2023 LA Governor's race: on Health Care


Jeff Landry: Fought mandatory COVID vaccines for schoolchildren

This year, parents and guardians stood together with Jeff Landry in opposition to the COVID-19 shot being required for their children to attend school. As a result of their coming together, the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) decided to rescind the mandate for Louisiana students. As of yesterday, it has officially been repealed. "Child medical decisions should be made by their guardians, not the government."
Source: 2023 Louisiana Gubernatorial campaign website JeffLandry.com Mar 21, 2023

John Schroder: Would not commit to retaining expanded Medicaid coverage

Treasurer John Schroder was the only candidate not to commit to retaining Louisiana's expanded Medicaid coverage. Another of Edwards' first moves upon taking office was to accept the additional federal health insurance benefits that former Gov. Bobby Jindal had turned down. "Maybe," Schroder said when asked about retaining the status quo with Medicaid.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator on 2023 Louisiana Gubernatorial race Apr 27, 2023

Sharon Hewitt: Can't pay for Medicaid for those not meeting requirements

Louisiana State Sen. Sharon Hewitt (R- Slidell) created and shared a two-and-a-half minute long video of her exchange with Daryl Purpera, the state's legislative auditor, during a meeting of the Senate Finance Committee on April 30th, asserting that Purpera revealed conclusive evidence of massive government fraud. On her Facebook page, she added, "At a cost of $500/person/month, we cannot keep paying for Medicaid for those 83,000 who don't meet the eligibility requirements."
Source: Bayou Brief on 2023 Louisiana Gubernatorial race May 2, 2018

Shawn Wilson: Preserve Medicaid expansion; strengthen Medicaid services

Source: 2023 Louisiana Governor campaign website WilsonForLA.com Oct 5, 2023

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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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