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Joe Biden on Health Care
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| Democratic President; former V.P.; former Senator |
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- Negotiated Medicare prices for first 10 drugs. (Aug 2024)
- Cut cost of prescription drugs, cap insulin at $35 a month. (Mar 2022)
- ARPA-H: end cancer as we know it. (Mar 2022)
- Individual mandate is constitutional even with $0 tax. (Jun 2021)
- No transgendered discrimination by healthcare providers. (May 2021)
- Create an advanced research project agency for health. (Apr 2021)
- Public option is not socialism. (Oct 2020)
- President must tell whole truth about his health. (Oct 2020)
- Allow serious return on investment in new drugs, not gouging. (Sep 2020)
- We can beat cancer: invest more money in research. (Aug 2020)
- COVID19: make sure there's free testing & free treatment. (Apr 2020)
- Lower Medicare eligibility age to 60. (Apr 2020)
- Public option for ObamaCare; $50 billion for research. (Feb 2020)
- Got ObamaCare passed and will expand it. (Feb 2020)
- My Medicare if you want it plan is affordable. (Feb 2020)
- Biden Cancer Initiative: data from multiple researchers. (Feb 2020)
- Tax capital gains at bracket levels to pay for health plan. (Feb 2020)
- Invest $50B in new agency to fight cancer. (Feb 2020)
- Medicare-for-all plan costs $30 trillion & will raise taxes. (Dec 2019)
- Straightforward approach on healthcare, not ten year plans. (Jul 2019)
- Limit co-pays to $1,000; keep your own insurance. (Jul 2019)
- Future of healthcare is biopharma; control those prices. (Jul 2019)
- I have only plan limiting insurance companies. (Jul 2019)
- Cover undocumented immigrants to reduce overall cost of care. (Jun 2019)
- National effort to cure cancer by genomics. (Oct 2017)
- Increased funding for NIH to highest level in a decade. (Jan 2016)
- Moonshot on cancer: increase resources, cooperation. (Jan 2016)
- Modernize, simplify & expand health insurance. (Nov 2007)
- Help medical students find ways to finance their tuition. (Oct 2007)
- Rethink healthcare by focusing on prevention. (Sep 2007)
- Start with catastrophic insurance and insuring all kids. (Aug 2007)
- Survived two aneurysms in the 1990s. (Oct 2005)
ObamaCare
- Don't let Republicans repeal the Affordable Care Act. (Mar 2024)
- Cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month for every American. (Feb 2023)
- Give Medicare power to negotiate lower prescription prices. (Apr 2021)
- Cap insurance at 8.5% of income instead of 10%. (Mar 2021)
- Re-open ACA enrollment; restore ObamaCare to pre-Trump level. (Feb 2021)
- ObamaCare plus a public option makes BidenCare. (Oct 2020)
- Pre-existing conditions are in jeopardy from Supreme Court. (Oct 2020)
- A hundred million people have pre-existing conditions. (Sep 2020)
- Public option won't end private insurance; only for Medicaid. (Sep 2020)
- Add public option to ACA, healthcare is a right. (Sep 2020)
- Restore all cuts made to ObamaCare, then add more. (Mar 2020)
- Must divulge cost of health care legislation. (Feb 2020)
- Add mental health parity to ObamaCare, with Biden option. (Jan 2020)
- Reform healthcare, don't force folks off private insurance. (Nov 2019)
- By 2021, ACA says insurance must pay for expensive HIV drugs. (Oct 2019)
- My plan builds on ObamaCare; adding $740B for public option. (Sep 2019)
- Public option under ObamaCare covers vast majority for $750B. (Jul 2019)
- Biden plan has public option; thinking otherwise is malarkey. (Jul 2019)
- Would bring back the individual mandate. (Jul 2019)
- Build on ObamaCare, with Medicare buy-in. (Jun 2019)
- Expand ObamaCare, but not Medicare-for-All. (Apr 2019)
- Those near doughnut hole you get $600 more for Rx benefits. (Oct 2012)
- Medicare gives seniors choice, even if Rx prices negotiated. (Oct 2012)
- ObamaCare built on the best of our private insurance system. (Mar 2011)
- Insurance mandate is same debate as for Social Security. (Feb 2010)
- Start paying for universal coverage with $100B in redundancy. (Sep 2007)
Pandemics
- I've ordered more anti-virus pills than anyone in history. (Mar 2022)
- Get more people vaccinated, or prolong coronavirus pandemic. (Nov 2021)
- Made 100M vaccination goal, but not 70% goal. (Mar 2021)
- $119 billion to build public confidence in vaccines. (Mar 2021)
- $8.5 billion for rural hospitals, for telehealth & COVID. (Mar 2021)
- Mandate COVID masks in all federal buildings. (Jan 2021)
- If we just all wore masks, we'd save 100,000 lives. (Oct 2020)
- A dark winter pandemic: People are learning to die with it. (Oct 2020)
- Re-open businesses, restaurants, & schools with COVID safety. (Oct 2020)
- I wanted to keep people in China in early 2020 pandemic. (Oct 2020)
- Trump left rules to states; I want national standards. (Oct 2020)
- Depending on vaccine, think about making it mandatory. (Oct 2020)
