Expected Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has been an outspoken proponent of abortion access and maternal health during her time in Washington, but her Senate record demonstrates a wide range of health policy passions, from telemedicine to enforcing consumer protection laws.
“I spent my entire career fighting to protect consumers and lower medical bills for families,” the vice president said in a call with reporters last month, citing protecting the 2010 health care law and blocking health care industry mergers as among her greatest health care accomplishments.
Harris, a former California attorney general who represented her state in the Senate from 2017 to 2021 before becoming vice president, is likely to carry the Biden administration’s mantle forward in her presidential campaign, said Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at KFF.
