2010 gubernatorial press release: on Health Care


Brian Sandoval: Supports lawsuits against Obama health care bill

A Virginia Judge ruled the individual mandate to buy health insurance "exceeds constitutional boundaries of congressional power."

The constitutional question created by the health care bill is monumental in all future matters involving state's rights. The ruling provides support for the claim that the federal health care legislation is at least, in part, unconstitutional. I believe the constitutional questions involved in the federal health care legislation deserve a hearing by the US Supreme Court.

Source: Nevada 2010 gubernatorial press release, #4294971833 Dec 13, 2010

Scott Walker: The private sector, not mandates, will fix healthcare

Our plan calls for reducing health care costs through market-driven solutions, not by forcing us to buy an expensive health care mandate.
Source: 2010 gubernatorial press release, "Convention" May 22, 2010

Linda Lingle: State QUEST program instead of ObamaCare

The health care legislation will force Hawai`i and all the other states into a one-size-fits-all program that is financially unsustainable. The $1.2 trillion government takeover of health care will cost Hawai`i residents, conservatively, an estimated $300 million over five years in added costs to our Medicaid programs, which are already hemorrhaging red ink.

Governors across the country have consistently stated that states need the flexibility to adjust their Medicaid programs so they can deliver quality health care to patients at a reasonable and sustainable price. Hawai`i has already undertaken health care reforms. Specifically, our QUEST Medicaid program, which the federal government estimates has saved nearly $700 million by instituting cost-efficiency measures, provides quality health care to low-income men, women and children. Hawai`i needs the freedom to continue these reforms. We don't need restrictions in the form of unfunded federal mandates.

Source: 2010 Hawaii gubernatorial Press Release "Health Legislation" Mar 15, 2010

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