Tim Ryan on Health Care

• More consumer choice instead of single-payer. (Feb 2019)
• Supports increased Medicaid access. (Feb 2019)
• Focus on care, not paperwork. (Jan 2019)
• We can never afford to replace employer-based health system. (Jan 2019)
• Drugs Affordability Act: negotiate Medicare drug prices. (Nov 2018)
• Supports HSAs, cross-state insurance, and tort reform. (Nov 2018)
• Improve ObamaCare, including public option. (Oct 2018)
• Repealing ObamaCare would hike premiums & hurt the disabled. (Oct 2018)
• Support ObamaCare; keep Medicaid without work requirement. (Oct 2018)
• Supports single-payer system, based on Medicare. (Oct 2018)
• For multi state buying, selling insurance across state lines. (Sep 2018)
• Repeal ObamaCare; get market-based insurance across states. (Sep 2018)
• Repeal ObamaCare, according to PVS survey. (Aug 2018)
• Expand Medicaid so all citizens receive care. (Jul 2018)
• Keep healthcare mandate, according to CC survey. (Jul 2018)
• ObamaCare is failing miserably on the Federal level. (Jul 2018)
• Oppose ObamaCare. (Jul 2018)
• Oppose ObamaCare. (May 2018)
• Oppose single-payer; oppose healthcare red tape. (Mar 2018)
• Get mental health department up to speed by 2020. (Jan 2018)
• ObamaCare drastically increased insurance rates. (Jan 2018)
• Individual mandate makes insurance affordable for all. (Dec 2017)
• Expand Medicaid. (Oct 2017)
• ObamaCare destroys jobs. (Oct 2017)
• Repeal and replace Obamacare. (Oct 2017)
• Universal health care is the goal. (Oct 2017)
• Preserve Medicaid expansion. (Sep 2017)
• Healthcare "entitlement" is Constitutional "life & liberty". (Aug 2017)
• Protect Medicaid expansion; oppose ObamaCare repeal. (Aug 2017)
• Guaranteed healthcare as a human right. (Jul 2017)
• ObamaCare should be repealed to increase competition. (Jul 2017)
• The federal government broke our health care system. (Jun 2017)
• Defend Medicare and Medicaid and affordable health care. (Apr 2017)
• Double funding for NIH research. (Apr 2017)
• Maintain funding for CDC pandemic infrastructure. (Mar 2017)
• ObamaCare is life and death for people, but needs repairs. (Feb 2017)
• Don't regulate the prices of life-saving drugs. (Nov 2016)
• Fight replacing Medicare with a voucher scheme. (Nov 2016)
• No increase of Medicaid funding for low-income individuals. (Nov 2016)
• Opposes keeping the Affordable Care Act. (Nov 2016)
• Opposes repealing mandated health insurance. (Nov 2016)
• Supports Congressionally repealing Affordable Care Act. (Nov 2016)
• Supports federal requirement that children get vaccinated. (Nov 2016)
• Supports repealing mandated health insurance. (Nov 2016)
• Early diagnosis and intervention for mental illness. (Oct 2016)
• Medicare-for-all better & cheaper than ObamaCare. (Oct 2016)
• Opposes ObamaCare. (Oct 2016)
• Tweak ObamaCare with more free market and more choices. (Oct 2016)
• Vaccines are a foundation to a strong public health system. (Oct 2016)
• Don't repeal ObamaCare, but do improve it. (Aug 2016)
• Government should not be involved in healthcare. (Aug 2016)
• Government-run ObamaCare screams out to repeal & replace. (Aug 2016)
• Healthcare for all including contraception. (Aug 2016)
• Look again at affordable health care. (Aug 2016)
• ObamaCare has driven up costs and reduced access. (Aug 2016)
• ObamaCare isn't perfect, but it's a good step. (Aug 2016)
• ObamaCare needs to be protected and expanded. (Aug 2016)
• ObamaCare's pre-existing rule is good; but fix other things. (Aug 2016)
• Promises of cost savings are likely a pipe dream. (Aug 2016)
• Single-payer healthcare system is inevitable. (Aug 2016)
• Supports ObamaCare & suffered from pre-existing condition. (Aug 2016)
• Cost is the only thing that has expanded under ObamaCare. (Jul 2016)
• Likes health savings accounts & more competition. (Jul 2016)
• Make ObamaCare work; repeal is unlikely. (Jul 2016)
• Most of ObamaCare moves in the wrong direction. (Jul 2016)
• Replace ObamaCare with health subscriptions. (Jul 2016)
• Full Medicaid expansion & access to preventative care. (Jun 2016)
• ObamaCare is massive step forward, but we need single-payer. (Jun 2016)
• Closed "tobacco loophole": $50M more in cigarette settlement. (May 2016)
• Focus on containing costs in Vermont Health Connect. (May 2016)
• Let people purchase health insurance across state lines. (May 2016)
• Require vaccines to protect other children. (May 2016)
• Health care is a basic human right. (Apr 2016)
• ObamaCare is a success, but it is just the first step. (Apr 2016)
• Repeal ObamaCare: all of it; immediately. (Apr 2016)
• Affordable Care Act is neither "affordable" nor "care". (Feb 2016)
• Full-time advocate for single payer health care system. (Feb 2016)
• ObamaCare makes healthcare less accessible & more expensive. (Feb 2016)
• 18 millions people have gained health insurance. (Jan 2016)
• All-payer system: pay hospitals based on patient wellness. (Jan 2016)
• Illusion that ObamaCare is a step towards single-payer. (Jan 2016)
• Lead eradication of malaria and HIV, like we did with Ebola. (Jan 2016)
• ObamaCare threatens status of best health care in the world. (Jan 2016)
• Prioritize finding a cure for cancer. (Jan 2016)
• Reduce costs by moving away from fee-for-service model. (Jan 2016)
• Fight any one-size-fits-all single-payer healthcare system. (Dec 2015)
• Next step in ObamaCare: expand Medicaid in all 50 states. (Dec 2015)
• Subsidize "adequate" insurance for low-income Oregonians. (Dec 2015)
• 70% of Millenials support ObamaCare. (Nov 2015)
• Give choices and power to patients. (Nov 2015)
• Healthcare doesn't need a new 1930s-era bureaucracy. (Nov 2015)
• I will never vote to fund ObamaCare. (Nov 2015)
• Let veterans go to private hospitals instead of VA hospitals. (Nov 2015)
• Move to a single-payer/ Medicare for all system. (Nov 2015)
• My plan puts patients & doctors back in control. (Nov 2015)
• ObamaCare is failing; replace 10,000 pages with free market. (Nov 2015)
• ObamaCare is primary reason our economy is not recovering. (Nov 2015)
• Replace ObamaCare with state-managed high-risk pools. (Nov 2015)
• Declare war to cure the four biggest chronic diseases. (Oct 2015)