- COVID: Would mandate mask use in federal buildings. (Oct 2020)
- COVID: maskless people responsible for their actions. (Oct 2020)
- We didn't shut down economy; Trump shut down his economy. (Sep 2020)
- Wearing masks saves lives; social distancing is responsible. (Sep 2020)
- Protect workers and schools from COVID with funding & PPE. (Sep 2020)
- Wearing a mask is a patriotic requirement, not slavery. (Sep 2020)
- Supports national mask mandate. (Sep 2020)
- Coronavirus: Listen to science; step out of the way. (Aug 2020)
- Trump's looking for coronavirus miracle; no miracle coming. (Aug 2020)
- I'll do what we should've done from beginning of coronavirus. (Aug 2020)
- Coronavirus: Deal with health crisis before economic crisis. (Mar 2020)
- Coronavirus national rally: care; testing; hospital capacity. (Mar 2020)
- Accept coronavirus test kits from World Health Organization. (Mar 2020)
- We've handled pandemics before, present system not ready. (Mar 2020)
- Coronavirus: Let the scientists speak; let them prepare us. (Mar 2020)
- We invested in health agencies and kept Ebola out of the US. (Feb 2020)
- Insist that China let our experts inspect for coronavirus. (Feb 2020)
- Work with China, in China, on coronavirus. (Feb 2020)
- Got tested for AIDS after blood transfusion; no shame in it. (Jun 2007)
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Doug Burgum on Health Care
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| 2024 Presidential contender; Republican ND Governor |
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- Things get more expensive as they get less competitive. (Sep 2023)
- Pledge to oppose Obamacare. (Feb 2016)
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Chris Christie on Health Care
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| N.J. Governor; Republican Presidential candidate |
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- Expanded Medicaid in NJ, but repeal-and-replace ObamaCare. (Feb 2017)
- Ensure coverage for people even if ObamaCare is repealed. (Feb 2017)
- No single-payer system; no healthcare nationalization. (Nov 2015)
- Washington runs healthcare as badly as anything else. (Oct 2015)
- Opposes expanding Medicaid nationally, did expand it in NJ. (Aug 2015)
- Parents have some choice, but kids should be vaccinated. (Feb 2015)
- Hold down Medicaid costs while providing focused choice. (Jan 2015)
- Mandatory quarantine for travelers from Ebola areas. (Oct 2014)
- 3-week quarantine for Ebola medical workers. (Oct 2014)
- Expand Medicare, but no N.J. ObamaCare exchange. (Nov 2013)
- ObamaCare was a mistake; a failed policy from the start. (Nov 2013)
- Allow insurers to sell "mandate-free" policies. (Jun 2012)
- Prosecuted politicians & their cronies, including jail time. (Jun 2012)
- 2002-2006: uncovered $800M in medical kickbacks to doctors. (Jun 2012)
- $159M for community health centers for the most vulnerable. (Aug 2011)
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Ron DeSantis on Health Care
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| Republican presidential contender; FL governor |
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- Make all of Medicaid into block grants. (Jan 2024)
- More mental health institutions; more veteran PTSD services. (Jan 2024)
- Florida did not expand ObamaCare; need accountability. (Dec 2023)
- COVID: it was a mistake for Feds to lock down the economy. (Aug 2023)
- Protect free speech and conscience rights of physicians. (Mar 2023)
- Shouldn't have to choose between job and unwanted shot. (Mar 2023)
- We reject the biomedical security state, defeated Fauci-ism. (Feb 2022)
- Supports $5000 fines for businesses demanding vaccine proof. (Jul 2021)
- COVID: We will not close schools, jobs, businesses. (Mar 2021)
- COVID: We got it right and the lock down states got it wrong. (Feb 2021)
- OpEd: FL did nothing to mitigate COVID in nursing homes. (Oct 2020)
- New Yorkers were bringing COVID to Florida. (Oct 2020)
- Against Medicare-for-all; keep private insurance. (Mar 2019)
- Repeal ObamaCare; health care isn't a right. (Oct 2018)
- No right to health care; that's just a bureaucratic right. (Aug 2018)
- Repeal ObamaCare to protect Medicare. (Nov 2012)
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Tulsi Gabbard on Health Care
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| Democratic candidate for President; U.S. Rep from HI-2 |
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- We don't have a healthcare system; it's a sick-care system. (Jul 2019)
- Medicare-for-All will reduce bureaucratic costs. (Jun 2019)
- Supports Medicare for All; address prescription costs. (Mar 2019)
- Supports Medicare-for-All but keep private insurance. (Mar 2019)
- Supports Medicare-for-All; tax wealthiest 5% to pay for it. (Jan 2019)
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Nikki Haley on Health Care
