PRIORITY ISSUE
Improve Healthcare
Healthcare is a human right. We must expand Medicaid, lower prescription drug costs, and save our hospitals.
300k
Alabamians Lack Coverage
#1
Cause of Bankruptcy is Medical
Debt
$3B+
Federal Tax Dollars Left Behind
closing the healthcare gap
District 54's healthcare crisis is not abstract — it is measured in closed hospitals, doctor shortages, and families who delay care until emergencies force their hand. Too many communities across Alabama lack adequate primary care. That is unacceptable.
Rep. Rafferty has sponsored dozens of bills targeting healthcare access, mental health resources, and public health infrastructure — including the creation of the Veterans' Suicide Task Force. He has passed legislation to attract and retain medical professionals in underserved communities across the state, and serves on the Cahaba Valley Health Care Board and Youth Serve because the work doesn't stop at the State House doors.
Confronting the Crises We Can't Ignore
Food deserts, the opioid epidemic, rising obesity, and a mental health system stretched to its breaking point — these are not someone else's problems. They are District 54's reality. Neil is fighting to equip local health departments with the funding and tools to implement community-driven strategies that address these challenges head-on.
Access to quality, affordable healthcare is not a privilege. It is a human right. Every policy Neil champions in Montgomery starts from that premise and works backward to legislation that delivers results.
Saving Hospitals
Since 2010, more than a dozen hospitals have closed in Alabama. Expansion provides the financial lifeline they need to keep their
doors open.
Mental Health & Addiction
Fighting to increase funding for state mental health services and treating addiction as a public health crisis rather than a criminal
one.
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