• FactCheck: No evidence of 470,000 failures from ObamaCare. (Oct 2015)
• Keep HSAs to encourage savings, as Medicare reform. (Oct 2015)
• ObamaCare causes anti-competitive consolidation of insurers. (Oct 2015)
• Repeal employer mandate, but create public option. (Oct 2015)
• Repeal ObamaCare and replace it with nothing. (Oct 2015)
• Small businesses blame ObamaCare for going out of business. (Oct 2015)
• Stop the scam of paying generic drug makers to NOT sell. (Oct 2015)
• Expand Medicaid despite North Carolina's state legislature. (Sep 2015)
• Focus on curing Alzheimers, cancer, heart disease & diabetes. (Sep 2015)
• Fund good care providers for women, not Planned Parenthood. (Sep 2015)
• I introduced Health Savings Accounts in Congress. (Sep 2015)
• Improve ObamaCare rather than distractions about repeal. (Sep 2015)
• Led lawsuit by 21 states against ObamaCare. (Sep 2015)
• No to Supreme Court justices who support ObamaCare. (Sep 2015)
• ObamaCare public option was compromised to special interests. (Sep 2015)
• Supports the Affordable Care Act. (Sep 2015)
• 2010: I knew that over time, ObamaCare would work out. (Aug 2015)
• Companies should offer maternity leave, but not mandated. (Aug 2015)
• Fight to repeal the fatally flawed ObamaCare. (Aug 2015)
• ObamaCare changes American dream into European nightmare. (Aug 2015)
• Pre-existing conditions is good goal but ObamaCare will fail. (Aug 2015)
• Would have rejected Medicaid expansion for New York. (Aug 2015)
• ObamaCare should have been more narrowly focused. (Jul 2015)
• Threats like Ebola are threats to public health worldwide. (Jul 2015)
• Tort reform becomes unneeded under Medicare-for-All. (Jul 2015)
• America Next: $100B subsidy to repeal and replace ObamaCare. (Jun 2015)
• Economics of ObamaCare worse than constitutional mistakes. (Jun 2015)
• ObamaCare "state exchanges" cannot be federal exchanges. (Jun 2015)
• ObamaCare generates jobs as well as cuts healthcare costs. (Jun 2015)
• Single-payer public health insurance program. (Jun 2015)
• Some aspects of ObamaCare ok, but rest is a boondoggle. (Jun 2015)
• We should start calling ObamaCare "SCOTUS-care". (Jun 2015)
• What injures the climate's health also injures human health. (Jun 2015)
• All-payer system: state caps medical cost & hospital fees. (May 2015)
• If Supreme Court bans ObamaCare subsidies, let them die. (May 2015)
• ObamaCare is the worst law of my lifetime. (May 2015)
• Expand health care coverage for all, especially children. (Apr 2015)
• Fight to repeal Obamacare & its unconstitutional mandates. (Apr 2015)
• Overhaul mental health; don't treat them like criminals. (Apr 2015)
• Don't trust those who praise single-payer health care. (Mar 2015)
• Healthy People, Healthy Planet: link environment & health. (Mar 2015)
• Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate. (Mar 2015)
• All kids should get vaccinated, but not by law. (Feb 2015)
• Fully repealing ObamaCare is important, but not sufficient. (Feb 2015)
• GOP can't beat ObamaCare, so they pretend it's a "disaster". (Feb 2015)
• Healthy NC reform: controls costs & incentivizes providers. (Feb 2015)
• Increase immunization rates as part of protecting life. (Feb 2015)
• Only anti-government conservatives oppose vaccines. (Feb 2015)
• Reform Medicaid based on NC plan, not DC plan. (Feb 2015)
• Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate. (Feb 2015)
• Vaccines don't cause autism; I get vaccinated myself. (Feb 2015)
• Vouchers for veterans' health care outside the VA system. (Feb 2015)
• You should vaccinate your children; over and out. (Feb 2015)
• Ebola teaches us how to prevent future pandemics. (Jan 2015)
• FactCheck: Yes, 10 million newly insured last year. (Jan 2015)
• Lift the economic shackles of ObamaCare. (Jan 2015)
• ObamaCare didn't crush jobs nor explode deficits. (Jan 2015)
• Religious exemption from ObamaCare individual mandate. (Jan 2015)
• Competitive insurance market instead of crony capitalism. (Nov 2014)
• Expand Medicaid; embrace ObamaCare. (Nov 2014)
• ObamaCare is interconnected with debt and other problems. (Nov 2014)
• ObamaCare is reckless; replace with cross-state pools& HSAs. (Nov 2014)
• Repeal ObamaCare; it's vast legislative overreach. (Nov 2014)
• Ban air travel to Ebola-stricken countries, except doctors. (Oct 2014)
• Claimed water kills Ebola; "I was misinformed". (Oct 2014)
• Clear & concise response stops unneeded fears about Ebola. (Oct 2014)
• Ebola: travel ban to West Africa. (Oct 2014)
• Government out of individual healthcare decisions. (Oct 2014)
• Handle Ebola like I handled anthrax in 2001. (Oct 2014)
• Mandatory quarantine for returning Ebola healthcare workers. (Oct 2014)
• Raise cigarette tax to expand healthcare to 40,000 children. (Oct 2014)
• Repeal ObamaCare. (Oct 2014)
• Repealing ObamaCare would deprive millions of insurance. (Oct 2014)
• Completely repeal ObamaCare. (Sep 2014)
• Dramatically strengthen Health Savings Accounts. (Sep 2014)
• Each organization can expand ObamaCare or not. (Sep 2014)
• Ebola isn't the last epidemic; it's just a harbinger. (Sep 2014)
• Expand ObamaCare; finish what we began. (Sep 2014)
• ObamaCare degrades system's effectiveness & hurts liberties. (Sep 2014)
• ObamaCare should be fixed and improved, not repealed. (Sep 2014)
• Opposes ObamaCare. (Sep 2014)
• Repeal ObamaCare. (Sep 2014)
• Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility. (Sep 2014)
• Strongly opposes expanding ObamaCare. (Sep 2014)
• Supports expanding ObamaCare. (Sep 2014)
• Supports repealing Obamacare, according to PVS rating. (Sep 2014)
• Supports repealing Obamacare. (Sep 2014)
• Vehemently opposes tort reform: don't take away right to sue. (Sep 2014)
• We can't afford any more socialized medicine. (Sep 2014)
• Affordable Care Act violates the Constitution. (Aug 2014)
• Georgia can do better than ObamaCare. (Aug 2014)
• Give Medicare recipients a choice of private insurance. (Aug 2014)
• Keep ObamaCare in place; we need it. (Aug 2014)
• Less government in healthcare; more individual choice. (Aug 2014)
• MnCare was better than ObamaCare. (Aug 2014)
