State of North Dakota secondary Archives: on Health Care
Doug Burgum:
Pledge to oppose Obamacare
MY PLEDGE- Cut Runaway Spending
- Reform Property Tax System
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Support Term Limits
- Fight Politics-as usual
- Oppose Obamacare
- Create High-Paying-Jobs
Source: 2016 North Dakota governor campaign website DougBurgum.com
Feb 2, 2016
Dustin Peyer:
Universal single-payer healthcare for all
I support a universal Single Payer Option and will be voting for laws that will respect Health Care as a Right. Proposals include: - A State Medicaid buy in option that will allow each citizen to purchase Medicaid.
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A federal Medicare buy in option.
- Public healthcare pricing.
- End state line regulations on private insurance companies.
- Free market competition.
- Fighting for universal healthcare for all.
Source: 2018 North Dakota Senatorial website PeyerForSenate.org
Oct 1, 2017
Eliot Glassheim:
Don't repeal ObamaCare, but do improve it
Q: Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("ObamaCare")?
A: No. Improvements needed.
Source: VoteSmart 2016 North Dakota Political Courage Test
Aug 8, 2016
Heidi Heitkamp:
Support ObamaCare, with improvements
Q: Support or Repeal Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as ObamaCare?Kevin Cramer (R): Full repeal. "An insult to the Constitution & the conscience." Would require covering patients with pre-existing conditions but let insurance companies charge
more for them.
Heidi Heitkamp (D): Support, but improve. "Everyone should have access to affordable, quality care," whatever pre-existing conditions. North Dakota families need the same quality care that helped her beat breast cancer.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on North Dakota Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
Jack Dalrymple:
Large funding increases for nursing homes & home-based care
It has been said that a society is best measured by the way it treats its most vulnerable. We have made that commitment in North Dakota for many years. Recently the legislature has rebased our formula and passed large funding increases for
nursing homes and home-based care. We have made great progress in the treatment of the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. We have increased substantially our support of children's health care.
Source: 2011 State of the State speech to North Dakota legislature
Jan 4, 2011
Jack Dalrymple:
Cutting benefits to those in need is not an option
Taking care of all our people is a fundamental responsibility we all share. The state must make up $93 million this biennium in reduced federal funding for Medicaid reimbursements. We must make up the loss with state funds because cutting benefits to
those in need of healthcare is not an option.At the same time, we need to support nursing homes, health care providers, and providers serving people with developmental disabilities and mental illness.
Their costs of staffing and other expenses have gone up and it is very difficult for them to break even. We also must support our rural health clinics, our critical access hospitals and enhanced programs that care for our senior citizens in their homes.
Taking care of our own is what we do in North Dakota.
Source: North Dakota 2013 State of the State Address
Jan 8, 2013
Katrina Christiansen:
Expand Medicare to cover vision, hearing
Medicare needs to meet the needs of seniors by covering the things that keep our seniors healthy and apart of our lives and communities. Medicare needs to cover prescription drugs.
We need to cap prescription drug prices. Full stop. No one needs to worry about getting off medication because it is too much for the monthly budget.
Let's close the prescription drug gap for seniors.
Medicare also needs to cover, 100%, hearing aids and prescription lenses for our seniors. These seniors need these items to have fulfilling lives.
Source: 2022 North Dakota Senate website KatrinaForUSSenate.com
Jun 15, 2022
Kevin Cramer:
ObamaCare is an insult to the Constitution & the conscience
Q: Support or Repeal Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as ObamaCare?Kevin Cramer (R): Full repeal. "An insult to the Constitution & the conscience." Would require covering patients with pre-existing conditions but let insurance companies charge
more for them.
Heidi Heitkamp (D): Support, but improve. "Everyone should have access to affordable, quality care," whatever pre-existing conditions. North Dakota families need the same quality care that helped her beat breast cancer.
