2020 GA Senate race: on Health Care
Jon Ossoff:
Supports public option over Medicare-for-All
During a sit-down with the New York Times in 2019, Ossoff said he supported the
Affordable Care Act with a public option over Medicare-for-All to save the private insurance market.
Source: Fox News on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Nov 4, 2020
David Perdue:
Repeal fining poor because they can't afford ObamaCare
Q: Support Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as ObamaCare?Perdue: No. Voted to repeal ACA. "The poorest among us will continue to be fined because they can't afford ObamaCare."
Ossoff: Yes. Will "work to improve [ACA], not repeal it, so we can make affordable insurance and quality care available to all Americans."
Source: CampusElect on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
David Perdue:
COVID: We've done everything we could
Q: Your opinion on COVID response?Perdue: Trump and Pence are "taking the coronavirus very seriously." "We've done everything we could." Trump "has taken unprecedented action to protect the American people; now we're working to safely reopen
[and] help small businesses continue to weather this crisis."
Ossoff: "Tens of millions are losing jobs, essential workers are underpaid, under-protected and underinsured [while] help for ordinary people and smaller firms has been meager and slow."
Source: CampusElect on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
Improve ACA, not repeal it
Q: Support Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as ObamaCare?Ossoff: Yes. Will "work to improve [ACA], not repeal it, so we can make affordable insurance and quality care available to all Americans."
Perdue: No. Voted to repeal ACA. "The poorest among us will continue to be fined because they can't afford ObamaCare."
Source: CampusElect on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
COVID: Trump's response "gross incompetence"
Q: Your opinion on COVID response?Ossoff: Calls the Trump administration's handling of the pandemic "gross incompetence." "Tens of millions are losing jobs, essential workers are underpaid, under-protected and underinsured [while] help for
ordinary people and smaller firms has been meager and slow."
Perdue: Trump "has taken unprecedented action to protect the American people; now we're working to safely reopen [and] help small businesses continue to weather this crisis."
Source: CampusElect on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Nov 3, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
COVID: out of control because government ignored science
On COVID: "We are in the middle of a grave public health crisis. It is spiraling out of control because Washington politicians downplayed the crisis, ignored the medical science, undermined the doctors and scientists who knew what they're doing,"
Ossoff said. "And senator David Perdue, in the middle of this health crisis, is still supporting efforts to repeal protections for Georgians with preexisting conditions."
Source: Associated Press on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Oct 28, 2020
Shane Hazel:
Have state and fed remove themselves from healthcare
Q: What can be done to fix healthcare problems?A: First of all, get all the federal bureaucracy out of the way. Next, Georgians will have to demand the state removes themselves from the healthcare market. Then, we allow the free market and free
people to work on these problems without force and coercion. We are bureaucrats and politicians [and] pick the winners and losers where the stakes are life and death. Lastly, we promote charity. So the needy receive care through the consent of the giving
Source: Atlanta Magazine on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Oct 27, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
Expand Medicaid, invest in new public health clinics
We must expand Medicaid to ensure that every Georgian gets health insurance and to sustain rural hospitals. We need to invest in new public health clinics to ensure underserved and rural communities have access to healthcare.
We need to end price-gouging by insurance and drug companies who have bought off Congress.
Source: Atlanta magazine on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Oct 23, 2020
David Perdue:
Market based solutions, crack down on fraud in Medicare
We need lower prescription drug costs, and increased access to health care through market-based solutions that increase competition--not government controls that have never really worked.
I believe that increasing transparency and cracking down on fraud in Medicare would improve the program's long-term viability. We need to guarantee coverage for preexisting conditions and protect seniors from surprise medical bills.
Source: AARP Voter Guide on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Oct 8, 2020
David Perdue:
Incentivize drug manufacturers to lower prices
The cost of prescription drugs is one of the biggest drivers of healthcare costs in America. I've put forward plans that would incentivize drug manufacturers to offer their products at a lower cost and address inefficiencies in the drug market
supply chain. I've also fought for legislation that would require pharmacists to disclose fees and price concessions they use for Medicare Part D. All Americans, and especially our seniors, deserve transparency at the pharmacy counter.
Source: AARP Voter Guide on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Oct 8, 2020
David Perdue:
Invest in equipping vulnerable populations
Seniors are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 and we need to take special measures to ensure their safety. The CARES Act made sure that PPE shortages for long-term care facilities were addressed and passed billions of dollars in funding for
our providers to care for our seniors who'd become infected. We expanded telehealth and home health flexibilities. It's vital that we make sure we continue our investment in equipping vulnerable populations not just now but for future crises as well.
Source: AARP Voter Guide on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Oct 8, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
Will oppose ongoing efforts to defund Medicare
Medicare is an absolutely vital program. It's a healthcare program that America's seniors rely upon, and I will vote to ensure they can continue to rely upon it. I will oppose efforts to weaken Medicare. I will oppose efforts to shift
the burden of health care costs further on to seniors. I'll work to empower Medicare to further lower health care costs--for example, by negotiating lower prescription drug costs. I will oppose ongoing efforts to defund Medicare.
Source: AARP Voter Guide on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Oct 8, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
Empower Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices
The cost of medicine in America is an absolute scandal. The drug companies lobbied Congress so that Medicare can't negotiate lower prescription drug prices. They've bought off politicians, who let the drug companies keep price-gouging the
American citizens. Lowering the cost of medicine in America will be among my top priorities in the U.S. Senate. I will stand up to those drug company lobbyists, crack down on price gouging to empower Medicare to negotiate lower prices.
Source: AARP Voter Guide on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Oct 8, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
More federal support for eldercare in America
I support expanding the Public Health Service, so that there are more doctors and nurses qualified in geriatrics and eldercare to help us staff elder care facilities. I support, as part of a significant health care reform package, more
federal support for eldercare in America so that America's seniors, regardless of wealth, can depend upon a dignified retirement where health is taken care of and where they have highly qualified professionals to attend to them as necessary.
Source: AARP Voter Guide on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Oct 8, 2020
Jon Ossoff:
Ensure all Americans have insurance, for public option
This pandemic should be a massive wake-up call for those who doubt the necessity of ensuring all Americans have health insurance. I'll vote to protect and strengthen Medicare, and I support offering all Americans a public health insurance option as
an affordable alternative to private insurance. Your insurance will be your choice. Americans will be free to maintain exclusively private health insurance or to purchase supplemental private insurance on top of the public plan if they so choose.
Source: 2020 Georgia Senate campaign website ElectJon.com
Jul 2, 2020
Teresa Tomlinson:
Lower Medicare eligibility to 55, offer public option
As the next United States Senator from Georgia:- I will lead the effort to achieve universal healthcare coverage.
- I will move to protect and strengthen the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- I will work to encourage all states to expand
Medicaid coverage for those earning up to 138% of the poverty level.
- I will work to lower the Medicare eligibility age to 55 and offer a public option for people to buy-in to Medicare insurance coverage through the ACA healthcare exchanges.
Source: 2020 Georgia Senate campaign website, TeresaTomlinson.com
Jan 12, 2020
Teresa Tomlinson:
Concerned about closure of rural hospitals
Tomlinson stopped by Grady General Hospital, where physician Ashley Register provided a tour of the hospital facilities. The stop came about because Tomlinson said she's concerned about the closure of rural hospitals in the state, which she attributes
to an "ego battle" in Washington. "It's devolved into this addiction of the fight," she said. "That's all they want to do, is fight about which party is going to win this war about healthcare."
Source: Times-Enterprise on 2020 Georgia Senate race
Aug 7, 2019
Page last updated: Dec 10, 2020