• ObamaCare is a Big Government bacterial infection. (Aug 2014)
• ObamaCare is over the top, but keep the good parts. (Aug 2014)
• Opposes repealing Obamacare. (Aug 2014)
• Supports repealing Obamacare, according to Christian Coalition. (Aug 2014)
• Defund ObamaCare; it is unconstitutional. (Jul 2014)
• Don't re-open the Medicare prescription drug "donut hole". (Jul 2014)
• Drop the partisan games & Invest in rural telemedicine. (Jul 2014)
• ObamaCare promised too much and costs too much. (Jul 2014)
• Opposed ObamaCare from the get-go. (Jul 2014)
• Opposes expanding ObamaCare. (Jul 2014)
• Repeal ObamaCare & replace with PatientCare free market. (Jul 2014)
• Repeal ObamaCare; it's not a government responsibility. (Jul 2014)
• Supports repealing Obamacare, according to Faith2Action. (Jul 2014)
• Thousands die each year when excluding from adequate care. (Jul 2014)
• Improve ObamaCare and take advantage of its benefits. (Jun 2014)
• Most of ObamaCare is good; fix the parts that aren't. (Jun 2014)
• ObamaCare is a regulatory quagmire. (Jun 2014)
• Post costs for treatments to give consumers options. (Jun 2014)
• Repeal ObamaCare; no bureaucrats in charge of health care. (Jun 2014)
• There are good features in ObamaCare, like age-26 insurance. (Jun 2014)
• Against ObamaCare. (May 2014)
• Integrated delivery system: Make Iowa the healthiest state. (May 2014)
• Nebraska Wellness Act covers uninsured and saves lives. (May 2014)
• No Medicare vouchers; keep government's promises. (May 2014)
• ObamaCare is flawed to its core, and doesn't work. (May 2014)
• ObamaCare wasted $500M setting up 4 failed state exchanges. (May 2014)
• ObamaCare would have been better if bipartisan. (May 2014)
• ObamaCare's mandate means higher costs and fewer jobs. (May 2014)
• OpEd: Passing ObamaCare with no GOP caused long-term rancor. (May 2014)
• Allow individuals to buy pre-tax insurance like companies do. (Apr 2014)
• Change Medicaid to block-grant system. (Apr 2014)
• ObamaCare is biggest threat facing the American Dream. (Apr 2014)
• Revere America: work to repeal ObamaCare. (Apr 2014)
• Add a tier of affordable coverage to ObamaCare. (Mar 2014)
• AdWatch: Never waver to repeal ObamaCare & protect freedom. (Mar 2014)
• Expanding Medicaid brings tax dollars back to Georgia. (Mar 2014)
• I was against ObamaCare when it wasn't cool. (Mar 2014)
• Keep parts of ObamaCare that work, and add Medicare option. (Mar 2014)
• ObamaCare drives up premiums & should be repealed now. (Mar 2014)
• Ode to Dr. Seuss: I do not like his health care scam. (Mar 2014)
• Pre-tax health savings accounts & cross-states insurers. (Mar 2014)
• Prominent and early opponent of ObamaCare. (Mar 2014)
• Push for public option to expand ObamaCare. (Mar 2014)
• State-run Cover Oregon exchange better than ObamaCare. (Mar 2014)
• The Tea Party revolution was all about opposing ObamaCare. (Mar 2014)
• We need more MDs and fewer JDs in Congress. (Mar 2014)
• Young people are ObamaCare suckers: they must pay the bill. (Mar 2014)
• AdWatch: False that Medicare vouchers increase seniors' cost. (Feb 2014)
• AmyCare was lesser of 2 evils to exempt state from ObamaCare. (Feb 2014)
• Apologizes for posting gruesome medical X-rays on Facebook. (Feb 2014)
• Expand state Medicaid, but with low-income private option. (Feb 2014)
• Expanding Medicaid provides immediate fiscal stimulus. (Feb 2014)
• FactCheck: 7M new Medicaid includes woodwork & normal churn. (Feb 2014)
• Fix the healthcare train wreck we've got now. (Feb 2014)
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement: focus on quality. (Feb 2014)
• ObamaCare will get past the scare tactics and will work. (Feb 2014)
• Replace ObamaCare with free market solutions. (Feb 2014)
• The IRS should not supervise ObamaCare. (Feb 2014)
• Workplace wellness programs are a good investment. (Feb 2014)
• 12 million covered; zero denied for pre-existing conditions. (Jan 2014)
• 2010: Ran Medicare/Medicaid agencies, with budget of $800B. (Jan 2014)
• 2011: #4 on list of most influential health care leaders. (Jan 2014)
• AdWatch: Hagan promised wrongly that all can keep insurance. (Jan 2014)
• AdWatch: Promised wrongly that all can keep insurance. (Jan 2014)
• Don't expand Medicaid, even if paid for by federal dollars. (Jan 2014)
• Don't go back to way things were,but ObamaCare isn't working. (Jan 2014)
• Explore single payer system in Massachusetts. (Jan 2014)
• FactCheck: Some Medicare premiums went up under ObamaCare. (Jan 2014)
• FactCheck: Yes, 9M signed up, but only 3M are newly insured. (Jan 2014)
• Fix ObamaCare's fundamental flaws, or replace it completely. (Jan 2014)
• Kentucky leads the way on affordable health care for all. (Jan 2014)
• Nebraska will not be pressured into expanding Medicaid. (Jan 2014)
• ObamaCare is unconstitutional. (Jan 2014)
• ObamaCare puts our freedom at risk. (Jan 2014)
• ObamaCare should not require purchasing specific items. (Jan 2014)
• ObamaCare website has problems, but we're enrolling citizens. (Jan 2014)
• OpEd: Like a man possessed in getting people covered. (Jan 2014)
• Opposes "Cover Oregon" and state-run insurance exchanges. (Jan 2014)
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is not Affordable. (Jan 2014)
• Reject ObamaCare state exchange; reject Medicaid expansion. (Jan 2014)
• Repeal ObamaCare. (Jan 2014)
• Triple Aim strategy: improve experience, health, and cost. (Jan 2014)
• Challenge incumbent because he supported ObamaCare. (Dec 2013)
• EVERY Mainer should have a medical home. (Dec 2013)
• I'd rather die than sign up for ObamaCare. (Dec 2013)
• I'd vote for ObamaCare again, but do "sensible fixes". (Dec 2013)
• Lie of the Year: 'If you like your plan, you can keep it'. (Dec 2013)
• ObamaCare addresses closing health care disparities. (Dec 2013)
• ObamaCare is a miserable failure. (Dec 2013)
• ObamaCare is ideologically flawed & politically damaging. (Dec 2013)
• ObamaCare is the most disastrous law of our lifetimes. (Dec 2013)
• Revoke and remove socialized medicine. (Dec 2013)
• Strong advocate of a single-payer system like Medicare. (Dec 2013)
• Supported RomneyCare in 2006; it's different than ObamaCare. (Dec 2013)
