2018 MN Senate race: on Health Care

Steve Carlson: Help people with pre-existing conditions

Amy Klobuchar: Allow sick people to obtain insurance

Democrat Klobuchar, meanwhile, told the Minnesota Public Radio debate audience that federal laws such as allowing sick people to obtain insurance should be continued, said she agrees with a majority of scientists who think climate change is at least partly due to human activity and felt Mexican border security should be a combination of a wall, fence and personnel.

In a rare area of agreement, Klobuchar and Newberger said the federal government needs to find a way to keep prescription medicine costs down.

Jim Newberger: Opening up Medicare for anyone would cost $32 trillion

Additionally, he said government programs like MinnesotaCare, a state-run insurance for the working poor, need to remain in place as a "safety net for our most vulnerable," but in general, government needs to step away from health care. Opening up Medicare for anyone who wants it would cost $32 trillion, Newberger suggested. That is a proposal many Democrats support.

Klobuchar, meanwhile, said the federal government must keep requiring insurers to provide policies to people with pre-existing conditions. Another important provision, she added, is the ability to allow parents to keep children on their insurance until they are 26.

Paula Overby: Oppose ObamaCare; Medicare for all is a better path

A: Oppose--The Affordable Care Act failed on a basic principle of mainly providing public subsidies to a failed health care system that is entirely focused on maximizing profits over any meaningful regard for public health. I support an aggressive accounting of health care spending by this organization, expanding consumer protections and choice through cost transparency.

Jim Newberger: Opposes ObamaCare

A: Oppose.

Jim Newberger: Repeal ObamaCare, by any method