2016 CT Senate race: on Health Care


Dan Carter: Government-run ObamaCare screams out to repeal & replace

The cost of "affordable health" is bankrupting working families and those who cannot afford it. The punishing aspects of ObamaCare--high deductibles, lack of providers and insurance companies, the damage to community hospitals--screams out for it to be repealed and replaced with a solution that ensures all Americans access to the best the healthcare system in the world.

I oppose a government run system. We need more market forces and competition for health care service while ensuring that pre-existing conditions continue to be covered, that young adults can stay on their parent's health care plans and that health insurance is portable. As a former pharmaceutical salesman, I know that we must address the ever escalating cost of medication.

It's time to take health care out of the hands of Barack Obama and Dick Blumenthal and put it where it belongs, in the hands of patients and their doctor.

Source: 2016 Connecticut Senate campaign website CarterForSenate.com Aug 8, 2016

August Wolf: Repeal ObamaCare: all of it; immediately

It all starts with this: repeal ObamaCare. All of it. Immediately. Then, we replace it with free-market, patient-centered solutions. We should allow any health insurance company to sell policies anywhere in the USA, which will increase private sector competition and drive down or cap prices. Encourage all Americans--not just a select few--to open Heath Savings Accounts so more people can take personal responsibility for their own health care. And increase penalties for greedy lawyers who sue doctors and hospitals when nothing was done wrong. Those frivolous lawsuits add billions to the cost of health care."
Source: 2016 Connecticut Senate campaign website Wolf2016.com.com Apr 1, 2016

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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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