• Supported Sen. Ted Cruz's fight to stop ObamaCare. (Dec 2013)
• TEFRA model: subsidize extraordinary medical expenses. (Dec 2013)
• Universal access to essential health care services. (Dec 2013)
• 1970s: Supported national health insurance. (Nov 2013)
• AdWatch: ObamaCare does more harm to middle class than good. (Nov 2013)
• AdWatch: Targeted by RNC robocalls for support of ObamaCare. (Nov 2013)
• AdWatch: Voted against consumers keeping pre-ObamaCare plans. (Nov 2013)
• Allow keeping current policies if people choose to do so. (Nov 2013)
• Delay health plan cancellations due to ObamaCare. (Nov 2013)
• Expand Medicaid to cover 70,000 low-income Montanans. (Nov 2013)
• FactCheck: GOP says 147,000 lose insurance; really 8,800. (Nov 2013)
• Fix ObamaCare so Michiganders can keep insurance as promised. (Nov 2013)
• GOP can't beat ObamaCare, so they pretend it's a "disaster". (Nov 2013)
• Let consumers keep health plans, but only if told options. (Nov 2013)
• ObamaCare fixed three big problems of private insurance. (Nov 2013)
• ObamaCare is a disaster based on ideology. (Nov 2013)
• ObamaCare is flawed to its core. (Nov 2013)
• ObamaCare is unaffordable and unworkable. (Nov 2013)
• ObamaCare must be defunded and repealed. (Nov 2013)
• Repeal ObamaCare and replace it with consumer choice. (Nov 2013)
• Repeal ObamaCare, red tape and bureaucracy. (Nov 2013)
• Repeal ObamaCare, the Unaffordable Care Act. (Nov 2013)
• Repeal ObamaCare; oppose any universal healthcare. (Nov 2013)
• Replace ObamaCare with ideas that harness market forces. (Nov 2013)
• Supports access to insurance for all. (Nov 2013)
• Voted against individuals keeping health insurance plans. (Nov 2013)
• Voted for ObamaCare early on but now consistently against it. (Nov 2013)
• Architect of 'AmyCare', state ObamaCare exchange. (Oct 2013)
• Calls for Sebelius resignation over ObamaCare fiasco. (Oct 2013)
• Defund and repeal ObamaCare. (Oct 2013)
• Keep ObamaCare rule: kids can stay on parent's plan until 26. (Oct 2013)
• Let ObamaCare fail due to its own dysfunction. (Oct 2013)
• Patients & doctors drive decisions, not lawyers & insurers. (Oct 2013)
• Repeal ObamaCare; it's government intrusion into free market. (Oct 2013)
• Replace ObamaCare with PatientCare. (Oct 2013)
• Embrace threat of federal shutdown to defund ObamaCare. (Sep 2013)
• Focus on catastrophic insurance & cash subsidies. (Sep 2013)
• Merge Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (Sep 2013)
• ObamaCare will be crowning achievement once we get it done. (Aug 2013)
• Supports universal single payer system, like VA system. (Aug 2013)
• Fix problems with ObamaCare; don't eliminate it. (Jul 2013)
• Implement what works in ObamaCare and fix what doesn't. (Jul 2013)
• Merge Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (Jul 2013)
• No privatizing Medicare; and no voucher system. (Jul 2013)
• Opposes ObamaCare and opposes delaying its implementation. (Jul 2013)
• Propose better options, then repeal ObamaCare. (Jul 2013)
• We need an alternative to ObamaCare, not just repeal. (Jul 2013)
• ObamaCare hurts the middle class & small business. (Jun 2013)
• ObamaCare: a train wreck of false promises & exorbitant cost. (Jun 2013)
• Repeal medical device tax in ObamaCare. (Jun 2013)
• Sponsored merging Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (Jun 2013)
• Fight to preserve our hard won access to health insurance. (May 2013)
• Merge Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (May 2013)
• Sponsored merging Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (May 2013)
• Expand health care for low-income New Jerseyans. (Apr 2013)
• Expand Medicaid to 133% of the federal poverty level. (Apr 2013)
• Health care should be free for everyone and focus on HEALTH. (Apr 2013)
• Implement what works in ObamaCare, and fix what doesn't. (Apr 2013)
• Make society's best interest to help people be healthy. (Apr 2013)
• Merge Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (Apr 2013)
• Sponsored merging Alzheimers diagnosis and care benefit. (Apr 2013)
• Government out of healthcare decisions: focus on competition. (Mar 2013)
• Large sugary drink rule is portion control, not a ban. (Mar 2013)
• Let states design their own systems instead of ObamaCare. (Mar 2013)
• Obesity kills more people than smoking; limit portion size. (Mar 2013)
• Opposed ObamaCare and would repeal aspects of it. (Mar 2013)
• Prohibit Oklahoma enforcement of ObamaCare. (Mar 2013)
• Universal affordable coverage, but repeal ObamaCare. (Mar 2013)
• Allow cross-state purchasing & health savings accounts. (Feb 2013)
• An AIDS-free generation is within our reach. (Feb 2013)
• Expand state Medicaid under ObamaCare. (Feb 2013)
• Keep collective bargaining for health benefits. (Feb 2013)
• NJ has lost half our pharmaceutical jobs. (Feb 2013)
• ObamaCare forces citizens to make purchases. (Feb 2013)
• ObamaCare is costly at both federal and state levels. (Feb 2013)
• OpEd: Medicare Part D is largest entitlement in 40 years. (Feb 2013)
• Repeal ObamaCare as a tax, by simple majority. (Feb 2013)
• $10M for more services in community mental health centers. (Jan 2013)
• Cutting benefits to those in need is not an option. (Jan 2013)
• Freedom of choice, not government rationing of services. (Nov 2012)
• More taxes & regulations loom with ObamaCare. (Nov 2012)
• ObamaCare addresses some problems, but needs El Paso focus. (Nov 2012)
• ObamaCare is good first step toward comprehensive approach. (Nov 2012)
• ObamaCare was timely and necessary. (Nov 2012)
• Protect Medicare from extremist voucher program. (Nov 2012)
• Repeal all parts of ObamaCare, regardless of Supreme Court. (Nov 2012)
• Supports individual mandate and universal coverage. (Nov 2012)
• Supports ObamaCare & an affordable healthcare system. (Nov 2012)
• 75% of expenditures are sick care system, not healthcare. (Oct 2012)
• Affordable Care Act is neither Affordable nor Caring. (Oct 2012)
• Boards of experts identify best practices & keep costs down. (Oct 2012)
• Congress caved in to the for-profit insurance industry. (Oct 2012)
• Give Americans an option to choose a better Medicare policy. (Oct 2012)
