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JD Vance on Health Care
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Donald Trump salvaged ObamaCare in a bipartisan way
JDV: I think you can make a really good argument that it salvaged ObamaCare, which was doing disastrously until Donald Trump came along. I think this is an important point about President Trump. When ObamaCare was crushing under the weight of its
own regulatory burden and healthcare costs, Donald Trump could have destroyed the program. Instead, he worked in a bipartisan way to ensure that Americans had access to affordable care.
TW: The first thing [Trump said] he was going to do on day one, was to repeal Obamacare. On day one, he tried to sign an executive order to repeal the ACA. He signed onto a lawsuit to repeal the ACA, but lost at the Supreme Court. And he would have
repealed the ACA had it not been for the courage of John McCain to save that bill. So what they're going to do is let insurance companies pick who they insure. That's why the system didn't work. Kamala Harris will protect and enhance the ACA.
Source: 2024 Vice Presidential debate: Tim Walz vs. JD Vance
, Oct 2, 2024
Question validity of ObamaCare's individual mandate
2011: Then-Judge Kavanaugh Wrote A Dissent Arguing Against The Affordable Care Act's Individual Mandate: "In a 2011 case, Seven-Sky v. Holder, the appeals court upheld the individual mandate to buy health insurance, a pillar of the Affordable Care Act.
Kavanaugh wrote a dissent, saying the mandate was essentially a tax and thus outside the court's jurisdiction. This argument later became central when the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the ACA." [NBC News, 7/10/18]
An op-ed by JD Vance in the Wall Street Journal: "Judge Kavanaugh has come under fire in some quarters of the right for challenges against ObamaCare--in which he aimed to rule narrowly and fairly rather than politically. In one, he dissented from an
opinion that upheld the individual mandate. He observed that the individual mandate 'is unprecedented in American history' and cast doubt on its validity under either the Commerce or Taxing clause. " [Wall Street Journal, 7/2/18]
Source: Wall Street Journal in 2024 Trump Research Book
, Aug 2, 2024
Repeal and replace the ObamaCare disaster
2022: According to the Chronicle-Telegram, "Asked a question related to healthcare, Vance said 'Obamacare was a disaster' but it must be repealed and replaced by something with 'some substance to it, or we are going to get creamed electorally and
we're not actually going to do that job that the people sent us to do." [Chronicle-Telegram, 2/2/22]2010: According to a letter to the editor by J.D. Hamel
[Vance's childhood name and social media pseudonym] in the Butler County Journal-News, "Our system has its troubles, but the biggest of them is spending.
Because Obama-Care does nothing to reduce the inflationary trend of medical costs, it is an abject failure of a reform package. That's why most conservatives opposed it." [Letter to the Editor by JD Hamel--Butler County Journal-News, 4/8/10]
Source: 2024 Trump Research Book
, Aug 2, 2024
Medicare-for-All is a big handout to wealthy hospitals
Vance on Fox News: "The Democratic Party increasingly represents professional class elites. And Republicans represent middle- and working-class wage earners. Democratic leaders kind of get this. Look at the big proposals from the 2020 Democratic
presidential candidates: universal child care, debt-free college, even Medicare-for-All, which is framed as this lurch to the left, but is really just a big handout to doctors and pharmaceutical companies and hospitals.'" [via YouTube, 7/5/19]
Source: 2024 Trump Research Book
, Aug 2, 2024
COVID: Clearly Tony Fauci lied to the American people
Clearly Tony Fauci lied under oath, lied to the American people. Not just that, he compelled and persuaded the FBI to censor information about the pandemic as it was unfolding, tried to shut down the functioning First Amendment so
that we could not have an open debate about where it came from and what to do about it. It's disgraceful what he did it the question is if we want to say he committed perjury, I'm not optimistic Merrick Garland is going to do the right thing here.
Source: Speech at the 2023 CPAC Conference in Maryland
, Mar 2, 2023
Medicaid is a safety net but shouldn't de-incentivize work
Q: Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?A: Individuals should make medical decisions for themselves. Parents should make medical decisions for their children.
Q: What most
closely matches your view on healthcare?
A: [AFA choice C]: "Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary." [Vance's comment]: Government should be there as a safety net especially for those that
physically cannot work: the disabled, young children, etc. Medicaid was originally meant for this purpose and as a safety net for folks who fell on hard times. Unfortunately, sometimes it de-incentivizes people from getting a better job, because if they
get a raise they will lose healthcare. We need to get rid of the "benefits cliff" for working people so that they can climb out of poverty. Just as importantly we need to create work requirements.
Source: American Family Association 2022 iVoterGuide
, Nov 1, 2022
Opposes legalizing aid-in-dying
Candidate Profile Questionnaire: RIGHT TO LIFE: - Q: I support 'aid in dying' laws which legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia?
A: Strongly Disagree. - Q: Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive funds from
federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants)?
A: Strongly Agree. - Q: Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
A: The ONLY exception that I would favor is a strict life of the mother exception.
Source: AFA iVoterGuide on 2022 Ohio Senate
, Nov 1, 2022
Let individuals (and parents) decide on vaccinations
Candidate Profile Questionnaire: HEALTHCARE: - Q: Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?
A: Individuals should make medical decisions for themselves. Parents should make medical decisions for their children.
Source: AFA iVoterGuide on 2022 Ohio Senate
, Nov 1, 2022
COVID: against vax passports, mask mandates
COVID-19 is undoubtedly a horrible disease that has killed many Americans. But we now know enough about COVID and have developed therapies and vaccines that should allow us to get back to normal. You shouldn't have to "show your papers"
to go to a restaurant in our country, and our children--who are not at significant risk from COVID-19--should be able to go to school in person, without masks hiding the faces of their friends and teachers.
Source: 2021 OH Senate campaign website JDVance.com
, Oct 3, 2021
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