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| Republican presidential contender; UN Ambassador 2017-2018 |
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- Mental health crisis is a cancer; need services & insurance. (Jan 2024)
- Put patients in the driver's seat for health plans. (Sep 2023)
- Reject ObamaCare state exchange; reject Medicaid expansion. (Jan 2014)
- Dead set against ObamaCare: We can't split the cow. (Apr 2012)
- ObamaCare is wrongheaded and unconstitutional. (Apr 2012)
- ObamaCare opt-out rules disallow state opt-out. (Apr 2012)
- Medicaid is a broken system; federal mandates cause problems. (Jan 2012)
- No government-run health exchanges; transparency instead. (Jan 2012)
- Let Medicaid buy generics for AIDS, cancer, & mental health. (Jan 2011)
- Cap punitive damages to limit medical costs. (Nov 2010)
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Kamala Harris on Health Care
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| Democratic nominee;Vice President; former California Senator |
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- Allow Medicare to cover the cost of home care for seniors. (Oct 2024)
- Let Medicare cover the cost of home health care for seniors. (Oct 2024)
- Trump left us the worst public health epidemic in a century. (Sep 2024)
- Cancel medical debt and cap drug costs. (Aug 2024)
- Take on Big Pharma to cap prescription drug costs. (Aug 2024)
- Prohibit medical debt from being included on credit reports. (Jun 2024)
- Establish nursing home minimum staffing rule . (Apr 2024)
- Black women are 3 times more likely to die in childbirth . (Jul 2023)
- Trump knew the truth on coronavirus and covered it up. (Oct 2020)
- On pre-existing conditions: Republicans are coming for you. (Oct 2020)
- COVID: track racial disparities; get vaccines to neediest. (Aug 2020)
- Supports single-payer without private insurance. (Jul 2020)
- Federal funding for PrEP to prevent HIV/AIDS. (Oct 2019)
- Medicare-for-All with 10-year transition and private option. (Jul 2019)
- Cover everyone; don't leave out 10 million Americans. (Jul 2019)
- Separate employment from healthcare, but not illegal. (Jul 2019)
- For-profit insurers jack up co-pays and deductibles. (Jul 2019)
- Huge profits for insurance; pharma on backs of families. (Jul 2019)
- $5000 deductible demonstrates flaws of for profit system. (Jun 2019)
- Supports Medicare for All, even undocumented aliens. (May 2019)
- Private insurance not victims under single payer. (Apr 2019)
- Make healthcare fundamental right, not privilege for wealthy. (Feb 2019)
- End private health insurance with Medicare for All. (Jan 2019)
- We pay more for prescriptions than abroad: they negotiate. (Jan 2019)
- Require pharmaceutical companies to allow generics. (Aug 2017)
- Companies should provide contraception under ObamaCare. (Nov 2013)
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Mike Huckabee on Health Care
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| Republican Presidential candidate |
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- Declare war to cure the four biggest chronic diseases. (Oct 2015)
- Focus on curing Alzheimers, cancer, heart disease & diabetes. (Sep 2015)
- Vaccines don't cause autism; I get vaccinated myself. (Feb 2015)
- TEFRA model: subsidize extraordinary medical expenses. (Dec 2013)
- Healthcare reform requires cultural change over a generation. (Nov 2008)
- Quit treating snakebites and start killing some snakes. (Nov 2008)
- First-dollar coverage for all expenses defies common sense. (Nov 2008)
- Proposed 50-governor 7-principle Medicaid reform. (Nov 2008)
- Ok to ban smoking from workplaces, but not to ban smoking. (Feb 2008)
- Called for isolating AIDS carriers in 1992, not quarantine. (Dec 2007)
- 1/3 self-insured; 1/3 don't want it; 1/3 can't afford it. (Dec 2007)
- Crisis from waiting until people are catastrophically ill. (Dec 2007)
- FactCheck: 2/3 of uninsured can't afford insurace, not 1/3. (Dec 2007)
- We don't have a healthcare system; it's a healthcare maze. (Oct 2007)
- Individually-controlled insurance, not government SCHIP. (Oct 2007)
- Portable medical records that YOU own, not your doctor. (Sep 2007)
- System is upside down; focuses on intervention after illness. (Sep 2007)
- Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage. (Sep 2007)
- Insurance reward for avoiding tobacco, alcohol, obesity. (Sep 2007)
- Co-led effort against child obesity with Bill Clinton. (Sep 2007)
- Give Americans Congress' healthcare, or give Congress ours. (Aug 2007)
- Dems want government in charge; GOP want consumers in charge. (Jun 2007)
- ARKids: Prevention less expensive than sick children. (Jun 2007)
- Focus on health & prevention, not just disease treatment. (Jan 2007)
- STOP the culture of chronic disease via self-discipline. (Jan 2007)
- The road to obesity is paved with procrastination. (May 2006)
- To stop procrastinating: Set date; stick to it; and start!. (May 2006)