• Give young people a choice of Medicare or private insurer. (Oct 2012)
• Health insurance wastes 30%; Medicare only wastes only 3%. (Oct 2012)
• I care about 100% of people; & insured 98% of adults in MA. (Oct 2012)
• I don't think Medicare vouchers are the way to go. (Oct 2012)
• Just get the for-profit insurance companies out of the way. (Oct 2012)
• Keep ObamaCare benefits for young adults & elderly. (Oct 2012)
• Medicare Part D is a giveaway for pharmaceutical companies. (Oct 2012)
• No change to near-retirees; Medicare vouchers for young. (Oct 2012)
• ObamaCare & RomneyCare are both "insurance companycare". (Oct 2012)
• ObamaCare and RomneyCare both expand private insurance. (Oct 2012)
• ObamaCare has unelected board making health decisions. (Oct 2012)
• ObamaCare hurts seniors by taking $700B from Medicare. (Oct 2012)
• ObamaCare is an example of government gone wild. (Oct 2012)
• ObamaCare is an expensive government takeover. (Oct 2012)
• ObamaCare is too expensive, and it has killed jobs. (Oct 2012)
• ObamaCare places too much power in the hands of bureaucrats. (Oct 2012)
• ObamaCare says insurance companies can't jerk you around. (Oct 2012)
• Opposes NYC large sugary drink ban. (Oct 2012)
• Opposes repealing ObamaCare. (Oct 2012)
• Repeal ObamaCare; it creates a cloud of uncertainty. (Oct 2012)
• Replace ObamaCare piecemeal; it hurts middle America. (Oct 2012)
• Restore $716B in Medicare cuts. (Oct 2012)
• RomneyCare is national model, but only state by state. (Oct 2012)
• RomneyCare was bipartisan; ObamaCare was pushed through. (Oct 2012)
• Shift Medicaid to states, plus inflation, plus 1%. (Oct 2012)
• Shifting Medicaid to states means some people don't get help. (Oct 2012)
• Supports market-based health insurance. (Oct 2012)
• Supports repealing ObamaCare. (Oct 2012)
• Voucher program provides Medicare choice. (Oct 2012)
• Voucher system puts seniors at mercy of insurance companies. (Oct 2012)
• We reduced senior Rx prices & pushed preventive care. (Oct 2012)
• Develop countermeasures for global pandemics. (Sep 2012)
• Ignored advice to postpone reform, because it was needed. (Sep 2012)
• More federal funding for health coverage. (Sep 2012)
• ObamaCare drives medical device jobs overseas. (Sep 2012)
• ObamaCare forces lawsuits to practice our faith. (Sep 2012)
• Opposes repealing ObamaCare. (Sep 2012)
• Preventive vaccines require robust R&D enterprises. (Sep 2012)
• State targets for insurance, to replace ObamaCare. (Sep 2012)
• Supports repealing Affordable Care Act. (Sep 2012)
• Too many Americans skip preventive care due to cost. (Sep 2012)
• Allow individuals to opt out of Medicare. (Aug 2012)
• Dislikes President Obama's health care act. (Aug 2012)
• Maintain Medicare as defined. (Aug 2012)
• No Medicare overhaul; just strengthen the system. (Aug 2012)
• Reform Medicare to reduce out-of-control spending. (Aug 2012)
• Repeal any federal health care takeover. (Aug 2012)
• Repeal ObamaCare. (Aug 2012)
• Root out $50 billion a year in Medicare waste. (Aug 2012)
• Fully repeal ObamaCare. (Jun 2012)
• Health research is the solution, but not by gov't. (Jun 2012)
• I want to be the deciding vote to repeal ObamaCare. (Jun 2012)
• No massive cuts to Medicare; no private Medicare insurance. (Jun 2012)
• ObamaCare's individual mandate is unconstitutional. (Jun 2012)
• Don't force purchasing insurance from private insurers. (May 2012)
• Oppose more federal funding for health coverage. (May 2012)
• Repeal ObamaCare as unconstitutional legislation. (May 2012)
• Supports ObamaCare even though he knows it's unpopular. (May 2012)
• We need single-payer health care for NY and US. (May 2012)
• Annual budget limit on all federal health care spending . (Apr 2012)
• Cap annual healthcare spending like every major country. (Apr 2012)
• Dead set against ObamaCare: We can't split the cow. (Apr 2012)
• Demographics will require more federal healthcare funding. (Apr 2012)
• End ObamaCare; support tort reform. (Apr 2012)
• FDA has caused job loss and deadly delays. (Apr 2012)
• ObamaCare is wrongheaded and unconstitutional. (Apr 2012)
• ObamaCare opt-out rules disallow state opt-out. (Apr 2012)
• ObamaCare takes power away from our elected officials. (Apr 2012)
• OpEd: ObamaCare passed by constitutionally suspect tactics. (Apr 2012)
• OpEd: RomneyCare courageous but not for every state. (Apr 2012)
• Opted out of Congress' health insurance plan. (Apr 2012)
• Raise retirement age for Medicare from 65 to 67. (Apr 2012)
• Repeal and replace ObamaCare if Supreme Court doesn't. (Apr 2012)
• Signed lawsuit opposing ObamaCare. (Apr 2012)
• Some patients will die sooner under ObamaCare's coercion. (Apr 2012)
• Supports Medicare vouchers and private providers. (Apr 2012)
• Supports the Affordable Care Act. (Apr 2012)
• Worked as a nurse prior to running for office. (Apr 2012)
• Advocates repeal of Obama's healthcare because too costly. (Mar 2012)
• Federally mandated "Obamacare" an irresponsible law. (Mar 2012)
• One of my top priorities is to repeal ObamaCare. (Mar 2012)
• Quality affordable healthcare is a fundamental value. (Mar 2012)
• Reduce medical lawsuit abuse clogging our court system. (Mar 2012)
• Repeal ObamaCare; too expansive & too intrusive. (Mar 2012)
• Replace ObamaCare with free-market healthcare. (Mar 2012)
• Universal care that is appropriate, affordable & sustainable. (Mar 2012)
• Government healthcare looks into abyss & moves to tyranny. (Feb 2012)
• Government should be sole payer, but not sole provider. (Feb 2012)
• More federal funding for health coverage. (Feb 2012)
• Obama cut Medicare by $500B to pay for ObamaCare. (Feb 2012)
• ObamaCare damages New York's economy. (Feb 2012)
• ObamaCare took single-payer & public option off the table. (Feb 2012)
• Obamacare will crush economic freedom. (Feb 2012)
• Bachmann healthcare stances compared to Sarah Palin. (Jan 2012)
• Deregulation to increase competition in the marketplace. (Jan 2012)
• Don't spend money on ObamaCare until Supreme Court decision. (Jan 2012)
• Expand the armed forces. (Jan 2012)
• FactCheck: ObamaCare covers only 1/2 of 30 million uninsured. (Jan 2012)
