CampusElect.org 2018 Gubernatorial coverage: on Health Care

Brian Kemp: Require people to work to receive Medicaid

Abrams: Supports ACA. Led efforts to expand Medicaid, which is "transformative for our state."

Kemp: Repeal ACA. "[It] is an absolute disaster & needs to be repealed immediately." Opposes Medicaid expansion.

Healthcare: Require people to work to receive Medicaid?

Abrams: No.

Kemp: Yes.

Bruce Rauner: Move more Medicaid recipients to managed care programs

Pritzker: Yes. Support ACA; expand Medicaid.

Rauner: Mixed. Did not publicly oppose repeal, although said expressed concerns privately. In 2014 opposed Medicaid expansion; now wants to move more Medicaid recipients to managed care programs.

Healthcare: Require people to work to receive Medicaid?

Pritzker: No. Administration's attempt to add work requirement would impose "additional, unnecessary barriers to vital healthcare services for those who need access the most."

Rauner: Yes. Supports concept of a work requirement.

Adam Laxalt: ObamaCare is most flawed piece of legislation ever endured

Adam Laxalt (R): Called ACA "the most flawed piece of major legislation America has ever endured." Will consider Medicaid work requirements. Wouldn't have expanded Medicaid but won't roll it back.

Steve Sisolak (D): Supports ACA and Medicaid expansion. Opposes Medicaid work requirements. "Need to do everything we can to make sure healthcare coverage is maintained."

Andrew Gillum: Expand Medicaid in Florida; work toward Medicare-for-All

Ron DeSantis (R): Voted to repeal ACA. No FL Medicaid expansion. Says health care isn't a right. The right is to pursue the type of healthcare you want. ObamaCare infringes on that.

Andrew Gillum (D): Support & strengthen ACA, guarantee care for pre-existing conditions, expand Medicaid in Florida. Work toward "Medicare for all."

Bill Lee: ObamaCare will not expand in Tennessee under my watch

Karl Dean (D): Support ACA. Expand Medicaid. "My biggest health care priority would be making sure all Tennesseans have access to quality and affordable health care."

Bill Lee (R): Repeal ACA & oppose Medicaid expansion. "ObamaCare will not expand in Tennessee under my watch."

Bill Schuette: Replace ObamaCare with private insurance

Bill Schuette (R): Repeal ACA. Replace with private insurance. "ACA violated the very first principal of medicine: Do no harm." Has called to cut state's Medicaid expansion, now says settled law. Calls Medicaid work requirements "the welfare reform of the 21st century."

Gretchen Whitmer (D): Supports ACA. Opposes work requirements for Medicaid; "we should be expanding."

David Garcia: Support ACA; move toward Medicare-for-All

Doug Ducey (R): Repeal. "ObamaCare has been a disaster for Arizona." Medicaid should focus narrowly on the "destitute & the disabled."

David Garcia (D): Support ACA. Keep coverage for pre-existing conditions. Expand on Arizona's cost-efficient & successful Medicaid programs & let healthier & younger Arizonans buy-in. Ultimately move toward Medicare for All.

Doug Ducey: Medicaid only for destitute & disabled; not middle-class

Doug Ducey (R): Repeal. "ObamaCare has been a disaster for Arizona & I want it repealed & replaced." Medicaid should focus narrowly on the "destitute & the disabled" & not become "a middle-class entitlement."

David Garcia (D): Support ACA. Keep coverage for pre-existing conditions. Expand on Arizona's Medicaid programs. Ultimately move toward Medicare for All.

Gretchen Whitmer: No work requirements for Medicaid; expand it instead

Bill Schuette (R): Repeal ACA. Replace with private insurance. Calls work requirements "the welfare reform of the 21st century."

Gretchen Whitmer (D): Supports ACA. Held "Save Healthcare" rallies and led state Senate negotiations for Medicaid expansion. Opposes work requirements, which remove coverage "when we should be expanding."

Jared Polis: Improve ObamaCare; work toward universal single-payer system

Jared Polis (D): Keep ACA and improve it. Work toward universal single-payer system. Believes Medicaid expansion in Colorado has been an enormous success.

Walker Stapleton (R): Repeal ACA & end Colorado's ObamaCare exchange. Shrinking Medicaid expansion would be among main changes he'd champion.

Jeff Johnson: ObamaCare was sold as reform & there was no reform in it

Jeff Johnson (R): Repeal. Says the ACA "was sold as reform & there was no reform in it." Wants to move toward "a more free-market system."

Tim Walz (D): Support. Opposes attempts to roll back ACA. Believes single payer type system "is on Minnesota's horizon." Also supports allowing people to buy into programs like VA system, Medicaid & Medicare.

Karl Dean: Support ObamaCare; expand Medicaid

Karl Dean (D): Support ACA. Expand Medicaid. "My biggest health care priority would be making sure all Tennesseans have access to quality and affordable health care."