- Nothing tastes as good as it feels to be healthy. (May 2006)
- We don't have a health-care system but a disease-care system. (Jan 2006)
- Guaranteed medical care not government's responsibility. (Nov 2002)
- ARKids First program: record decreases in uninsured. (Jan 2001)
- Designed ARKids for preventive healthcare for kids. (Oct 2000)
- Supports consumer-driven "medical IRA" with tax-free money. (Nov 1992)
- No additional AIDS spending; cancer & vascular victims first. (Nov 1992)
- Ban smoking in all public places. (Nov 1992)
- Isolate carriers of this plague of AIDS. (Nov 1992)
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Asa Hutchinson on Health Care
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| Republican presidential contender; AR Governor |
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- Federal government should never be sole healthcare provider. (May 2023)
- I oppose any vaccine mandate; need greater public acceptance. (Jan 2022)
- COVID: Getting vaccines out is public/private partnership. (Jan 2021)
- Kept state "open for business" during pandemic. (May 2020)
- Kept state "open for business" during pandemic. (May 2020)
- Work requirement for Medicaid. (Feb 2018)
- $5M for Mental Health Stabilization Centers. (Jan 2017)
- A lot of budget "fuzziness" if private option is not renewed. (Jan 2014)
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Perry Johnson on Health Care
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| CEO & Republican presidential challenger |
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- We need competition across state lines for all insurance . (Aug 2023)
- Never again will we allow transition therapy for minors. (May 2023)
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Health Care
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| Independent presidential Challenger |
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- Separate focus of NIH away from pharma industry. (Aug 2024)
- Chronic disease affects 60% of Americans; was 6% under JFK. (Aug 2024)
- End corrupt incentives on pharmaceuticals in NIH and FDA. (Aug 2024)
- Would put Dr. Fauci on trial over COVID vaccines. (Jul 2023)
- Public option not right thing, unless part of single-payer. (Jun 2023)
- We will move from a sick care system to a wellness society. (May 2023)
- Un-American to end religious exemptions for vaccinations. (Jul 2019)
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Kristi Noem on Health Care
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| Republican |
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- Use telemedicine to connect with EMS personnel in the field. (Jan 2024)
- Vaccine mandates stand in the way of business expansion. (Jan 2023)
- $1.1M for pregnancy/postpartum care for Medicaid recipients. (Jan 2023)
- No to Medicaid expansion; $80 million cost is too high. (Oct 2022)
- Listen to healthcare professionals for COVID policy. (Oct 2022)
- Won't vote for Medicaid expansion; will implement if passed. (Jul 2022)
- No unconstitutional COVID lockdowns; no mask mandates. (Feb 2022)
- Unvaccinated Americans are still Americans. (Jan 2022)
- COVID: We didn't mandate; we trusted our people. (Jul 2021)
- COVID: vaccine passports are oppressive and un-American. (Mar 2021)
- COVID didn't crash the economy; government crushed it. (Feb 2021)
- Make pandemic rules for telehealth permanent. (Jan 2021)
- Repeal the trillion dollar health care bill. (Nov 2010)
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Mike Pence on Health Care
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| Former Republican Vice President (withdrew Oct.2023) |
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- ObamaCare is a state issue along with HHS, DOE, and housing. (Sep 2023)
- Minors with gender issues should wait until adulthood. (Jun 2023)
- We're producing millions of vaccines; ready by end of year. (Oct 2020)
- Trust people to make smart decisions, mandates not needed. (Oct 2020)
- Medicare & Medicaid greatest threat to those under 40. (Sep 2020)
- Big government & candy are more harmful than cigarettes. (Sep 2020)
- Pay uninsured $1000 a year to buy health insurance. (Sep 2020)
- A nation of miracles: coronavirus vaccine by end of year. (Aug 2020)
- Coronavirus testing is state managed but federally supported. (Apr 2020)
- COVID: February 2020--We're ready for anything. (Feb 2020)
- Smoking doesn't kill; 90% of smokers don't get lung cancer. (Feb 2020)
- Replace ObamaCare with new plan with Congressional support. (Sep 2019)
- Don't regulate the prices of life-saving drugs. (Nov 2016)
- Healthy Indiana: expand Medicaid but with "skin in the game". (Jan 2014)
- Medicaid is not just broke, it is broken. (Jan 2014)
- ObamaCare is a government takeover of health care. (Mar 2010)
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Dean Phillips on Health Care
