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JD Vance on Health Care

 

 


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the Chronicle-Telegram, "Asked a question related to healthcare, Vance said 'Obamacare was a disaster' but it must be repealed and replaced by something with 'some substance to it, or we are going to get creamed electorally and we're not actually going to do that job that the people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

Source: AFA iVoterGuide on 2022 Ohio Senate , Nov 1, 2022

Let individuals (and parents) decide on vaccinations

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

Other candidates on Health Care: JD Vance on other issues:
2024 Republican Presidential Candidates:
Former Pres.Donald Trump (R nominee)
Ohio Senator J.D. Vance (VP nominee)
Ryan Binkley (R-TX)
Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND)
Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ)
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL)
Larry Elder (R-CA;withdrew)
Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC)
Rep. Will Hurd (R-FL;withdrew)
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR)
Perry Johnson (R-IL)
Mayor Steve Laffey (R-RI)
Former V.P.Mike Pence (R-IN;withdrew)
Vivek Ramaswamy (R-OH)
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)
Secy. Corey Stapleton (R-MT)
Mayor Francis Suarez (R-FL;withdrew)

2024 Democratic and 3rd-party primary candidates:
V.P.Kamala Harris (D nominee)
MN Gov Tim Walz (VP nominee)
Pres. Joe Biden (D-DE,retiring)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (I-NY)
Chase Oliver (L-GA)
Rep.Dean Phillips (D-MN)
Jill Stein (Green)
Cornel West (Green Party)
Kanye West (Birthday Party)
Marianne Williamson (D-CA)
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