• Freedom solutions: cross-state insurers; health cooperatives. (Jan 2012)
• Give Medicare same options and opt-out as Congress. (Jan 2012)
• Medicaid is a broken system; federal mandates cause problems. (Jan 2012)
• Medical doctor & advocate for community health provider. (Jan 2012)
• Mitt Romney healthcare stances compared to Perry. (Jan 2012)
• Newt Gingrich's healthcare stances compared to Paul's. (Jan 2012)
• No government-run health exchanges; transparency instead. (Jan 2012)
• ObamaCare was step backward for goal of single payer. (Jan 2012)
• Official portrait had 2 symbols: his wife, & healthcare. (Jan 2012)
• On choosing providers: "I like being able to fire people". (Jan 2012)
• OpEd: Medicare vouchers dwindle in value after 2021. (Jan 2012)
• Opposes more federal funding for health coverage. (Jan 2012)
• Promote Health Savings Accounts as market-based solution. (Jan 2012)
• Replace fee-for-service model with quality-of-care model. (Jan 2012)
• Rick Santorum's healthcare stances compared to Newt's. (Jan 2012)
• Right to quality health care: Medicare for All. (Jan 2012)
• Romney healthcare stances compared to Obama. (Jan 2012)
• Trial Lawyer Association donors have blocked tort reform. (Jan 2012)
• 1993: I am for an individual health insurance requirement. (Dec 2011)
• 2006: individual mandate is a Republican approach. (Dec 2011)
• 2012 is our one shot to get rid of ObamaCare. (Dec 2011)
• 30% of healthcare costs squandered on ads & CEO salaries. (Dec 2011)
• Government should not protect you from yourself. (Dec 2011)
• HillaryCare mandate ok; ObamaCare mandate unconstitutional. (Dec 2011)
• Need universal healthcare like every industrialized nation. (Dec 2011)
• No FEDERAL individual mandate; but state mandate ok. (Dec 2011)
• ObamaCare is an abomination for this country. (Dec 2011)
• Return healthcare to states, under the 10th Amendment. (Dec 2011)
• Streamline bureaucracy: $400B yearly for comprehensive care. (Dec 2011)
• 2008: Individual mandate ok; free ride is not. (Nov 2011)
• 2010: Consider single-fee structures, at state level. (Nov 2011)
• Block grant Medicaid; create individual incentives & bonuses. (Nov 2011)
• Does not support a federal health care plan. (Nov 2011)
• Insurance mandate profoundly violates Constitution. (Nov 2011)
• Lack of affordable healthcare has decimated the middle class. (Nov 2011)
• Limited government role in providing healthcare . (Nov 2011)
• Massachusetts system good; ObamaCare no good. (Nov 2011)
• Mayor Gordon to work for growing healthcare organization. (Nov 2011)
• Medicare pays crooks; contract it out to private companies. (Nov 2011)
• My plan right for MA but wrong for rest of country. (Nov 2011)
• No mandatory premium support model; give people choices. (Nov 2011)
• ObamaCare is bad policy; bad economics; and immoral. (Nov 2011)
• Obamacare was a mistake and people starting to see this. (Nov 2011)
• One shot at ObamaCare; after 2012, it metastasizes. (Nov 2011)
• Over 98% of MA residents now have healthcare. (Nov 2011)
• Universal healthcare is euphemism for government takeover. (Nov 2011)
• 2009: Accused of "Obamunism" and "Chains We Can Believe In". (Oct 2011)
• 2009: ObamaCare will be Obama's Waterloo. (Oct 2011)
• Alaska does not want government mandates in health care. (Oct 2011)
• Block-grants to states allows real healthcare innovation. (Oct 2011)
• Don't let a federal political board make medical decisions. (Oct 2011)
• Federal healthcare overreaches into Americans' private lives. (Oct 2011)
• Government funding will lower health care costs. (Oct 2011)
• Healthcare reform needed at both state and federal levels. (Oct 2011)
• Liberal states won't waive ObamaCare; we must repeal it. (Oct 2011)
• ObamaCare can't be waived without repealing the mandate. (Oct 2011)
• ObamaCare waivers on Day One; repeal bill on Day Two. (Oct 2011)
• OpEd: True cost of ObamaCare was end of bipartisanship. (Oct 2011)
• Repeal of ObamaCare starts with repealing the CLASS Act. (Oct 2011)
• States innovate on healthcare; feds are one-size-fits-all. (Oct 2011)
• They called ObamaCare "Armageddon", but no asteroids fell. (Oct 2011)
• 2005: $24 million for "The Bridge": health care for homeless. (Sep 2011)
• Decisions about STD vaccines should be made by parents. (Sep 2011)
• End the idea that government should keep buying more stuff. (Sep 2011)
• FactCheck: CBO never claimed ObamaCare was a job-killer. (Sep 2011)
• FactCheck: Yes, Perry sought mandatory HPV immunizations. (Sep 2011)
• Health Savings Accounts give patients stake in health costs. (Sep 2011)
• Healthy Indiana: POWER = personal wellness & responsibility. (Sep 2011)
• HillaryCare did not address agricultural needs. (Sep 2011)
• HPV order balanced cancer protection against parental choice. (Sep 2011)
• HSAs work better than old-fashioned insurance plans. (Sep 2011)
• I hate cancer; inoculate girls against HPV. (Sep 2011)
• I made a mistake on using Executive Order for HPV. (Sep 2011)
• I stand by what I did in Massachusetts. (Sep 2011)
• I will always err on the side of life. (Sep 2011)
• In MA, we addressed only the 8% who were uninsured. (Sep 2011)
• Individual mandate just won't work. (Sep 2011)
• Mandatory inoculations of children is wrong. (Sep 2011)
• Markets instead of lobbyists writing drug laws. (Sep 2011)
• Medicare 2.0 for the sickest, and for middle and low income. (Sep 2011)
• Medicare prescriptions are a $17T hole in our budget. (Sep 2011)
• Never force little girls to have HPV vaccinations. (Sep 2011)
• ObamaCare has enormous differences from RomneyCare. (Sep 2011)
• Obamacare is an existential fiscal crisis; it must be undone. (Sep 2011)
• ObamaCare is killing jobs. (Sep 2011)
• ObamaCare is unconstitutional; I'm committed to its repeal. (Sep 2011)
• ObamaCare places an enormous burden on private businesses. (Sep 2011)
• On Day One, ObamaCare waivers to all 50 states. (Sep 2011)
• Private sector insurance works, even for Medicare. (Sep 2011)
• Reform Medicare, but don't cancel prescription program. (Sep 2011)
• RomneyCare intended as state plan; never as national model. (Sep 2011)
• RomneyCare OK for MA, but not for TX nor US. (Sep 2011)
