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Theresa Greenfield on Health Care
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Said she'd fight drug costs, but Big Pharma donated to her
So, while Senate Majority PAC (a super-PAC) was running ads saying Greenfield would fight to lower prescription drug costs, she was accepting money from Big Pharma lobbyists who have zero interest in lowering prescription drug costs.
And all the while she promised she would "not take a dime from corporate PACs." It doesn't matter if you're refusing corporate PAC money when super-PACs are making six-figure ad buys for you.
Source: BleedingHeartland.com blog on 2022 Iowa Senate race
, Dec 8, 2020
Expand ACA, include public option
We need to do more to expand access to quality, affordable health care. I support strengthening the Affordable Care Act with a public option and investing in telehealth.
We also need to stop the attacks on Medicaid expansion, which has been a lifeline for our rural health care hospitals and providers.
Source: ScienceDebate.org on 2020 Iowa Senate race
, Nov 3, 2020
Medicaid expansion, but not Medicare-for-All
Greenfield: Iowans have pre-existing conditions and they want those protections. Families want to keep their children on their health insurance. Goodness knows Medicaid expansion has kept our rural hospitals open. I've just talked to too many Iowans
across this state who already drive 20, 30 miles to get health care. Senator Ernst's vote could close our rural hospitals.Ernst: The Democrats' plan, which would eventually lead us to Medicare-for-All, would actually bankrupt about 52 of our rural
health care systems.
Greenfield: I don't support Medicare for all. But I do support strengthening and enhancing the Affordable Care Act, making sure that everyone has health care and in addition to that building in a public option which creates
competition and brings down those prices. Senator Joni Ernst did the exact opposite. She voted multiple times to end the ACA, devastating health care for so many Iowans who rely on coverage for pre-existing conditions, about 1.3 million Iowans.
Source: Iowa Public Television transcript of 2020 Iowa Senate debate
, Sep 28, 2020
Health care is a right; build in a public option
Theresa Greenfield: Senator Joni Ernst voted multiple times to end the Affordable Care Act.Ernst: One of the plans I supported was a bipartisan plan which would provide a government backstop for those that have the most expensive medical cases, those
that do have pre-existing conditions. Making sure that the federal government is caring for those and providing equal access to health care products, making sure that they are affordable, that should be the federal government's role.
Greenfield: I believe health care is a right and we need to make sure that everyone has access to high quality and affordable health care. The way to do that is to strengthen and enhance the Affordable Care Act, build in a public option, creating
competition, bringing down those prices and making sure that Medicare can negotiate for those prescription drug prices saving seniors a whole bunch of money, putting some nickels back in their pocket, and saving taxpayers about $500 billion.
Source: Iowa Public Television transcript of 2020 Iowa Senate debate
, Sep 28, 2020
COVID: I do support a statewide mask mandate
Ernst: I do wear a mask but to mandate it, we know that it's unenforceable and we know that it doesn't work. Greenfield: When it comes to wearing a mask, I do support a statewide mask mandate. Iowa
has some of the highest cases of infections at this point in time and of course even the White House Task Force wants Iowa to have a mask mandate. We need testing. We need contact tracing. We need PPE for everyone and emergency protection standards.
Source: Iowa Public Television transcript of 2020 Iowa Senate debate
, Sep 28, 2020
Strengthen ObamaCare; create public option
Health care is a right, not a privilege. Theresa supports access to quality, affordable health care --no matter who you are or where you live. That means strengthening our existing laws like the
Affordable Care Act, creating a public health insurance option for Iowans to buy into, and working to bring down the cost of co-pays, prescription drugs, and health care as a whole.
Source: 2020 Iowa Senate campaign website GreenfieldForIowa.com
, Jun 2, 2020
Expand access to affordable health care
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate, Cory Booker (D. NJ), in support of Theresa Greenfield's (D. IA) U.S. Senate campaign: I'm writing today about my friend, Theresa Greenfield, who is running to be a different kind of
leader in Iowa. She's fighting for the issues we all care about: expanding access to affordable health care, protecting important programs like Social Security and Medicare, and investing in public education.
Source: DailyKos blog on 2020 Iowa Senate race
, Dec 9, 2019
Page last updated: Jun 12, 2021