2023 MS Governor's race: on Health Care


Brandon Presley: Supports expanding Medicaid to provide health care coverage

Four years later there's a new Democratic nominee, but the emerging issues feel the same going into the 2023 election. Democrat Brandon Presley supports expanding Medicaid to provide health care coverage for primarily the working poor, supports eliminating the state's sales tax on groceries and champions fully funding public education.
Source: Mississippi Today on 2023 Mississippi Gubernatorial race Mar 19, 2023

Tate Reeves: Vetoed bill requiring private insurance to be "equitable"

Today, I vetoed two bills that had the potential to seriously increase the cost of health care in Mississippi. The first one would basically give the Insurance Commission the ability to set rates for all health insurance. They can massively fine private insurance if they aren't "equitable" enough. It's not what you expect in Mississippi, but that's why we read every bill closely!
Source: 2023 Mississippi Governor campaign website press release Mar 15, 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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