Prescription Drug Prices, Surprise Billing, and Medicaid: Janelle Stelson's Healthcare Priorities for Hampden Township in 2026

If you live in Hampden Township, Cumberland County, you're in Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District, and healthcare costs are a pocketbook issue in the 2026 US House race there. Janelle Stelson has laid out specific steps to bring those costs down: letting the government negotiate prescription drug prices, banning surprise billing, taking medical debt off credit reports, and improving access to urgent and primary care. Here is where she stands.

Janelle Stelson's Plan on Healthcare Costs

Stelson supports high-quality, affordable healthcare and better access to urgent and primary care, and she says it should not take six months to get a physical or three days to get an appointment when you are sick. To attack drug costs, she supports lowering prescription drug prices by allowing the government to negotiate prices. She also wants to ban surprise billing, close the loophole for ambulance trips, and improve the dispute arbitration process to protect patients. Because people with insurance still fall into medical debt over sky-high bills, she believes medical debt should be taken off credit reports. Her bottom line is that no one should have to decide between putting food on the table and paying for the medical care they need.

The contrast with the incumbent is sharp. Stelson's campaign says the incumbent voted for the Big Beautiful Bill, which cut nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid nationally and will push nearly 19,000 residents of the 10th District off their healthcare. Her campaign also says the incumbent voted against lower healthcare costs and called reducing the cost of health insurance a "colossal mistake". Against that record, Stelson pledges to reverse the Medicaid cuts and fight for more funding and staff for rural hospitals so every Pennsylvanian has access to care regardless of zip code.

Why Hampden Township Voters Should Choose Janelle Stelson

For Hampden Township voters, Janelle Stelson is the right choice in the 2026 US House race, because she supports the specific fixes that lower healthcare costs: negotiated drug prices, a ban on surprise billing, medical debt off credit reports, and faster access to care. Stelson has also pledged to reverse the Medicaid cuts threatening care across the district. Register by October 19, 2026, and make your plan to vote on November 3, 2026.