• Stripped-down bare-bones catastrophic health insurance. (Sep 2011)
• TX wants freedom for healthcare menus & co-pays; feds refuse. (Sep 2011)
• Vaccinating 12-year-olds against HPV is bad medicine. (Sep 2011)
• We reformed UT healthcare without mandates. (Sep 2011)
• We're proud of Texas health system; let Texas decide rules. (Sep 2011)
• Wipe out ObamaCare; block grant healthcare back to states. (Sep 2011)
• Cared for grandmother dying of Alzheimers. (Aug 2011)
• Encourage non-profit hospitals. (Aug 2011)
• Government has no authority to force people to buy insurance. (Aug 2011)
• I fought; when others ran, I fought. (Aug 2011)
• If we let states mandate insurance, sterilization is ok too. (Aug 2011)
• Lifestyle changes make people healthier & save state money. (Aug 2011)
• MA Constitution allows mandate; US Constitution does not. (Aug 2011)
• More funding for health coverage, but change model. (Aug 2011)
• ObamaCare's biggest difference: I believe in 10th Amendment. (Aug 2011)
• Oppose more federal funding for health coverage. (Aug 2011)
• Provide better care without federal Affordable Care Act. (Aug 2011)
• Relaxed the eligibility rules for care under Medicaid. (Aug 2011)
• Require 6th graders to receive STD vaccination. (Aug 2011)
• States CAN mandate insurance, but it's a bad idea. (Aug 2011)
• Affordable healthcare should be a right and not a privilege. (Jul 2011)
• First Executive Order: suspend ObamaCare. (Jul 2011)
• I will not rest until Obamacare is repealed. (Jul 2011)
• ObamaCare is the largest spending program in our history. (Jul 2011)
• ObamaCare's mandate oversteps Constitutional bounds. (Jul 2011)
• OpEd: No authority to micromanage citizens' healthcare. (Jul 2011)
• Rampant Medicaid/Medicare fraud: stop paying the crooks. (Jul 2011)
• Replace ObamaCare with competition. (Jul 2011)
• Replace ObamaCare with market-based solutions. (Jul 2011)
• 2006: Targeted by trial lawyers for his malpractice reform. (Jun 2011)
• Cap medical malpractice punitive damages at $500,000. (Jun 2011)
• Federal law pre-empts state laws on generic drug warning. (Jun 2011)
• First member of Congress to call for repeal of ObamaCare. (Jun 2011)
• House GOP Medicare plan was right-wing social engineering. (Jun 2011)
• If people of MA don't like RomneyCare, they can change it. (Jun 2011)
• If you mandate healthcare, you mandate everything in life. (Jun 2011)
• Let people opt out of Medicare. (Jun 2011)
• Private contract instead of tort reform. (Jun 2011)
• Supported individual mandate in 2007; opposes it now. (Jun 2011)
• Supports market-based, consumer empowering legislation. (Jun 2011)
• Free market solutions ALREADY work; so add more. (May 2011)
• Legalizing prostitution is about protecting liberty. (May 2011)
• ObamaCare extends "crony health care" which began in 1929. (May 2011)
• ObamaCare turns health insurers into public utilities. (May 2011)
• Reduce city retiree health benefits by $750M. (May 2011)
• Tort Reform: Impose "loser pays" rules; cap punitive damages. (May 2011)
• Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (May 2011)
• Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (May 2011)
• 1948: US tested VD antibiotics on Guatemalan citizens. (Apr 2011)
• 5,000 die yearly from preventable food-borne illness. (Apr 2011)
• Increase funding for occupational & physical therapy. (Apr 2011)
• Mental Health Care Reform: secure vulnerable Iowans. (Apr 2011)
• ObamaCare is first step; next is Medicare for all. (Apr 2011)
• ObamaCare is only as socialized as Bush's & Nixon's reforms. (Apr 2011)
• PEPFAR changed AIDS from death sentence to treatable. (Apr 2011)
• Sponsored bill increasing funding for occupational therapy. (Apr 2011)
• Voted NO on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund. (Apr 2011)
• Voted NO on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (Apr 2011)
• Voted YES on repealing the "Prevention and Public Health" slush fund. (Apr 2011)
• Voted YES on the Ryan Budget: Medicare choice, tax & spending cuts. (Apr 2011)
• Challenged & won on Constitutionality of ObamaCare's mandate. (Mar 2011)
• FactCheck: No, end-of life counseling isn't a "death panel". (Mar 2011)
• FactCheck: No, ObamaCare has no effect on capital in economy. (Mar 2011)
• Federal takeover of our health care system will kill jobs. (Mar 2011)
• ObamaCare has 6 years of costs vs. 10 years of tax revenue. (Mar 2011)
• Big Pharma's R&D investment is underappreciated. (Feb 2011)
• Left foisted government-run bureaucrat-dictated medicine. (Feb 2011)
• ObamaCare is a trainwreck of a plan. (Feb 2011)
• One size fits all health care too restricting. (Feb 2011)
• Repeal ObamaCare; sign tort reform instead. (Feb 2011)
• Repeal ObamaCare; simple message to Washington: "Enough". (Feb 2011)
• 10-year goal: Save $26B and increase quality of care. (Jan 2011)
• Establish a public insurance option via healthcare Exchanges. (Jan 2011)
• FactCheck: healthcare reform saves $2B to $10B, not $250B. (Jan 2011)
• FactCheck: pre-ObamaCare system was 49th, not best in world. (Jan 2011)
• Health care is a right, not a privilege. (Jan 2011)
• Large funding increases for nursing homes & home-based care. (Jan 2011)
• Let Medicaid buy generics for AIDS, cancer, & mental health. (Jan 2011)
• Loosen "one-size-fits-all" approach to Medicaid. (Jan 2011)
• ObamaCare replaces finest system with government coverage. (Jan 2011)
• Remove all funding from the 2010 national healthcare law. (Jan 2011)
• Repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law. (Jan 2011)
• Repealing healthcare reform would cost $250B. (Jan 2011)
• Require insurers to cover breast cancer treatment. (Jan 2011)
• Sponsored bill for public insurance option. (Jan 2011)
• Sponsored bill to repeal the Job-Killing Health Care Law. (Jan 2011)
• State should grant cities power to determine healthcare. (Jan 2011)
• 5-year $1.2B malaria-eradication program in Africa. (Nov 2010)
• Alabama should reject Obamacare via 10th Amendment. (Nov 2010)
• Allow Floridians to opt out of the new federal system. (Nov 2010)
• Cap punitive damages to limit medical costs. (Nov 2010)
