Mike’s Record:

Mike built a business with nearly 20,000 employees that provides great health care and paid leave.

As mayor of New York City, Mike expanded health care for working families and improved care for seniors. The number of New Yorkers without health insurance fell nearly 40% from 2001 to 2013, and the number of uninsured children fell by 72%.

Mike’s focus on promoting public health as mayor added three years to the life expectancy of New Yorkers. His policies helped cut teen smoking in half and cut heart disease by 32% in New York City. He also helped reduce childhood obesity in New York City by 5.5%, while it went up in the rest of the country.

As a philanthropist, Mike has pioneered bold health initiatives that have cleaned the air, expanded access to prenatal and postnatal care, increased screenings for breast and prostate cancer, and reduced injuries and deaths on roads. Mike’s philanthropic work to reduce tobacco use is estimated to have helped save 35 million lives across the globe.