Qualifications: What training, experience and characteristics qualify you for this position?
Issues: What are the two (2) most pressing issues that you will face in the office that you seek? Describe your “specific” plans/ideas for addressing these issues.
Michael A. Curran
As one of original innovators of immunotherapy of cancer, I know what it's like to lead for positive change. The constituents of District 9 need better affordable health care options and with my decades of experience in the health care field I am uniquely qualified to deliver that. As a local business founder and owner, I also understand how to better promote the success of our home industries. I have multiple children in local public schools giving me insights into improving safety and core curriculum. Finally, my education in computer science and in foreign affairs with a Russia concentration have prepared me to meet the challenges of Artificial Intelligence policy as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Our government has failed to deliver health care that is accessible and affordable and continuing to "kick the can down the road" will soon bankrupt us. I propose a smarter approach to health care where the government focuses on PREVENTING people from getting sick through a universal wellness plan and then insurance is available at a lower cost for those that do become ill across a spectrum of budgets with coverage for pre-existing conditions. This plan would be complemented by focused boosting of the NIH medical research budget to accelerate cures for the most prevalent and debilitating illnesses.
A second critical issue is access to high quality public education for which we have an innovative plan covering birth to graduation.
A second critical issue is access to high quality public education for which we have an innovative plan covering birth to graduation.
