Campaign Issues
So many issues face DISTRICT 76. MARK WEISER can tackle them and make our community a better place.
Budget
1. Increase Government Efficiency and Agency Consolidation
2. Cut Spending before the reduction of Taxes.
Healthcare
- Strengthen the Fiscal resources for rural healthcare services, not limited to just clinics and hospitals,
- Rural stabilization grants
- Improving Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates and
- Have smaller healthcare facilities merge with larger regional services.
- Increase the number of Doctors, APRNs, and Nurses: through Loan forgiveness, establish grants for these positions at Kansas Universities(Free Education with contracts to serve rural communities), no loan repayments
Mental Health Services
1. Mental Health services are vital for our communities and often are one of the easiest
and often the quickest cuts in many budgets across Kansas.
2. Advocate for the development of Tele-psycharity services
3. Rural EMS and Ambulance services need improvement - this can be done by offering better
salaries, better equipment, and stationing EMS at more rural locations. This helps in response to mental health and medical emergencies.
Farming Bankruptcies
1. Property Taxes need to be reduced for farmers
2. Tax assessments should be reduced during droughts. Farmers should not have
to pay excessive property taxes with limited incomes due to Mother Nature.
I am also concerned about food and energy costs for Kansas families. Housing is another area that needs to be addressed in Kansas.