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| Democratic U.S. Rep & presidential Challenger |
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- Provide VA resources for physical & mental health care. (Apr 2020)
- Fix and improve the Affordable Care Act. (Apr 2020)
- Strengthen Medicare by controlling rising healthcare costs. (Apr 2020)
- Support mental health programs for children. (Apr 2020)
- Offer Medicare as a public option. (Oct 2018)
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Vivek Ramaswamy on Health Care
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| CEO & Republican Challenger |
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- Replace sick-care system with preventative medicine. (Dec 2023)
- Gut the FDA and its corrupt regulations. (Aug 2023)
- Gender dysphoria is suffering; we're creating more of it. (Apr 2023)
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Marco Rubio on Health Care
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| FL Senator; Republican Presidential candidate |
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- Let people decide how to spend health care dollars. (Feb 2016)
- All kids should get vaccinated, with medical exceptions. (Feb 2015)
- ObamaCare stifles entrepreneurship with regulation. (Jan 2015)
- World Health Organization can't combat Ebola; only US can. (Oct 2014)
- Ban visas from Ebola-stricken countries; target the source. (Oct 2014)
- Medicaid expansion fails because funded only for a few years. (Jan 2014)
- FactCheck: ObamaCare is not now forcing loss of insurance. (Feb 2013)
- Expand mental health centers; address violence at its source. (Feb 2013)
- Address mental illness with care, attention and compassion. (Feb 2013)
- Backed out of Race for the Cure over abortion funding fight. (Sep 2012)
- Medicare's hospice care let my father die with dignity. (Jun 2012)
- Expand prescription benefits to low-income seniors. (Jun 2012)
- Provide alternatives to employer-based insurance system. (Mar 2010)
- Launch a marketplace of affordable health insurance. (Nov 2006)
- Capitated managed-care systems achieve better value. (Nov 2006)
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Bernie Sanders on Health Care
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| Independent Senator (VT) amd former Presidential candidate |
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- Vermont forced to repeal single-payer healthcare system. (Apr 2023)
- Debt forgiveness for doctors & nurses in under-served areas. (Feb 2020)
- Will increase health benefits for all, in unions or not. (Feb 2020)
- Medicare for All is already a compromise. (Feb 2020)
- Bring America together:end international shame of healthcare. (Feb 2020)
- Bring America together:end international shame of healthcare. (Feb 2020)
- Help insurance industry employees transition to new jobs. (Jan 2020)
- Current system is not only cruel, it's dysfunctional. (Nov 2019)
- Job-based insurance forces people to change providers. (Jul 2019)
- Medicare for All: higher taxes but lower healthcare costs. (Jul 2019)
- Legalization of assisted suicide should be left to states. (Jun 2019)
- 1970s: For socialized medicine, public drug companies owned. (Mar 2019)
- Elective procedures can be covered by private insurance. (Feb 2019)
- Don't let Republicans do away with preexisting protection. (Oct 2018)
- Impose Medicaid requirements on states. (Oct 2018)
- Employer-based insurance burdens employers & stifles workers. (Aug 2017)
- Mental illness system is in tatters; treat like any illness. (Aug 2017)
- ObamaCare alternatives need patient protections. (Jan 2017)
- Lack of affordable dental care is part of healthcare crisis. (Nov 2016)
- Mental Health: people need more affordable treatments. (Nov 2016)
- Mental health coverage would stop suicides AND homicides. (Oct 2015)
- Move toward a single-payer system. (Mar 2015)
- 1972: Pushed for dental care for low-income children. (Jun 1997)
Pandemics
- Wrong to give company exclusive rights to drug treatment. (Mar 2020)
- Cover all costs for coronavirus testing and treatment. (Mar 2020)
- We don't have a healthcare system; only thousands of plans. (Mar 2020)
- International cooperation on coronavirus, and full funding. (Feb 2020)
- More money into research for pandemics like coronavirus. (Feb 2020)
- Vaccinations work; electing not to vaccinate is dangerous. (Sep 2015)
Prescription Drugs
- Health care industry last year made $100 billion in profit. (Feb 2020)
- End the absurdity of co-payments and $600B corporate costs. (Jan 2020)
- No deductibles or co-payments; $200 a year for prescriptions. (Sep 2019)
- Cap annual costs for prescription drugs at $200. (Aug 2019)
- Took diabetics to Canada for insulin at 1/10th price. (Jul 2019)
- Pharma companies should justify high drug prices. (Feb 2019)
- Negotiate Medicare prices stop outrageous pharma ripoffs. (May 2018)