Bill Lee (R): Repeal ACA & oppose Medicaid expansion. "ObamaCare will not expand in Tennessee under my watch."

Michelle Lujan-Grisham: Support ObamaCare; keep Medicaid without work requirement

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Supports ACA, voted against repeal. Protect & strengthen Medicaid.

Steve Pearce (R): "Repeal & replace." Voted for repeal.

Q: Require people to work to receive Medicaid?

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): No. Opposed work requirements enacted by current governor Susana Martinez.

Steve Pearce (R): Yes. Require "able-bodied" Medicaid recipients to work.

Mike DeWine: Repeal ObamaCare; add work requirements to Medicare

Richard Cordray (D): Supports ACA. On Medicaid expansion, 700,000 Ohioans have access to health care "who will not have it if it goes away."

Mike DeWine (R): Repeal ACA, believes could still keep pre-existing condition coverage. "Medicaid expansion is financially unsustainable," but would keep for now with added work requirements.

Richard Cordray: Expand Medicaid and ObamaCare

Richard Cordray (D): Supports ACA. On Medicaid expansion, 700,000 Ohioans have access to health care "who will not have it if it goes away."

Mike DeWine (R): Repeal ACA, believes could still keep pre-existing condition coverage. "Medicaid expansion is financially unsustainable," but would keep for now with added work requirements.

Ron DeSantis: Repeal ObamaCare; health care isn't a right

Ron DeSantis (R): Voted to repeal ACA. No FL Medicaid expansion. Says health care isn't a right. The right is to pursue the type of healthcare you want. ObamaCare infringes on that.

Andrew Gillum (D): Support & strengthen ACA, guarantee care for pre-existing conditions, expand Medicaid in Florida. Work toward "Medicare for all."

Scott Wagner: Repeal ObamaCare; add work requirement for Medicaid

Scott Wagner (R): Repeal. Would repeal ACA & roll back Medicaid expansion.

Tom Wolf (D): Support & expand ACA. Expanding healthcare is good for the economy & creates jobs. Accepted Medicaid expansion for PA.

Q: Require people to work to receive Medicaid?

Wagner: Yes. Will incentivize people to work & get healthcare from their employers.

Wolf: No. Vetoed a work requirement bill.

Scott Walker: Sue to repeal ObamaCare; reject Medicaid expansion

Tony Evers (D): Support ACA. Accept Medicaid expansion.

Scott Walker (R): Repeal ACA. Suing to oppose ObamaCare

Steve Pearce: Repeal & replace ObamaCare; no Medicaid without work

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): Supports ACA, voted against repeal. Protect & strengthen Medicaid.

Steve Pearce (R): "Repeal & replace." Voted for repeal.

Q: Require people to work to receive Medicaid?

Michelle Lujan-Grisham (D): No. Opposed work requirements enacted by current governor Susana Martinez.

Steve Pearce (R): Yes. Require "able-bodied" Medicaid recipients to work.

Steve Sisolak: Do everything we can to maintain healthcare coverage

Adam Laxalt (R): Called ACA "the most flawed piece of major legislation America has ever endured." Will consider Medicaid work requirements. Wouldn't have expanded Medicaid but won't roll it back.

Steve Sisolak (D): Supports ACA and Medicaid expansion. Opposes Medicaid work requirements. "Need to do everything we can to make sure healthcare coverage is maintained."

Tim Walz: Single-payer system is on Minnesota's horizon

Jeff Johnson (R): Repeal; move toward "a more free-market system."

Tim Walz (D): Support. Opposes attempts to roll back ACA. Believes single payer type system "is on Minnesota's horizon," but need to control immediate costs, improve care, and support MinnesotaCare as best current option. Also supports allowing people to buy into programs like VA system, Medicaid & Medicare.

Tom Wolf: Expand ObamaCare; no work requirement for Medicaid

Scott Wagner (R): Repeal. Would repeal ACA & roll back Medicaid expansion.

Tom Wolf (D): Support & expand ACA. Expanding healthcare is good for the economy & creates jobs. Accepted Medicaid expansion for PA.

Q: Require people to work to receive Medicaid?

Wagner: Yes. Will incentivize people to work & get healthcare from their employers.

Wolf: No. Vetoed a work requirement bill.

Tony Evers: Support ObamaCare; support Medicaid expansion

Tony Evers (D): Support ACA. Accept Medicaid expansion to "insure thousands more Wisconsinites who are struggling to find affordable health insurance."

Scott Walker (R): Repeal ACA. Suing to oppose ObamaCare & rejected Medicaid expansion, but used ObamaCare funding to help cover state costs.

Walker Stapleton: End Colorado's ObamaCare exchange; undo Medicaid expansion

Jared Polis (D): Keep ACA and improve it. Work toward universal single-payer system. Believes Medicaid expansion in Colorado has been an enormous success.

Walker Stapleton (R): Repeal ACA & end Colorado's ObamaCare exchange. Shrinking Medicaid expansion would be among main changes he'd champion.

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