2020 SC Senate race: on Health Care


Jaime Harrison: COVID: Put blame on how we handled it, I take it seriously

Q: How has politicization of the virus damaged our response?

Graham: President Wilson got the Spanish flu right after World War I, and we live in such unusual times I doubt if anybody yet attacked him. All I can say is that the virus is a problem that came out of China, not Trump Tower. The one thing I want people to know is that the virus is serious, but we have to move on as a nation. When a military member gets infected, you don't shut down the whole unit.

Harrison: We shouldn't blame the president. We shouldn't blame anybody for the inception of this disease. But where blame should come is how we handled this disease, whether or not we take it seriously. That's why I put this plexiglass up because it's not just about me, it's about the people in my life that I have to take care of, my two boys, my wife, my grandmother. We need to make sure we are addressing the issue here in South Carolina.

Source: 2020 South Carolina Senate debate (Rev.com transcript) Oct 3, 2020

Lindsey Graham: COVID: no one attacked Wilson when he got Spanish flu

Q: How has politicization of the virus damaged our response?

Graham: President Wilson got the Spanish flu right after World War I, and we live in such unusual times I doubt if anybody yet attacked him. All I can say is that the virus is a problem that came out of China, not Trump Tower. The one thing I want people to know is that the virus is serious, but we have to move on as a nation. When a military member gets infected, you don't shut down the whole unit.

Source: 2020 South Carolina Senate debate (Rev.com transcript) Oct 3, 2020

Jaime Harrison: Lower access to care "ripping a heart out of a community"

Harrison estimates that roughly 250,000 South Carolinians don't have healthcare, in part because, he says, Graham chose to reject Medicaid expansion under ObamaCare. "This is a state where two years ago, 14 out of the 46 counties had no OBGYNs," Harrison reports. "This is a state in which we've had four rural hospitals that have closed over the past few years." Harrison insists the declining access to care has been like "ripping a heart out of a community."
Source: Essence Magazine on 2020 South Carolina Senate race May 26, 2020

Gloria Bromell Tinubu: Work toward making health care more affordable

She says she'd work toward making health care more affordable. "What's powering the economy is knowledge," she says. "South Carolina has always been at the bottom when it comes to education. We've been at the bottom when it comes to income. We've been at the bottom when it comes to health care. We have to address the issue of affordable health care. At the end of the day, if we are in a knowledge economy, if you don't have your health, you don't get to play the game."
Source: Post and Courier on 2020 South Carolina Senate race May 31, 2019

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Candidates and political leaders on Health Care:

Democrats running for President:
Sen.Michael Bennet (D-CO)
V.P.Joe Biden (D-DE)
Mayor Mike Bloomberg (I-NYC)
Gov.Steve Bullock (D-MT)
Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-IN)
Sen.Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Secy.Julian Castro (D-TX)
Rep.John Delaney (D-MD)
Rep.Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
Sen.Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Mayor Wayne Messam (D-FL)
Gov.Deval Patrick (D-MA)
Sen.Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
CEO Tom Steyer (D-CA)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Marianne Williamson (D-CA)
CEO Andrew Yang (D-NY)

2020 Third Party Candidates:
Rep.Justin Amash (L-MI)
CEO Don Blankenship (C-WV)
Gov.Lincoln Chafee (L-RI)
Howie Hawkins (G-NY)
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Howard Schultz(I-WA)
Gov.Jesse Ventura (I-MN) 		Republicans running for President:
Sen.Ted Cruz(R-TX)
Gov.Larry Hogan (R-MD)
Gov.John Kasich(R-OH)
V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
Gov.Mark Sanford (R-SC)
Pres.Donald Trump(R-NY)
Rep.Joe Walsh (R-IL)
Gov.Bill Weld(R-MA & L-NY)

2020 Withdrawn Democratic Candidates:
Sen.Stacey Abrams (D-GA)
Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NYC)
Sen.Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Sen.Mike Gravel (D-AK)
Sen.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Gov.John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Gov.Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Rep.Seth Moulton (D-MA)
Rep.Beto O`Rourke (D-TX)
Rep.Tim Ryan (D-CA)
Adm.Joe Sestak (D-PA)
Rep.Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
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