2021 NJ Governor's race: on Health Care


Hirsh Singh: COVID: don't stop family get-togethers for Thanksgiving

Conservative outsider, anti-establishment leader, and gubernatorial candidate Hirsh Singh today rejected Tyrannical Phil Murphy's new shutdown order canceling Thanksgiving for millions of New Jerseyans. "Tyrannical Phil Murphy has no right and no authority to cancel Thanksgiving or meddle in the Thanksgiving plans of New Jersey families," Singh said.
Source: 2021 New Jersey Governor campaign website HirshSingh.com Nov 17, 2020

Jack Ciattarelli: Protect those with pre-existing conditions; lower costs

MORE AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE HEALTHCARE: Jack Ciattarelli is committed to ensuring that all persons have access to high-quality care, protecting people with pre-existing conditions and implementing policies that lower the cost of health insurance.
Source: 2020-21 New Jersey governor campaign website Jack4NJ.com Apr 2, 2020

Jack Ciattarelli: COVID: Against requiring showing proof of vaccination

Ciattarelli came out forcefully against not only vaccine passports, but also Rutgers' decision to require students get the coronavirus vaccine if they want to return to campus this fall. "The idea that Americans would be forced to carry around a personal health record to attend a ballgame, see a concert, or go out to dinner is simply wrong," said Ciatterelli in a Facebook post. "Governor Murphy is wrong for even having considered it."
Source: Middletown Patch on 2021 New Jersey Gubernatorial race Feb 1, 2021

Jack Ciattarelli: Would veto ending religious exemptions for vaccinations

Public school students in New Jersey are required to be vaccinated against illnesses like measles, mumps, polio, and chickenpox--though the state does allow parents to opt out for religious reasons. A Democratic-sponsored bill to remove that religious exemption failed twice to pass.

Ciattarelli said he would veto that bill if he's elected and it came to his desk. He also said he would expand the rules to include a "philosophical exemption" to required school vaccinations.

Source: Newark Star Ledger on 2021 New Jersey Gubernatorial race Jul 27, 2021

Phil Murphy: Pounding away against anti-vax bloc: they're safe, they work

Q: What are you telling residents skeptical of taking the vaccine if even nurses won't get it?

MURPHY: We've got to begin with a skeptical anti-vax bloc, which is a minority, but they're strong. We're not waiting until we get them. We've already been pounding away that these are safe, they work, and that's a message I'll repeat right now. We have had our medical folks kick the tires up and down. We believe in these vaccines. They're safe. They work. We want people to get them.

Source: ABC This Week interview for 2021 New Jersey governor race Dec 13, 2020

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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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