Survey of 2016 Presidential campaign websites: on Health Care
Evan McMullin:
ObamaCare has driven up costs and reduced access
ObamaCare has failed American families, driving up costs and reducing access to far too many. With competition, deregulation and innovation we can build a modern health care system that delivers accessible, affordable and high-quality care.
Vulnerable populations, including patients with preexisting conditions, should be protected. Real healthcare reform means putting patients, families, and doctors at the heart of health care.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website EvanMcMullin.com
Aug 12, 2016
Ajamu Baraka:
Healthcare for all including contraception
- Establish an improved "Medicare for All" single-payer public health program to provide everyone with quality health care. No co-pays, premiums or deductibles. Access to all health care services, including mental health, dental, and vision.
Include everyone, period.
- Allow full access to contraceptive and reproductive care.
- Expand women's access to "morning after" contraception by lifting the Obama Administration's ban.
Source: Stein-Baraka platform on 2016 presidential campaign website
Aug 8, 2016
Jill Stein:
Healthcare for all including contraception
- Establish an improved "Medicare for All" single-payer public health program to provide everyone with quality health care. No co-pays, premiums or deductibles. Access to all health care services, including mental health, dental, and vision.
Include everyone, period.
- Allow full access to contraceptive and reproductive care.
- Expand women's access to "morning after" contraception by lifting the Obama Administration's ban.
Source: Stein-Baraka platform on 2016 presidential campaign website
Aug 8, 2016
Jim Gilmore:
ObamaCare is primary reason our economy is not recovering
I will repeal and replace ObamaCare with a patient-oriented healthcare system. ObamaCare has become an oppressive burden on our people and our economy. As a result of ObamaCare, many Americans are now being forced to work 29-hour weeks and have to work
two or three jobs to make ends meet. Millions of others have had their insurance rates increased or their policies cancelled. This law is a principal reason that our economy is not recovering. It must not stand.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website, GilmoreForAmerica.com
Nov 30, 2015
Jill Stein:
Single-payer public health insurance program
My Power to the People Plan will end unemployment and poverty; avert climate catastrophe; build a sustainable, just economy; and recognize the dignity and human rights of everyone in our society and our world.
Health Care as a Right: Establish an improved "Medicare For All" single-payer public health insurance program to provide everyone with quality health care, at huge savings.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website, jill2016.com, "Plan"
Jun 25, 2015
Rand Paul:
Health system was over-regulated before ObamaCare
I was not a member of the US Senate during the 111th Congress, but if I had been I would have voted against ObamaCare. As your President, one of my first acts would be to repeal the abomination that is ObamaCare.As a doctor,
I have had firsthand experience with the immense problems facing health care. Prior to the implementation of ObamaCare, our health care system was over-regulated and in need of serious market reforms--but ObamaCare is not the answer.
Government interventions in health care have driven up the cost of coverage and decreased competition within the market. More--not less--freedom to choose and innovate will make sure our health care system remains the best in the world.
As your President, I will ensure that real free-market principles are applied to the American health care system so that it is responsive to patients, families, and doctors, rather than government bureaucracy.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website, RandPaul.com, "Issues"
Apr 7, 2015
Bernie Sanders:
Move toward a single-payer system
It boggles the mind that approximately 30% of every health care dollar spent in the US goes to administrative costs rather than to delivering care. If our goal is to provide high-quality health care in a cost-effective way, what should we be doing?
Clearly, we must move toward a single-payer system.The health insurance lobby and other opponents of single-payer care make it sound scary. It's not. In fact, a large-scale single-payer system already exists. It's called Medicare.
People enrolled in the system give it high marks. More importantly, it has succeeded in providing near-universal coverage to Americans over the age of 65.
Establishing a single-payer system will mean peace of mind for all Americans. The goal of real
health care reform must be high-quality, universal coverage in a cost-effective way. We must ensure that the money we put into health coverage goes to the delivery of health care, not to paper-pushing, astronomical profits and lining CEOs' pockets.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website, BernieSanders.com
Mar 21, 2015
Jill Stein:
Healthy People, Healthy Planet: link environment & health
Jill Stein is an organizer, physician, and pioneering environmental-health advocate. She has led initiatives promoting healthy communities, local green economies and the revitalization of democracy. She was a principal organizer for the Global Climate
Convergence for People, Planet and Peace over Profit.She is the co-author of two widely-praised reports, "In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development," published in 2000, and "Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging," published in 2009.
The first of these has been translated into four languages and is used worldwide. The reports promote green local economies, sustainable agriculture, clean power, and freedom from toxic threats.
Her "Healthy People, Healthy Planet" teaching program
reveals the links between human health, climate security, and green economic revitalization. This body of work has been presented at government, public health and medical conferences, and has been used to improve public policy.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website, Jill2016.com, "About"
Mar 21, 2015
Donald Trump:
Make health insurance premiums tax-deductible
Our elected representatives in the House & Senate must allow individuals to fully deduct health insurance premium payments from their tax returns under the current tax system. Businesses are allowed to take these deductions so why wouldn't Congress allow
individuals the same exemptions? As we allow the free market to provide insurance coverage opportunities to companies and individuals, we must also make sure that no one slips through the cracks simply because they cannot afford insurance.
We must review basic options for Medicaid and work with states to ensure that those who want healthcare coverage can have it.There are other reforms that might be considered if they serve to lower costs, remove uncertainty & provide financial security
for all Americans. And we must also take actions in other policy areas to lower healthcare costs and burdens. Enforcing immigration laws, eliminating fraud and waste and energizing our economy will relieve the economic pressures felt by every American.
Source: 2016 presidential campaign website, DonaldJTrump.com
Mar 15, 2015
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