2018 CA Senate race: on Health Care


Kamala Harris: Require pharmaceutical companies to allow generics

She filed a friend-of-the-court brief signed by thirty-one other state attorneys general in 2011 in a Supreme Court case looking to end the practice of drug companies paying competitors to keep generic versions of their drugs off the market.
Source: Jacobin Magazine on 2018 California Senate race Aug 10, 2017

Kevin de Leon: For health care to be accessible, it must be affordable

In my district, the emergency room at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center is unfortunately the primary health care provider for many of my constituents. We need to keep in mind that many working families struggle everyday to pay for their rent, utilities, and other necessities--in order for health care to be truly accessible, it must also be affordable.
Source: 2018 California Senate campaign website KevinDeLeon.com Jan 1, 2018

Michael Eisen: Gutting Obamacare leaves those in need without healthcare

Paul Ryan's Tweet: Meet Cindy: a single mom, making $30,000 per year, who hopes to one day get beyond living paycheck to paycheck. With a $700 increase in her tax refund each year under our tax bill, Cindy can start saving for her future.

Eisen's response: Until her daughter gets diabetes. Then the fact that you gutted Obamacare, leaving Cindy and her daughter without health insurance, forces her to sell her kidney to buy insulin.

Source: Twitter posting on 2018 California Senate race Nov 19, 2017

Michael Eisen: Gutting ObamaCare leaves people without health insurance

Paul Ryan's Tweet: Meet Cindy: a single mom, making $30,000 per year, who hopes to one day get beyond living paycheck to paycheck. With a $700 increase in her tax refund each year under our tax bill, Cindy can start saving for her future.

Eisen's response: Until her daughter gets diabetes. Then the fact that you gutted ObamaCare, leaving Cindy and her daughter without health insurance, forces her to sell her kidney to buy insulin.

Source: Twitter posting on 2018 California Senate race Nov 19, 2017

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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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