2018 ME Senate race: on Health Care


Chris Lyons: Insurance companies benefit from ObamaCare; people don't

I was against Obamacare before enacted by the force of government and I am still in opposition to it after the enforcement by the force of government. The 4 main mandates Obamacare was suppose to address failed miserably
  1. It did not reduce the cost of healthcare
  2. It did not reduce the cost of health insurance
  3. It did not provide the best medical care for all at a reasonable and affordable cost
  4. The cost of prescriptions have skyrocketed.
Failure. Also, and I think it is pertinent to note, the health insurance companies very much benefited financial with this legislation. Their stocks soared 25% after enactment and their profit margins grew 100% year on year; but was health care more readily available, better, less expensive? In sum, it was corporate welfare at an extreme. As a citizen, I am embarrassed I even have to think about this.
Source: Follow-up OnTheIssues interview: 2018 Maine Senate candidate Mar 10, 2018

Chris Lyons: Oppose ObamaCare

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Expand ObamaCare"?

A: oppose

Source: OnTheIssues interview of 2018 Maine Senate candidate Mar 6, 2018

Eric Brakey: Do better than backdoor deals that led to ObamaCare

When DC insiders cut secret deals in smoky back rooms, the little guy always loses. I recognize that the GOP leadership has a tough job, but that should not mean legislating behind closed doors. We deserve better than the same kind of backdoor process that saddled us with ObamaCare in the first place. It's time to tamp down the rhetoric, fix our broken healthcare system, and start standing up for the little guy."
Source: Facebook posting on 2018 Maine Senate race Jun 22, 2017

Eric Brakey: Apply principles of freedom to broken healthcare system

Glad @RandPaul [GOP Senator from Kentucky whose ObamaCare replacement plan focuses on deregulation] is fighting to fix our broken healthcare system with principles of freedom.
Source: Twitter posting on 2018 Maine Senate race Feb 25, 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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