I will continue to fight for accessible, equitable, and robust healthcare that all Americans deserve.
Continue fighting for accessible, equitable, and robust healthcare for all Americans.
Occurrences
She strongly supports extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies to ensure that millions of Americans are able to maintain their healthcare.
Evidence
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"Healthcare is a human right... I will continue to fight for accessible, equitable, and robust healthcare that all Americans deserve." The page also says she fought to expand Medicare in North Carolina and is continuing that work in Congress as an original cosponsor of the Medicare for All Act.
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Foushee said she would "never negotiate on any cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security" and voted against a Republican reconciliation bill she said would make "radical cuts to social services."
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Foushee said the bill imposed "record cuts to Medicaid" and that she "proudly voted against" it because it sacrificed health care for millions of Americans.
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The office announced the Ensuring OBGYN Care in Prisons Act, saying incarcerated individuals have rights to comprehensive health care and that the legislation would require Bureau of Prisons facilities with female populations to employ at least one full-time, on-site OB-GYN.
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The office announced the Second Chance Mental Health Access Act of 2026, which would amend the Social Security Act to require state Medicaid programs to cover up to 12 mental health telehealth sessions for eligible people on home confinement.
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The Congress.gov cosponsors page lists Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] as an original cosponsor of H.R. 3069, the Medicare for All Act, on 04/29/2025.
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DURHAM, NC (August 14, 2026) — Yesterday, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) introduced the Sustainable Hospitals Act, legislation directing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to study whether certain medical devices currently designated for single use could be safely reprocessed and reused.
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DURHAM, NC (July 28, 2026) — Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) introduced the Seizure Safe Schools Act, legislation to promote seizure safety and ensure that elementary and secondary schools can safely care for students with seizure disorders.
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Last Action Date Listed September 10, 2026 Action Mr. Thanedar (for himself, Mr. Bell, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Carson, Ms. Chu, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Landsman, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Norton, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Sewell, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC]
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“I request that you immediately share HHS's plan to allocate funding for the TPP program with funds obligated by Congress and ensure that grantees, including North Carolina, will continue to offer important evidence-based education and not see their funding and program implementation further interrupted,”
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I am writing to inquire about the status of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) grants that were canceled by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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to establish a credit to incentivize the use of certain low-emission anesthetic gases by health care facilities, and for other purposes;
Assessments
The promise was framed as continuing to fight for accessible, equitable, robust healthcare, not as guaranteeing enactment of a specific universal healthcare law. During her current federal House term, Foushee took multiple concrete healthcare actions: original cosponsorship of the 2025 Medicare for All Act, votes against Medicaid and healthcare-related cuts, and introduction or support of bills expanding OB-GYN care in federal prisons and Medicaid-covered mental health access for people transitioning from incarceration. These actions materially satisfy the promised continued advocacy within the same term, even though they do not show full enactment of broad healthcare reform for all Americans.
The promise was framed as continuing to fight for accessible, equitable, robust healthcare rather than guaranteeing enactment of a universal-healthcare law. Evidence from the same congressional term shows Foushee took multiple relevant actions: original cosponsorship of the Medicare for All Act, introduction or support of bills expanding OB-GYN and mental health care access for vulnerable populations, and votes/public opposition against Medicaid and health-assistance cuts. These actions satisfy the promised continued advocacy, even though the broader policy goal remains unfinished nationally.