion in other states, and it’s time to bring that money back to Texas instead of leaving it on the table. Medicaid expansion is a cost and fiscal responsibility issue as much as a coverage issue: catching health problems early through preventative care keeps them from becoming more expensive emergencies later, both for families and for the state.

Katie has said Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the country — almost double the national average, including the highest uninsured rate of children — and that number keeps growing every year. She believes families should not have to choose between food or medicine. As part of her broader affordability platform, she has identified healthcare — alongside housing and childcare — as one of the costs that has become unaffordable for working Texans even as they work harder than ever. One of her three core campaign messages is a commitment to help Texans access affordable healthcare and high-quality childcare.

Katie has spent over a decade leading global marketing teams at the intersection of technology and life sciences, working to lower costs for consumers and get medicines to patients faster. This gives her direct industry experience with the drivers of prescription and treatment costs, in addition to her broader business and budget management background.

Katie treats healthcare as one piece of a broader cost-of-living platform, alongside property taxes, insurance rates, and childcare. Her position is that families' overall financial pressure comes from multiple directions at once, and that lowering healthcare costs — through steps like Medicaid expansion and preventative care access — is one part of making it possible for Texas families to stay in their homes and communities.