Wikipedia.org political website: on Health Care


Mike Bloomberg: Prioritize city healthcare on HIV, diabetes & hypertension

Bloomberg is passionately interested in public health. He has donated millions of dollars to the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Under Bloomberg, the city Health Department has made HIV, diabetes and hypertension priorities.

Bloomberg extended New York City's smoking ban to all commercial establishments, including bars and nightclubs. In Dec. 2006, New York became the first city in the US to ban trans-fat from all restaurants. It will go into effect in July of 2008.

Source: Wikipedia.org entry, "Michael_Bloomberg" May 2, 2007

Mike Gravel: Citizen Power includes universal health care

Gravel authored a book titled Citizen Power in which he advocated the implementation of numerous populist ideas, including public financing of elections, a progressive tax with no deductions or exemptions, universal health care, and school vouchers. The book also contained the complete text of the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the complete platform adopted by the Populist Party during the 1892 presidential election.
Source: Wikipedia.org article, "Mike Gravel" Jan 1, 2007

Jay Ashcroft: Let the people vote on expanding Medicaid eligibility

Jay Ashcroft announced that an initiative petition seeking to expand Medicaid eligibility has collected enough signatures to be placed on the November ballot. And because Ashcroft expedited the process of verifying signatures using random sampling instead of sending them to local election authorities, it [can go] on the August primary ballot.

[A pro-expansion advocate] celebrated the announcement. "Today's certification is a tremendous first step forward in improving access to healthcare for Missourians."

But some proponents cried foul, contending that Ashcroft's motivation was actually to ensure any vote on Medicaid takes place during a lower-turnout primary in August instead of the November general election.

Wikipedia Note (downloaded 6/6/24): 2020 Missouri Amendment 2, the Medicaid Expansion Initiative, amended the Constitution of Missouri to expand Medicaid under ObamaCare. The initiative was on the Aug. 4 primary ballot and passed with 53% of the vote.

Source: Kansas City Star/Wikipedia on 2024 Missouri Governor race May 26, 2020

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Chase Oliver(L-GA)
Dr.Jill Stein(D-MA)
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Gov.Tim Walz(D-MN)
Dr.Cornel West(I-NJ)

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U.S.Rep.Dean_Phillips(D-MN)
Vivek_Ramaswamy(R-OH)
S.C.Sen.Tim_Scott(R)
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