2012 Nevada Senate Debates: on Health Care


Shelley Berkley: Kidney transplant center helps Nevada but helps husband too

Berkley launched an aggressive TV ad campaign to defend her efforts to save a kidney transplant center linked to her physician husband's business. The 30-second spot mentions an editorial in the Las Vegas Sun that said Berkley's advocacy "wasn't driven for personal gain. It was aimed at helping Nevadans." That echoes what Berkley has said.

Acting just as aggressively, Heller began airing a quick-hit TV ad to let voters know Berkley is accused of helping line her wealthy husband's pockets. "Shelley Berkley took care of herself. She got caught," says the Heller ad. It notes a watchdog group listed Berkley as one of the "most corrupt members of Congress" for not disclosing her husband's ties to the University Medical Center kidney transplant program and for promoting bills to help kidney doctors.

The escalating ad wars come after an announcement of a formal House Ethics Committee investigation. The persistent ethics cloud is a blow to Berkley's campaign.

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal on 2012 Nevada Senate Debate Jul 12, 2012

Shelley Berkley: Stop cuts to Medicare; no privatization for younger workers

Berkley went on the attack in her two new campaign commercials, slamming Heller for twice voting to "end Medicare as we know it." The new Berkley ad slams Heller for "actually attacking Berkley for trying to stop cuts to Medicare coverage for hundreds of thousands of patients nationwide."

The Berkley ad criticizes Heller for twice voting "to end Medicare as we know it," a popular Democratic charge against Republicans who want to privatize the program for younger workers.

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal on 2012 Nevada Senate Debate Jul 12, 2012

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Candidates and political leaders on Health Care:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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