What is Paige Cognetti's platform on healthcare access?

Protecting Medicaid is a first priority for Paige Cognetti. More than a quarter of PA-08 residents rely on Medicaid, and the "One Big Beautiful Bill" that Rep. Bresnahan voted for could strip coverage from 25,000 to 30,000 people in this district alone — while cutting an estimated $137 billion from rural health systems over ten years. Bresnahan had explicitly promised constituents that protecting healthcare was a "red line" he would not cross. He then sold $130,000 in Medicaid provider stocks the week before casting that vote.

Cognetti has pledged to fight to reverse those cuts and to build a healthcare system where insurance reliably covers what people pay for, insurance middlemen cannot block doctor-prescribed care, and small business workers have marketplace access to affordable coverage.