- Medicare should negotiate prices with pharma industry. (Feb 2017)
- 1999: Took Vermonters to Canada for low-cost Rx drugs. (Nov 2016)
- Focus healthcare on health instead of profits. (Nov 2016)
- Don't ignore prescription drug affordability. (Nov 2016)
- No country except USA lets drug companies charge any price. (Oct 2016)
- Combat Big Pharma's greed on drug prices. (Jul 2016)
Universal Coverage
- Push for "Medicare for All" in context of coronavirus. (Apr 2020)
- We need a simple system, which exists in Canada. (Mar 2020)
- Medicare-for-All will save Americans $450B per year. (Feb 2020)
- FactCheck: US pays twice OECD average, but not every country. (Feb 2020)
- Every president since FDR has tried to fix healthcare. (Feb 2020)
- Medicare-for-All saves money to offset raising taxes. (Jan 2020)
- Medicare-for-all costs average family $1200 instead of $12K. (Dec 2019)
- Taxes will go up with Medicare for All, most will pay less. (Oct 2019)
- We lose 30,000 people a year due to not going to the doctor. (Sep 2019)
- Get rid of all for-profit health insurance companies. (Jul 2019)
- Comprehensive care including dental, hearing aids, & eyecare. (Jul 2019)
- This is not radical; virtually every other country does it. (Jul 2019)
- Healthcare as a human right includes immigrants. (Jul 2019)
- People will spend less money on Medicare for All. (Jun 2019)
- Canada has figured out single-payer, at half the cost of US. (Jun 2019)
- Medicare is most popular health insurance so let's expand it. (Jun 2019)
- Medicare-for-All will lead to stability, not disruption. (May 2019)
- Single payer will transform health care for the better. (Apr 2019)
- Medicare-for-all: no more private insurance plans. (Apr 2019)
- State-by-state Medicaid expansion is a major step. (Apr 2019)
- ObamaCare requires insurers to cover you, even at a loss. (Feb 2017)
- ObamaCare insured 20 million, but didn't go far enough. (Jan 2017)
- Real issue is healthcare at all, for rural poor. (Nov 2016)
- Federally-run single-payer program with mental/dental. (Nov 2016)
- $12B more for Federally Qualified Health Centers. (Feb 2016)
- For $500 more taxes, everyone gets $5,000 more healthcare. (Feb 2016)
- US is the only major country without universal health care. (Feb 2016)
- Other countries cover everyone; why can't we? (Feb 2016)
- Health care for 29 million more uninsured. (Feb 2016)
- Medicare for All: insure 29M people beyond ObamaCare. (Jan 2016)
- Single payer: Increased taxes offset by insurance cuts. (Jan 2016)
- I helped write ObamaCare; extend it to 29M more uninsured. (Jan 2016)
- The middle class will pay less with single payer health plan. (Dec 2015)
- We spend more on care than countries with single-payer. (Dec 2015)
- Healthcare is a fundamental right in a civilized society. (Sep 2015)
- Medicare for all: healthcare is a human right. (Sep 2015)
- U.S. is only major country without guaranteed healthcare. (Apr 2015)
- Civilized societies provide healthcare for the poor. (Jun 1997)
Voting Record
- Voted for ObamaCare; but prefers single-payer system. (Apr 2015)
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Tim Scott on Health Care
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| Republican presidential challenger; SC Senator |
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- Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility. (Sep 2014)
- I don't want to know how many calories are on my pizza. (Mar 2014)
- Fight the billion-dollar mandate of ObamaCare. (Apr 2012)
- Fight against government takeover of health care. (Nov 2010)
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Jill Stein on Health Care
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| Green Challenger |
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- Medicare-for-all better & cheaper than ObamaCare. (Oct 2016)
- Vaccines are a foundation to a strong public health system. (Oct 2016)
- Early diagnosis and intervention for mental illness. (Oct 2016)
- Healthcare for all including contraception. (Aug 2016)
- Require vaccines to protect other children. (May 2016)
- Illusion that ObamaCare is a step towards single-payer. (Jan 2016)
- Tort reform becomes unneeded under Medicare-for-All. (Jul 2015)
- Threats like Ebola are threats to public health worldwide. (Jul 2015)
- Single-payer public health insurance program. (Jun 2015)
- What injures the climate's health also injures human health. (Jun 2015)
- Healthy People, Healthy Planet: link environment & health. (Mar 2015)
- Thousands die each year when excluding from adequate care. (Jul 2014)
- Health insurance wastes 30%; Medicare only wastes only 3%. (Oct 2012)
- 75% of expenditures are sick care system, not healthcare. (Oct 2012)
- Medicare Part D is a giveaway for pharmaceutical companies. (Oct 2012)
- Affordable Care Act is neither Affordable nor Caring. (Oct 2012)
- ObamaCare took single-payer & public option off the table. (Feb 2012)
