2022 AR Governor's race: on Health Care


Anthony Bland: Every person in state should be covered by healthcare

Several core issues Bland said he plans to campaign on are healthcare, education, and crafting an economy that provides jobs with better wages. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare why expanded healthcare coverage is vitally needed in Arkansas, he said. Every single person in the state should be covered.
Source: Talk Business & Politics on 2022 Arkansas Gubernatorial race Jun 23, 2021

Anthony Bland: Invest in children's health, education & livelihood

I believe we need to get back to placing kids first. That is the reason why the medical insurance was called ARKids First, which has been restructured by our current government officials to be obtained by some children, and not all children. At one point, they were considering abolishing the program. Children in our communities are the future of our society, and if we do not invest in their health, education, and livelihood we will continue down this path of failing the children in our state.
Source: Talk Business & Politics on 2022 Arkansas Gubernatorial race Jun 24, 2021

Asa Hutchinson: COVID: Getting vaccines out is public/private partnership

The private sector is very engaged. The private sector is doing it, both the independent pharmacies as well as the chain pharmacies. The federal government is giving directly to them. All we're doing as a state is telling them where it goes and allocate it. The delivery is directly to the private sector and they're getting it out, but not as fast as we would like. And so it's a partnership.
Source: CBS Meet the Press on 2022 Arkansas Gubernatorial race Jan 3, 2021

Asa Hutchinson: Kept state "open for business" during pandemic

We have all kept our states "open for business" and delivered food and other goods Americans need during this pandemic. Like other states, we did have to close pieces of our economies temporarily. To meet this challenge, our states moved quickly to cut red tape and allow private employers to pivot to new business models.

As we move into the next phase of managing the pandemic and consider President Trump's guidelines for "Opening Up America Again," we are applying our propensity for planning to reopen the segments of our economies that temporarily closed. Each of us has identified triggers for when regions of our states and sectors of our economies should reopen, based on metrics tailored to our unique circumstances. We are sharing expertise and best practices on how to safely reopen restaurants, churches, gyms and other businesses while continuing to slow the spread of infection.

Source: WaPo OpEd by 5 governors for 2022 Arkansas governor race May 5, 2020

Chris Jones: Help to make prescription drugs more affordable

Arkansas has an aging population. Chris Jones plans to help families find the resources they need to care for their loved ones and to ensure high standards of care and excellent staffing at nursing homes. Arkansas can do more to build resources for mental healthcare in our state, and to attract mental health professionals to underserved communities. Everyone deserves access to the medicine they need to live a healthy life. Chris Jones plans to help to make prescription drugs more affordable.
Source: 2022 Arkansas Governor campaign website ChrisForGovernor.com May 26, 2022

Leslie Rutledge: Joined Texas lawsuit to end ObamaCare

She's filed or participated in many lawsuits. Those include a Texas-led suit to end the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, that is occurring while Gov. Asa Hutchinson is using that same law to provide health insurance to 300,000 Arkansans.
Source: Southwest Times-Record on 2022 Arkansas Governor race Mar 24, 2021

Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Opposes vaccination or masking mandates for COVID

[On vaccinations]: "We have to make sure that we are not ripping away people's freedom to make the best decision for themselves and for their families," she says, defending her opposition to mandates to wear masks or get the COVID vaccine. "At the same time, we certainly want to protect people." And while she's said in the past that she's reluctant to tell others to get vaccinated, she now recommends it. "I (want) people to understand how I made that decision and the process that I went through."
Source: KATV News ABC-7 on 2022 Arkansas Gubernatorial race Sep 14, 2021

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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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