I am committed to building a health care system that works for everyone.
Build a health care system that works for everyone.
Occurrences
H.R.7023 - To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a public health insurance option, and for other purposes.
Evidence
"I am committed to building a health care system that works for everyone." The page also says her goal is to ensure that every person has access to affordable, quality and accessible health care, and that health care has been a top priority for most of her life.
Schakowsky says she is committed to ensuring that every person in the United States has access to quality, affordable health care, and that the Affordable CHOICE Act would add a publicly operated health insurance option to the ACA marketplaces to expand access and lower premiums.
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (Introduced 01/12/2026). Latest Action: House - 01/12/2026 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Tracker: Tip - This bill has the status Introduced.
Schakowsky said the EMPOWER for Health Act is designed to increase access to health care in underserved areas and diversify the health care providers to meet the needs of different populations.
Assessments
Schakowsky has clearly advanced health-care expansion legislation and keeps the goal active, but the evidence shows proposals and advocacy rather than enacted system-wide delivery. The promise is broad and ongoing, so this supports partial credit, not full fulfillment.
The promise describes a broad fulfilled outcome: a health care system that works for everyone, including affordable, quality, accessible care. The evidence shows this remains an active goal on Schakowsky's issue page, not a completed system-level result. She made serious legislative efforts in the same term, including introducing a public health insurance option bill and health care access legislation, but the cited public-option bill was only introduced and referred to committee, not enacted. Because serious attempts were made but the promised outcome was not delivered, the outcome is never with an effort badge.