Jim Neal on Health Care

Democratic Senate Challenger

Transition to health care instead of sick care

We must transition to health care instead of sick care. We must dramatically improve preventative medicine--it’s cheaper and makes more sense to teach children healthy eating habits than to amputate a diabetic’s limb.

My opponent’s vote against health care for children of working families was wrong--financially and morally. She accepts taxpayer-funded health insurance for herself but denies it to the children of working parents who pay for her coverage.

Source: Campaign website, jimnealforsenate.com, “Issues” Mar 31, 2008

Don’t turn Medicare over to giant insurance companies

I oppose my opponent’s plan to turn Medicare over to the giant insurance companies. She took money from our pocket and gave it to her contributors in the drug companies by preventing Medicare from negotiating lower prescription prices. That’s not free market economics--that’s a free lunch. Our senior citizens have earned the right to make their own health care choices, not leave it up to some corporate insurance bureaucrat. Source: Campaign website, jimnealforsenate.com, “Issues” Mar 31, 2008

Click here for definitions & background information on Health Care. Click here for a profile of Jim Neal. Click here for SenateMatch answers by Jim Neal. Agree? Disagree? Voice your opinions on Health Care in The Forum. Click here for a summary of Jim Neal's positions on all issues. Click here for issue positions of other NC politicians.
*Other candidates on Health Care:*		*Jim Neal on other issues:*
*NC Gubernatorial:* Bev Perdue *NC Senatorial:* Kay Hagan Richard Burr *Newly elected in 2008 & seated in 2009:* AK:Begich (D) CO:Udall (D) ID:Risch (R) MN:Franken (D) NC:Hagan (D) NE:Johanns (R) NH:Shaheen (D) NM:Udall (D) OR:Merkley (D) VA:Warner (D) Newly appointed in 2009; special election in 2010: DE:Kaufman (D) CO:Bennet (D) IL:Burris (D) NY:Gillibrand (D) *Announced retirement as of 2010:* DE:Kaufman (D) FL:Martinez (R) KS:Brownback (R) MO:Bond (R) OH:Voinovich (R)	*Up for 6-year term in 2010:* (13 Democrats; 15 Republicans) AK:Murkowski (R) AL:Shelby (R) AR:Lincoln (D) AZ:McCain (R) CA:Boxer (D) CT:Dodd (D) GA:Isakson (R) HI:Inouye (D) IA:Grassley (R) ID:Crapo (R) IN:Bayh (D) KY:Bunning (R) LA:Vitter (R) MD:Mikulski (D) NC:Burr (R) ND:Dorgan (D) NH:Gregg (R) NV:Reid (D) NY:Schumer (D) OK:Coburn (R) OR:Wyden (D) PA:Specter (R) SC:DeMint (R) SD:Thune (R) UT:Bennett (R) VT:Leahy (D) WA:Murray (D) WI:Feingold (D)	Abortion Budget/Economy Civil Rights Corporations Crime Drugs Education Energy/Oil Environment Families Foreign Policy Free Trade Govt. Reform Gun Control Health Care Homeland Security Immigration Jobs Principles Social Security Tax Reform Technology War/Peace Welfare Other Senators Senate Votes (analysis) Bill Sponsorships Affiliations Policy Reports Group Ratings

Page last updated: Nov 22, 2009