2022 KS Governor's race: on Health Care


Chase LaPorte: Freedom of choice for personal healthcare choices

The recent pandemic has impacted all of us, and personal healthcare choices have come under attack. In America, we take freedom of choice seriously; and that extends to freedom in personal healthcare choices. No government or organization has the right to regulate or direct your medical care or the care of your children.
Source: 2022 Kansas Governor campaign website LaPorte4KSgov.com Jun 24, 2022

Derek Schmidt: COVID: Opposed prisoner vaccines; closing churches, schools

Throughout the pandemic, Schmidt has been at odds with Gov. Laura Kelly's decisions, including vaccine distribution to prison populations, school district mask mandates and attempting to restore the legislature's ability to revoke state-agency issued regulation. Schmidt also issued a legal opinion in the early stages of the pandemic, questioning the state's authority to prosecute people who violate emergency orders.
Source: Associated Press on KSHB-41 on 2022 Kansas Governor race Mar 9, 2021

Derek Schmidt: Elected Attorney-General opposing Affordable Care Act

Schmidt was a Kansas Senate majority leader in 2010 when he made his first run for attorney general and unseated a Democrat after promising to push back against the Affordable Care Act championed by then-President Barack Obama. Schmidt's participation in lawsuits with other GOP attorneys general have been a regular feature of his tenure.
Source: Associated Press on KSHB-41 on 2022 Kansas Governor race Mar 9, 2021

Jeff Colyer: Steadfastly opposed Medicaid expansion

Colyer became governor in January 2018 after Brownback resigned to take a diplomatic post. Colyer had spent seven years as Brownback's lieutenant governor, overseeing the transition of Kansas's Medicaid program to managed care and steadfastly opposing Medicaid expansion.
Source: The Kansas City Star on 2022 Kansas Governor race Mar 5, 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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