2024 MD Senate race: on Health Care

David Trone: Championed fight against addiction, mental health crisis

In Congress, David has helped lead the fight for progressive priorities like raising the minimum wage and passing the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant climate legislation in U.S. history. He has championed the fight against addiction and the mental health crisis, forming the Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force, a 140-member group that passed 26 bills into law to help turn the tide on the over 100,000 American lives we lost to overdose last year alone. Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website DavidTrone.com Jul 31, 2023

Angela Alsobrooks: Expand Medicaid, pass Medicare buy-in option

She believes it's time for Congress to act to expand Medicaid for millions of Americans that should be covered by the ACA Medicaid expansion but live in the 10 states whose Republican legislators refuse to expand coverage in their states. Angela also believes it's time to pass a Medicare buy-in option and apply ACA subsidies to the plan to ensure all Americans have access regardless of their income. Source: 2024 Maryland Senate campaign website AngelaAlsobrooks.com Feb 16, 2024

Angela Alsobrooks: Healthcare is a fundamental right: build upon ObamaCare

Health Care

Angela Alsobrooks (D): Increase. "Healthcare is a fundamental right.... As Senator, I will work to defend and build upon the Affordable Care Act." Supports universal paid family and medical leave policies.
Larry Hogan (R): Mostly increase. Defended Obamacare against a 2017 proposal to repeal it. Vetoed partially paid family medical or care leave.

Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race Aug 8, 2024

Larry Hogan: Don't repeal ObamaCare, but no paid medical leave

Health Care

Angela Alsobrooks (D): Increase. "Healthcare is a fundamental right; I will build upon the Affordable Care Act." Supports paid family and medical leave policies.
Larry Hogan (R): Mostly increase. Defended Obamacare against a 2017 proposal to repeal it. In 2018 signed a bill to strengthen publicly supported health care. Vetoed partially paid family medical or care leave.

Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Maryland Senate race Aug 8, 2024

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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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