MI Congressional representatives, past and present: on Health Care

Jack Bergman: Number one priority is to repeal ObamaCare

Congress must also pass the REINS Act, which grants Congress the power to vote down major cost-inducing regulations and end harmful government bureaucracies that are strangling the economy of Upper Michigan.

Brenda Lawrence: ObamaCare is sound policy, but deal with consequences

Brenda Lawrence: I support ObamaCare and think it is sound policy. I do believe that there are amendments that could be made to resolve some of the unintended consequences, particularly for small business owners. However, the republicans do not want do discuss improving ObamaCare, they continue to attempt to repeal it.

Marcia Squier (Green Party): I think the Affordable Care Act should be repealed. I would instead extend the age requirement for Medicare to include all ages of people, from cradle to grave. I would include full coverage for all, with income-based deductibles for care and prescriptions. I would also include dental, vision, mental health, and chiropractic care because we all need and deserve to be healthy and no one else should die because of a lack of health insurance.

Marcia Squier: Repeal ObamaCare & replace with full coverage for all

Marcia Squier: I think the Affordable Care Act, ObamaCare, should be repealed. I would instead extend the age requirement for Medicare to include all ages of people, from cradle to grave. I would include full coverage for all, with income-based deductibles for care and prescriptions. I would also include dental, vision, mental health, and chiropractic care because we all need and deserve to be healthy and no one else should die because of a lack of health insurance.

Rep. Brenda Lawrence (Dem.): I support ObamaCare and think it is sound policy. I do believe that there are amendments that could be made to resolve some of the unintended consequences, particularly for small business owners. However, the republicans do not want do discuss improving ObamaCare, they continue to attempt to repeal it.

Dave Trott: Repeal & replace the onerous ObamaCare law

Mike Bishop: Fought against ObamaCare from the start

Rocky Raczkowski: Repeal ObamaCare

The two candidates have become cartoon caricatures of their respective parties. Peters gets painted as a flaming liberal who kowtows to the "socialist" liberal agenda and Raczkowski is deemed a tin-foil hat wearing ultra right-wing lunatic. Case in point: this Freep summation of their positions on the only other 3 issues in this election:

• Health care reform
  Peters: Supported
  Raczkowski: Wants to repeal
• Gays in the military
  Peters: Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy
  Raczkowski: Keep the policy
• Federal enforcement of medical marijuana laws
  Peters: Wants Michigan voters' legalization of medical marijuana implemented without federal interference
  Raczkowski: Wants no further expansion of medical marijuana law