Source: 2018 CampusElect.org Issue Guide on North Dakota Senate race
Oct 9, 2018
Shelley Lenz:
COVID: Create crisis management structure to respond
If elected her first order of business would be to enact the Lenz-Vig Covid-19 Crisis Management Plan (named for herself and Lt. Governor candidate Ben Vig), which involves creating a crisis management structure to more efficiently respond to
widespread threats like Covid-19. "The economy can't recover because we can't get the spread under control."
Source: The Story Exchange on 2020 North Dakota Gubernatorial race
Oct 29, 2020
Shelley Lenz:
COVID: Dismissing public health officials isn't working
Democrat Dr. Shelley Lenz says 422 Covid-19 related deaths and three state health directors resigning points to why Governor Doug Burgum's handling of the virus isn't going well.
"Pleading with the public while dismissing your public health officials is not getting the job done. Instead of a patchwork of political talking points, I presented a comprehensive non-partisan plan that brings us together," Lenz said.
Source: KVRR-Fargo on 2020 North Dakota Gubernatorial debate
Oct 29, 2020
Wayne Stenehjem:
Questioned ObamaCare on constitutionality & carve-outs
In the wake of the historic passage of President Barack Obama's health care reform legislation on Christmas Eve in 2009, Stenehjem announced that he was one of 10 Republican attorneys general questioning not only the constitutionality of a specific
controversial provision within the Senate version of the bill, but also exploring potential legal challenges to the measure as well.
The North Dakota attorney general said he was "participating in an inquiry about possible incentives offered to Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson to support a health care measure in the U.S. Senate." The arrangement, which garnered Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid the necessary 60 votes needed to pass the measure, gave Nebraska exemption from its share of the Medicaid expansion, "a carve out that is expected to cost the federal government $100 million over 10 years."
Source: Ballotpedia.org on 2016 North Dakota gubernatorial race
May 2, 2016
Rick Becker:
MD & plastic surgeon
Biography: Becker earned his B.S., his M.H.S., and his M.D. from the University of North Dakota. His professional experience includes working as a plastic surgeon. He completed residencies at the University of North Dakota and Wayne State University.
Rick Becker (Republican Party) was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing District 7. He assumed office on December 1, 2012. He left office on December 1, 2022.
Becker (independent) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent North Dakota.
He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on June 14, 2022.
Source: Ballotpedia on 2024 North Dakota Gubernatorial race
Jul 19, 2023
Rick Becker:
Voted against Physician Assisted Suicide
HB 1415 (Physician Assisted Suicide -- Family Policy Alliance recommends voting OPPOSED; Becker voted OPPOSED): Legalized physician-assisted suicide for alleged terminally ill individuals. The bill was defeated in the House of Representatives by
a significant margin.HB 1420 (Recreational Marijuana -- Family Policy Alliance recommends voting OPPOSED; Becker voted FOR): Legalized the sale and use of recreational marijuana in North Dakota, subject to various restrictions and requirements.
Source: Family Policy Alliance on 2024 North Dakota Governor race
Jun 17, 2021
Katrina Christiansen:
Cap prescription drug prices
Q: What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?A: - We need to cap prescription drug prices. Full stop. No one should worry about getting off medication cutting pills in half or skipping doses because it is too much for the
monthly budget.
- We need representation that will deliver resources to the state, not transfer wealth out of state.
- We need a senator who will work to solve problems we care and worry about, not prop up special interests.
Source: Candidate Connection on 2024 North Dakota Senate race
Nov 1, 2022
Kelly Armstrong:
Creating new position: Commissioner of Recovery and Re-entry
We are creating a new cabinet position, Commissioner of Recovery and Re-entry. The goal of this position will be to operationalize the relationships between the Legislature, DOCR, county jails, law enforcement, the judicial system, our tribal partners,
addiction counselors, and everybody else who cares about providing services to the people in our communities who need them the most. We must take an all-of-government approach to the challenges of addiction and behavioral health.
Source: 2025 State of the State Address to North Dakota legislature
Jan 7, 2025
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