Making healthcare more equitable requires providing everyone with the opportunity to be healthy. As a disabled veteran and Hispanic working in the healthcare field today, I have personally witnessed some great strides being made in the name of health equity, but agree that we still have a lot of work to do. As healthcare professionals, I believe that it is our duty to help ensure that every patient in the U.S. healthcare system has access to affordable, high-quality medical care regardless of their age, race, gender, socioeconomic status, or geographic location. Addressing disparities in access to healthcare is one of the best ways to reform our current healthcare system. Since everyone is different, providing the exact same care at the same price is not enough to improve disparities in health equity. As the Director of Operations at a Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) facility, I provide affordable access to a specialty healthcare service that utilizes advances in technology to deliver high-quality services fo each and every one of my patients. In addition to offering military, law enforcement, and first responder discounts, we also offer different discount packages and make an effort to provide additional financial support in some cases. I do this because I belive that the most impactful way to address inequities in our healthcare system today, is to make healthcare more affordable. Governement programs or the implementation of a universal, single-payer system, will increase access for so many patients across the UnitedStates. By increasing access, more patients will seek preventative healthcare services and receive appropriate treatments sooner. This will improve health outcomes and lessen the burden that chronic diseases has on our healthcare system. I plan to use my Master of Public Health degree to develop and implement policies for a large healthcare system that increases access for everyone.