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Establish a single-payer Medicare for All system that replaces most private health insurance.
unclear: Medicare for All
Official campaign positionProtect and strengthen the Affordable Care Act, including ironclad protections for pre-existing conditions and extending tax credits that have lowered premiums
Create a public health-insurance option that competes with private plans.
Research found no documented position. This is not opposition.
Raise the federal minimum wage to at least $15 an hour.
Research found no documented position. This is not opposition.
Expand the Child Tax Credit beyond current law, in amount or refundability.
Research found no documented position. This is not opposition.
Impose or expand rent regulation (rent caps, rent control or rent stabilization), at any level of government.
Research found no documented position. This is not opposition.
Use federal policy to loosen local zoning and land-use rules so more housing gets built.
Research found no documented position. This is not opposition.
Enact legal protections for workers against replacement or displacement by AI, such as notice, bargaining rights or limits on replacement.
Campaign AI plank: clear rules for rights and safety, AI workforce development; no job-displacement protection.
Establish clear rules that protect rights and safety without hampering innovation or driving talent overseas
US weapons to Israel: support or oppose
unclear: conditioning offensive arms to Israel
The U.S. should work alongside regional partners to support humanitarian relief and reconstruction efforts in Gaza, while ensuring Hamas has no role in governance.
Increase federal funding for border security and enforcement (CBP, barriers, technology, personnel).
unclear: more border enforcement funding
Congress needs to bring back comprehensive immigration reform to the table, while also securing our borders as a matter of national security.
Limit new data-centre construction, including AI data centres, or make operators pay the full cost of the power, water and grid upgrades they use.
Research found no documented position. This is not opposition.
None documented yet.
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Candidate statement
The U.S. should work alongside regional partners to support humanitarian relief and reconstruction efforts in Gaza, while ensuring Hamas has no role in governance.
Condition or scope: Humanitarian and two-state language only
Melissa L. Bean: 2026 candidate for the 8th Congressional District - Daily Herald · 2026-02-28 · Evidence grade A
Five questions, each answered only from the candidate’s own words, their campaign’s published position, a joint statement they issued, or a recorded House vote. Any condition or limit they attached is shown with the quote. “No public position found” means a reviewed search of their campaign site and official statements found nothing; it is not a position. This section is not scored against any group and does not feed the DSA Scare-O-Meter.
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