- Medical doctor & advocate for community health provider. (Jan 2012)
- ObamaCare was step backward for goal of single payer. (Jan 2012)
- Right to quality health care: Medicare for All. (Jan 2012)
- Streamline bureaucracy: $400B yearly for comprehensive care. (Dec 2011)
- 30% of healthcare costs squandered on ads & CEO salaries. (Dec 2011)
- Single-payer Medicare-for-all system. (Sep 2010)
- Save money & increase access with single-payer system. (Oct 2002)
- Implement universal health care. (Nov 2001)
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Donald Trump on Health Care
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| Republican former President |
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- Cease promoting gender transitioning for people of all ages. (Apr 2023)
- I aced a cognitive test; doctor never saw anybody ace it. (Jul 2021)
- Improve Medicare by looking for fraud, waste and abuse. (Sep 2020)
- I get things done, like right-to-try drugs. (Sep 2020)
- Falsely claims US did more tests rest of world combined. (May 2020)
- Claims to have seen evidence COVID19 was from Chinese lab. (Apr 2020)
- Ended pandemic early-warning program in Wuhan, China. (Apr 2020)
- Executive order requiring healthcare price transparency. (Feb 2020)
- Unacceptable for Americans to pay more for exact same drugs. (Feb 2019)
- Medicare for All is really Medicare for None. (Oct 2018)
- Let terminally ill take any experimental drugs. (Jan 2018)
- Why can't Medicare simply cover everybody? (Jan 2018)
- OpEd: Ordered healthcare associations, but no follow-up. (Dec 2017)
- Expand Health Savings Accounts but not forced by government. (Feb 2017)
- Slash restraints at FDA; get blessed with more miracle drugs. (Feb 2017)
- Lack of mental healthcare is greatest tragedy today. (Oct 2016)
- Focus on greatest bang for the buck, not public health. (Oct 2016)
- Let vets see private doctors or VA: that's not privatization. (Sep 2016)
- Create V.A. mental health division to reduce veteran suicide. (Sep 2016)
- Removing cross-state barriers solves many insurance issues. (Feb 2016)
- Taking care of poor sick people isn't single-payer. (Feb 2016)
- Insurance companies love a lack of competition. (Nov 2015)
- The insurance companies have total control over politicians. (Aug 2015)
- Don't cut Medicare; grow the economy to keep benefits. (Jun 2015)
- Make health insurance premiums tax-deductible. (Mar 2015)
- Increase insurance competition across state lines. (Dec 2011)
- We must have universal health care. (Jul 2000)
ObamaCare
- I have concepts of a plan to replace Obamacare. (Sep 2024)
- Replace ObamaCare with less expensive but great healthcare. (Oct 2020)
- My healthcare plan: we got rid of the individual mandate. (Sep 2020)
- ObamaCare is no good, even if run well. (Sep 2020)
- FactCheck: No massive prices cuts for prescription drugs. (Sep 2020)
- We already have much better healthcare plan, for less money. (Sep 2020)
- Already have a much better healthcare plan (but no details). (Sep 2020)
- FactCheck: Undercut protection for preexisting conditions. (Aug 2020)
- ObamaCare: not great but we're managing it fantastically. (Mar 2020)
- Socialist healthcare would take away from 180M patients. (Feb 2020)
- Decided not to kill ObamaCare, but still it's not good. (Jun 2019)
- FactCheck: Opposed ObamaCare's pre-existing condition law. (Dec 2018)
- The cruel ObamaCare individual mandate is gone. (Jan 2018)
- We have gutted ObamaCare by ending individual mandate. (Dec 2017)
- Lower the cost of health insurance, instead of mandates. (Feb 2017)
- ObamaCare collapses under its own weight if we don't repeal. (Oct 2016)
- ObamaCare will never work; repeal it and replace it. (Oct 2016)
- ObamaCare is government control over our everyday lives. (Sep 2016)
- Keep pre-existing condition coverage; not individual mandate. (Feb 2016)
- Chief Justice Roberts: a disaster who gave us ObamaCare. (Feb 2016)
- 1998: For universal coverage; have to take care of people. (Oct 2015)
- Shifted from favoring universal care to opposing ObamaCare. (Sep 2015)
- We didn't have a free market before ObamaCare. (Jun 2015)
- ObamaCare is a catastrophe that must be repealed & replaced. (Jun 2015)
- Kill ObamaCare before it becomes a trillion-ton weight. (Dec 2011)
Pandemics
- We did a phenomenal job with the pandemic. (Sep 2024)
- Coronavirus vaccine works but some people aren't taking it. (Dec 2021)
- Use military to distribute 100 million vials of vaccine. (Oct 2020)
- Need to re-open country during pandemic, to have a country. (Oct 2020)
- We reduced coronavirus from an expected 2.2 million deaths. (Oct 2020)
- If H1N1 were as lethal as COVID, we'd have 700,000 dead. (Oct 2020)
- I put in travel ban to China very early, and Europe too. (Oct 2020)
- OpEd: Trump believed COVID was just public relations matter. (Oct 2020)
- FactCheck: experts changed on use of masks as facts emerged. (Sep 2020)
