2019-20 GA special Senate race: on Health Care
Raphael Warnock:
Arrested in 2014 when GA refused to expand Medicaid
Warnock's stature as a dynamic preacher at an historic church also helped cement his political stature. He and 10 others were arrested in
2014 at the Georgia Capitol when the state refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
Source: NBC News on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Nov 7, 2020
Raphael Warnock:
AdWatch: Don't get rid of healthcare in middle of a pandemic
VOICEOVER: Raphael Warnock eats pizza with a fork and knife.VIDEO: Warnock eating pizza with a fork and knife.
VOICEOVER: Raphael Warnock once stepped on a crack in the sidewalk.
VIDEO: Warnock stepping on a crack in the sidewalk.
VOICEOVER:
Raphael Warnock even hates puppies.
VIDEO: Puppy barking at the camera.
WARNOCK [sitting on porch steps, speaking to camera]: Get ready, Georgia. The negative ads air coming.
TEXT ONSCREEN: Reverend Raphael Warnock
WARNOCK: Kelly
Loeffler doesn't want to talk about why she's for getting rid of healthcare in the middle of a pandemic. So she's going to try and scare you with lies about me. I'm Raphael Warnock, and I approve this message because I'm staying focused on what
Washington could do for you.
VIDEO: Warnock smiling at camera, holding and petting that same puppy.
WARNOCK [speaking offscreen]: And by the way, I love puppies.
TEXT ONSCREEN: Approved by Raphael Warnock. Paid for by Warnock for Georgia.
Source: OnTheIssues AdWatch transcript: 2019-20 Georgia Senate race
Nov 5, 2020
Doug Collins:
Voted more than 50 times to repeal the ACA
Q: Support Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as ObamaCare?Doug Collins: No. Has "voted more than 50 times to repeal the ACA." ACA "shattered insurance market."
Kelly Loeffler: No. Supports lawsuit to end.
Calls Medicare for All insidious attack on liberty.
Raphael Warnock: Yes. Would "protect, improve, and build upon the Affordable Care Act."
Source: CampusElect on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Doug Collins:
COVID: Trump saved lives, getting our economy back
Q: Your opinion on the federal response to COVID?<Doug Collins: Sees Trump as "pushing to fix the COVID-19 issue but also to get our economy back." Trump also "saved lives."
Kelly Loeffler: "Trump and his administration have taken the threat of
COVID-19 seriously from the beginning."
Raphael Warnock: Both Georgia and Trump have stumbled on pandemic response. "We need leadership that believes in science and will act with integrity."
Source: CampusElect on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Kelly Loeffler:
End ACA: Medicare for All is an attack on liberty
Q: Support Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as ObamaCare?Kelly Loeffler: No. Supports lawsuit to end. Calls Medicare for All insidious attack on liberty.
Raphael Warnock: Yes. Would "protect, improve, and build upon the Affordable Care Act."
Source: CampusElect on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Kelly Loeffler:
COVID: Trump took threat seriously from the beginning
Q: Your opinion on the federal response to COVID?Kelly Loeffler: "Trump and his administration have taken the threat of COVID-19 seriously from the beginning."
Raphael Warnock: Both Georgia and Trump have stumbled on pandemic response. "We need leadership that believes in science and will act with integrity."
Source: CampusElect on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Raphael Warnock:
Protect, improve, build upon the Affordable Care Act
Q: Support Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as ObamaCare?Raphael Warnock: Yes. Would "protect, improve, and build upon the
Affordable Care Act."
Kelly Loeffler: No. Supports lawsuit to end. Calls Medicare for All insidious attack on liberty.
Source: CampusElect on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Raphael Warnock:
COVID: We need leadership that believes in science
Q: Your opinion on the federal response to COVID?<Raphael Warnock: Both Georgia and Trump have stumbled on pandemic response. "We need leadership that believes in science and will act with integrity."
Kelly Loeffler: "Trump and his administration have taken the threat of COVID-19 seriously from the beginning."
Source: CampusElect on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Valencia Stovall:
Supports ObamaCare, and bailouts during public health crises
Q: Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?A: No.
Q: Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
A: Yes. The government should provide funds or tax credits to offset the cost to businesses. These public health crises are not under the control of normal business operations.
Source: 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate PVS Political Courage Test
Oct 10, 2020
Kelly Loeffler:
Against Medicare for All, use free market solutions
My goal is to make sure that seniors have better access to quality, affordable health care. I will never cut funding for seniors. Democrats are pushing a dangerous "Medicare for All" system that would bankrupt our country, increase health care
costs, reduce coverage and decrease the quality of care. We need to look at ways to increase the efficiency in the current system, cut waste, use free market solutions to drive down the cost of healthcare while increasing affordability and quality.
Source: AARP Voter Guide on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Oct 7, 2020
Kelly Loeffler:
Reduce regulation, increase competition, cut waste
Every Georgian should have access to high-quality, affordable care. The path to that future will require that we reduce regulation, increase competition and cut waste. Trump has taken action to lower drug prices using exactly these
principles, bringing more competition to the market, cutting out the middleman insurers. The socialist Democrats want "Medicare for All," which would mean less choice in the insurance market, worse care and more expensive doctor visits.
