2018 MI Senate race: on Health Care


John James: Remove the monstrosity of ObamaCare

Q: Healthcare: Support or Repeal Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as ObamaCare? Let Planned Parenthood receive public funds for non-abortion healthcare?

John James (R): Repeal. Will work to "remove this monstrosity [ACA]." Also "supports efforts to defund abortion providers like Planned Parenthood."

Debbie Stabenow (D): Supports ACA but with improvements.

Source: CampusElect.org Issue Guide on 2018 Michigan Senate race Oct 9, 2018

Bob Young: ObamaCare should be repealed to increase competition

Q: What is your health care policy?

A: My view is you go back to the marketplace. For example why do we prevent competition of insurers across state lines. That's absurd. I want as much competition because we know one thing: When you have competition you have downward price pressure.

Source: Michigan's Big Show on 2018 Michigan Senate race Jul 19, 2017

Marcia Squier: Expand ObamaCare towards universal health care

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

A: Support--if this means universal health care, which I strongly support over health insurance laws requiring people to have policies.

Source: OnTheIssues interview on 2018 Michigan Senate race Jul 19, 2017

Bob Young: The federal government broke our health care system

"Our founders created a limited federal government because they understood that unchecked government deprived the people of their liberty," Young said. "Ordinary people understand that our federal government is bloated and out of control. It broke our health care system. It lets our veterans die and it spends our money recklessly and attempts to regulate our every, acting decision. Debbie is the chief offender of this and its chief cheerleader."
Source: Midland Daily News on 2018 Michigan Senate race Jun 19, 2017

Marcia Squier: Universal single-payer healthcare is the way to go

Q: What do you think about healthcare?

A: I really feel the move for single pay, in other words universal healthcare, Medicare for all, public option, all of those are the same thing and I think those are the way to go.

Source: YouTube video "Within Reason": 2018 Michigan Senate race Mar 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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