2012 CA Senate debate: on Health Care

Gail Lightfoot: Everyone benefits from health research, but not by gov't

Lightfoot selected, "Part of the solution".

Lightfoot added, "Everyone benefits when good research leads to wiser decisions about health maintenance."

Q: How important is research and development (R&D) to your state's economy?

Lightfoot selected, "Very important."

Please comment on the importance of the federal government's role in supporting R&D conducted in your state.

Lightfoot stated, "Such research and development is best performed by business and industry, not by government. Governments are there to keep the peace so individuals can follow their ideas and dreams improving all our lives with new ideas and products via the marketplace."

Gail Lightfoot: Repeal ObamaCare & replace it with private sector

A: Repeal the current health care legislation. In the end, involve the private sector more than any tax supported government sector. Government should be last resort safety net only not a solution for everyone. Return control to local agencies and encourage volunteer organizations with tax exempt status and tax credits for time or money contributions to keep the private charitable organizations strong. Individually, we are responsible for ourselves, our families and our communities. We cannot pass the buck to some higher government agency because it sounds easier. We have to step up and take care of ourselves first, our families second and our communities through volunteer efforts. Contributing time and money to the well-being of our communities.

Elizabeth Emken: Government-run health care is not the solution

Elizabeth Emken: Government-run health care is not the solution. Consumers must be more directly involved in decisions about services to provide the market forces that will drive down costs presently skewed by government intervention in the health care system.

Elizabeth Emken: ObamaCare is poorly written and it needs to repealed

Elizabeth Emken: Obamacare. It's not health care reform, it's poorly written health insurance reform and it needs to repealed. We do need genuine changes to our health care system, but the role of government is to set fair rules and serve as an honest referee.