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Pete Gallego on Health Care
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Protect Medicare from extremist voucher program
Medicare is one of the most important programs to seniors. More than 3 million Texans rely on Medicare for their health care. Medicare needs to be reformed and strengthened for future generations. But, we cannot make cuts to
Medicare benefits that seniors have earned through a lifetime of work. I'll protect Medicare, and fight efforts by extremists to end it or turn it into a voucher program.
Our parents and grandparents should not be given vouchers and forced to negotiate with the insurance industry on their own. To strengthen the solvency of Medicare,
I would support allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, which would save the program $24 billion annually
Source: 2012 House campaign website, petegallego.com, "issues"
, Nov 6, 2012
Opposes repealing ObamaCare.
Gallego opposes the CC Voters Guide question on ObamaCare
Christian Coalition publishes a number of special voter educational materials including the Christian Coalition Voter Guides, which provide voters with critical information about where candidates stand on important faith and family issues.
The Christian Coalition Voters Guide summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: "Repealing "Obamacare" that forces citizens to buy insurance or pay a tax"
Source: Christian Coalition Voter Guide 12-CC-q5a on Oct 31, 2012
Opposes repealing ObamaCare.
Gallego opposes the PVS survey question on ObamaCare
Project Vote Smart infers candidate issue stances on key topics by summarizing public speeches and public statements. Congressional candidates are given the opportunity to respond in detail; about 11% did so in the 2012 races.
Project Vote Smart summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: 'Health Care: Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act?'
Source: Project Vote Smart 12-PVS-q5 on Aug 30, 2012
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