Source: AARP Voter Guide on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Oct 7, 2020
Kelly Loeffler:
For nursing homes, we need tort reform & to cut regulations
I've worked hard throughout COVID-19 to ensure that our nursing homes and long-term care facilities have access to the funding and the support that they need to keep serving our seniors, especially those in rural Georgia. For our nursing homes,
for our long-term care facilities, we've got to look at tort reform and other ways to eliminate burdensome regulations that slow down access and reduce quality.
Source: AARP Voter Guide on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Oct 7, 2020
Raphael Warnock:
Expand Medicaid, protect Medicare
One of the things that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharper focus is the need for a healthcare ecosystem that embraces all citizens, particularly the most vulnerable. States like Georgia need to expand Medicaid, and we need to protect
Medicare. I will stand up against any effort to raise the age of eligibility. We have to make sure that Medicare is there, providing affordable, accessible health care, and that we keep the price of prescription drugs within control.
Source: AARP Voter Guide on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Oct 7, 2020
Raphael Warnock:
Allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices
The high cost of prescription drugs is a sad example of the outsized influence of corporate interests in our politics. Not only has Big Pharma raised the price of generic drugs--in some cases tenfold--they've made it difficult for us to create a
system in which generic drugs could lower the cost of prescriptions. Medicare ought to be able to negotiate for lower prescription drugs. The VA does this right now. It's cut the cost of prescription drugs in half. Why can't we do it for Medicare?
Source: AARP Voter Guide on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Oct 7, 2020
Raphael Warnock:
Expand Medicaid to help with long-term care services
We know that Medicaid is the biggest payer of long-term care services such as nursing homes and assisted living facilities. I will be working hard to expand Medicaid funding and to help our state leaders to see that we have to expand
Medicaid here in Georgia. We've got to strengthen the Affordable Care Act so that we can ensure that our rural hospitals stay open, that we can hire long-term care workers and that people with preexisting conditions will have coverage.
Source: AARP Voter Guide on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Oct 7, 2020
Raphael Warnock:
COVID: Crisis handled like country with no resources at all
Q: Congressmembers questioned Attorney General Barr on his characterization of Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic as, quote, "superb." WARNOCK: Superb? You should tell that to
the families of now nearly 150,000 Americans who are dead. Superb? We have more than our share of the coronavirus cases. In a real sense, this crisis is being handled in our country as if we were a country with no resources at all.
Source: Democracy Now on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Jul 29, 2020
Kelly Loeffler:
Insidious socialism like Medicare-for-All attacks liberty
Socialism, and its societal and financial costs, is a very real threat to the freedoms that allow us to prosper as a country. The Green New Deal and Medicare for All represent insidious attacks on the unparalleled liberty that we as
Americans enjoy today--and that others in countries around the world are fighting to gain. The radical left doesn't know or care how many jobs or dollars their government takeovers will cost.
Source: Bluffton Today on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Dec 30, 2019
Kelly Loeffler:
Supports overhaul of Medicaid in Georgia
Loeffler said, "I know that health care is not a one size fits all solution," Loeffler said. She likes what Kemp has proposed for overhauling Medicaid in Georgia. "I think our state is in a position to start solving these (issues) in a novel and innovati
Source: Augusta Chronicle on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Dec 23, 2019
Matt Lieberman:
Expand ObamaCare; add public option
I want to expand on the success of
ObamaCare and include a public option.
Source: Atlanta Journal-Const. on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Oct 3, 2019
Tom Price:
Forced out of HHS for travel expenses
He served for roughly seven months as health secretary before being forced out in September 2017 over the travel expenditures. Trump was also angry with Republicans' failure to repeal former President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
The government spent nearly $1.2 million on the secretary's travel during his seven months in office. Price apologized and repaid a small portion of the money.
Source: Associated Press on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Sep 26, 2019
Allen Buckley:
Eliminate premiums; raise coinsurance contribution
[We should] change healthcare so people don't have to pay premiums, but they have to pay a higher percentage of the cost in terms of coinsurance, so they have significant skin in the game when they make a healthcare decision; and also change the
subsidies for healthcare in the tax system for employer based coverage. Everyone needs to care about their purchases, instead of the situation now where a lot of people don't care because they pay for very little of their healthcare"
Source: The Red & Black on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Feb 11, 2016
Jason Carter:
ObamaCare a "mess" that needs fixing
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Jason Carter said he shared in voters' frustration with ObamaCare and is hoping to see a "fix" from President Barack Obama. "I think folks are feeling like [ObamaCare] is a mess and so what
I'm hoping to see from the president is some kind of fix, but right now, I think folks are really frustrated, including me," Carter said on MSNBC's "Thomas Roberts."
Source: Politico.com on 2019-20 Georgia 2-year Senate race
Nov 14, 2013
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