- COVID: We don't know how many died in China, Russia, India. (Sep 2020)
- Coronavirus was China's fault; I tried to close border. (Sep 2020)
- COVID: If we wouldn't do testing you wouldn't have cases. (Sep 2020)
- COVID-19 is going to disappear; I still say it. (Sep 2020)
- Set aside pandemic response plans prepared by Bush and Obama. (Sep 2020)
- We'll have a safe & effective coronavirus vaccine this year. (Aug 2020)
- OpEd: COVID response was to minimize negativity at all costs. (Jul 2020)
- OpEd:COVID non-response because no immediate personal effect. (Jul 2020)
- 1993: Falsely claimed you may get AIDS from kissing. (May 2020)
- Administration didn't participate in global vaccine summit. (May 2020)
- Coronavirus: Won't invoke oft-used Defense Production Act. (Mar 2020)
- Declined pandemic playbook prepared under Obama. (Mar 2020)
- AdWatch: Trump called coronavirus "their hoax" & "fake news". (Mar 2020)
- Cut pandemic response team in 2018, denied knowing about it. (Mar 2020)
- Unprepared to engage in pandemic transition exercise. (Mar 2020)
- Refused coronavirus test kits from World Health Organization. (Mar 2020)
- Coronavirus: I don't blame anybody; we inherited decisions. (Mar 2020)
- Coronavirus: Nobody but me asked questions about China. (Mar 2020)
- Called Democratic response to coronavirus a "new hoax". (Mar 2020)
- Eradicate AIDS epidemic by the end of this decade. (Feb 2020)
- Cut budget, fired entire pandemic response chain of command. (Jan 2020)
- 2014: Criticized Ebola czar; 2019: put Pence in charge. (Dec 2019)
- Trump reverses course on vaccinations; now in favor. (Apr 2019)
- Eliminate HIV/AIDS epidemic within 10 years. (Feb 2019)
- Educate public on value of comprehensive vaccinations. (Oct 2016)
- Stockpile treatments against future pandemics & bioterrorism. (Sep 2015)
- Ebola virus in America is Obama's fault. (Sep 2015)
- Criticizes immunizations for children, and other science. (Sep 2015)
- I'm for vaccines, but in smaller quantities to avoid autism. (Sep 2015)
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JD Vance on Health Care
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| Republican Vice Presidential nominee |
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- Donald Trump salvaged ObamaCare in a bipartisan way. (Oct 2024)
- Question validity of ObamaCare's individual mandate. (Aug 2024)
- Repeal and replace the ObamaCare disaster. (Aug 2024)
- Medicare-for-All is a big handout to wealthy hospitals. (Aug 2024)
- COVID: Clearly Tony Fauci lied to the American people. (Mar 2023)
- Medicaid is a safety net but shouldn't de-incentivize work. (Nov 2022)
- Opposes legalizing aid-in-dying . (Nov 2022)
- Let individuals (and parents) decide on vaccinations. (Nov 2022)
- COVID: against vax passports, mask mandates. (Oct 2021)
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Tim Walz on Health Care
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| DFL Governor & V.P. nominee |
Click here for 9 full quotes by Tim Walz
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- Trump repeatedly tried and failed to repeal ObamaCare. (Oct 2024)
- Shuttered businesses and schools during COVID-19 pandemic. (Aug 2024)
- 2020 COVID restrictions resulted in lower death rates. (Aug 2024)
- We protected access to gender-affirming health care. (Apr 2023)
- COVID: followed the science, on public health measures . (Nov 2022)
- Bring transparency to prescription drug costs. (Jul 2022)
- Debt Fairness Act: ease burden of medical debt . (Jul 2022)
- Single-payer system is on Minnesota's horizon. (Oct 2018)
- Supports universal health care. (Nov 2006)
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Cornel West on Health Care
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| Green Party/People's Party candidate |
Click here for 2 full quotes by Cornel West
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- Medicare for all including humane mental healthcare. (Aug 2023)
- Guarantee health care to all like every other major country. (Jun 2023)
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Marianne Williamson on Health Care
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| Democratic candidate for President |
Click here for 9 full quotes by Marianne Williamson
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- Take a whole body systems approach to cultivating health. (Jun 2023)
- We need to talk about causes, not just symptoms. (Jul 2019)
- We have a sickness care system; we need a healthcare system. (Jun 2019)
- Vaccination should be a choice, like abortion choice. (Jun 2019)
- I support vaccines, but I understand the skepticism. (Jun 2019)
- Make Medicare for All a public option. (Apr 2019)
- Supports "Medicare-for-All model". (Apr 2019)
- Medicare-for-all plus lifestyle and nutrition support. (Apr 2019)
- Towns should set up physical activities for community health. (Apr 2019)
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