2018 NM Governor's race: on Health Care


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

Q: Support or Repeal ACA, aka ObamaCare?

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.

Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on New Mexico Governor race Oct 9, 2018

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

Q: Support or Repeal ACA, aka ObamaCare?

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.

Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on New Mexico Governor race Oct 9, 2018

Steve Pearce: Repeal & replace ObamaCare

Repealing the current government takeover of medicine is only one step--more work is still needed. I want to see careful, specific legislation that will fix individual problems with health care. We need to allow you to keep your insurance if you lose or change jobs. We need lawsuit abuse reform, and a ban on discriminating against pre-existing conditions.
Source: 2018 New Mexico Gubernatorial website pearce.house.gov Aug 22, 2017

Jeff Apodaca: Import foreign generic drugs to lower costs

Apodaca spoke about his plan to import generic drugs from India and Israel into New Mexico, a move that he said would create manufacturing jobs and lower the cost of the drugs by half. "That's an opportunity to drive the cost of drugs down," he said.
Source: Los Alamos Monitor on 2018 New Mexico Gubernatorial race Aug 2, 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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