• Common sense solutions instead of government takeover. (Nov 2010)
• Common-sense amendments: tort reform; cross-state markets. (Nov 2010)
• Competition, tort reform, and insurance cooperatives. (Nov 2010)
• Control costs by cross-state insurance and tort reform. (Nov 2010)
• De-fund and repeal the Obama health care plan. (Nov 2010)
• Don't put government between patients and their doctors. (Nov 2010)
• Don't scrap a system that 85% are happy with. (Nov 2010)
• Euthanasia cheapens life just like abortion & infanticide. (Nov 2010)
• Government-run healthcare is not the answer. (Nov 2010)
• Healthcare is a right; but instrument is the marketplace. (Nov 2010)
• Interstate competition & malpractice liability reform. (Nov 2010)
• Market-based alternatives to top-down ObamaCare. (Nov 2010)
• Market-based reforms instead of government-run plans. (Nov 2010)
• Market-driven solutions, not big government takeover. (Nov 2010)
• More government control is not the answer. (Nov 2010)
• No billions for public option; keep skin in the game. (Nov 2010)
• No massive government takeover of health care. (Nov 2010)
• No public option; no individual mandate. (Nov 2010)
• Obamacare destroys greatest system of care in the world. (Nov 2010)
• ObamaCare is so fundamentally flawed that it can't be fixed. (Nov 2010)
• Obamacare is the wrong way to improve health care. (Nov 2010)
• ObamaCare should focus on helping doctors via tort reform. (Nov 2010)
• ObamaCare: a byzantine network of 159 federal programs. (Nov 2010)
• OpEd: Obama's public responsibility for health is socialism. (Nov 2010)
• OpEd: sympathetic to labeling ObamaCare unconstitutional. (Nov 2010)
• Opposes public option for health insurance. (Nov 2010)
• PEPFAR: $15B "medical Marshall Plan" to fight AIDS in Africa. (Nov 2010)
• Pooled insurance & tort reform; not federally-run care. (Nov 2010)
• Portability, tort reform, & Health Savings Account. (Nov 2010)
• Quit preventing the Free Market to fix itself. (Nov 2010)
• Recommended $200M for UN Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS. (Nov 2010)
• Repeal ObamaCare and replace it with market reforms. (Nov 2010)
• Repeal ObamaCare; it taxes the middle-class. (Nov 2010)
• Repeal the takeover of healthcare. (Nov 2010)
• Supports public option for health insurance. (Nov 2010)
• The future of America depends on repealing ObamaCare. (Nov 2010)
• Tort reform & competition instead of nationalized healthcare. (Nov 2010)
• Tort reform is long overdue; $250,000 malpractice cap. (Nov 2010)
• Total repeal and dismantling of ObamaCare. (Nov 2010)
• 1/4 of Democrats now oppose ObamaCare, as costs skyrocket. (Oct 2010)
• Avoid ER expenses by cross-state catastrophic insurance. (Oct 2010)
• Brags about having voted for Obamacare. (Oct 2010)
• Coast2Coast RX card: Low-Cost Prescription Drugs. (Oct 2010)
• Discount drugs to 6 million low-income Californians. (Oct 2010)
• Fix broken logistics of healthcare delivery. (Oct 2010)
• Healthcare reform is a good compromise. (Oct 2010)
• I fought ObamaCare & I'm still fighting it. (Oct 2010)
• Insurers' profit motive almost destroyed our economy. (Oct 2010)
• Introduced legislation to repeal ObamaCare. (Oct 2010)
• ObamaCare costs too much & does too little for middle-class. (Oct 2010)
• ObamaCare improved healthcare and also improved economy. (Oct 2010)
• ObamaCare injects government into private decisions. (Oct 2010)
• ObamaCare is insurance reform, not health care reform. (Oct 2010)
• ObamaCare puts Uncle Sam in the examination room. (Oct 2010)
• ObamaCare will increase costs; repeal it. (Oct 2010)
• Opposed healthcare bill because it didn't work for America. (Oct 2010)
• Opposes SCHIP; it subsidizes wealthy states. (Oct 2010)
• Pushed to allow re-importation of Rx drugs from Canada. (Oct 2010)
• Repeal and replace Obamacare with private sector competition. (Oct 2010)
• Supports kids on parents' insurance policies until age 26. (Oct 2010)
• The federal health care bill must be repealed!. (Oct 2010)
• $500M to Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health. (Sep 2010)
• 2000: Two stents implanted in coronary artery. (Sep 2010)
• Full repeal of invasive & intrusive healthcare law. (Sep 2010)
• I stopped the public option in ObamaCare. (Sep 2010)
• MA voters took up Brown's offer as 41st vote against Obama. (Sep 2010)
• Malpractice reform is the right approach. (Sep 2010)
• Obamacare is the wrong approach. (Sep 2010)
• Options without mandates: cross-state insurance & pooling. (Sep 2010)
• Single-payer Medicare-for-all system. (Sep 2010)
• Start over with a free-market focus. (Sep 2010)
• Trillion-dollar price tags when decision by bureaucrats. (Sep 2010)
• Worked to ensure the overhaul helped small businesses. (Sep 2010)
• 2009: Make a racket to get a public option. (Aug 2010)
• ObamaCare gives too much federal authority. (Aug 2010)
• Opposes government-run healthcare. (Aug 2010)
• Opposes physician-assisted suicide. (Aug 2010)
• Repeal ObamaCare; it's unconstitutional and won't work. (Aug 2010)
• Supports government-run healthcare. (Aug 2010)
• Supports repealing nationalized healthcare law. (Aug 2010)
• Deauthorize funding for Obamacare. (Jul 2010)
• Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market. (Jul 2010)
• Opposes ObamaCare as bad for health & pocketbook. (Jul 2010)
• Repeal any federal health care takeover. (Jul 2010)
• National system covers all & removes wasteful inefficiencies. (Jun 2010)
• "Cornhusker Kickback": $100M Medicare funding in ObamaCare. (May 2010)
• "Louisiana Purchase": $300M in Medicare funding in ObamaCare. (May 2010)
• $151B wasted annually to avoid malpractice lawsuits. (May 2010)
• $600B to $850B in healthcare waste every year. (May 2010)
• 2009: Trial lawyers kept tort reform out of ObamaCare. (May 2010)
• Focus on Availability, Affordability, and Appropriateness. (May 2010)
• More federal funding for health coverage. (May 2010)
• 3.2% funding increase for National Institutes of Health. (Apr 2010)
• Add 2,000 new primary-care residency spots. (Apr 2010)
• Avoid federal funding for health coverage. (Apr 2010)
• Cut $42M from Medicare home health-care benefits. (Apr 2010)
• Obamacare has $100M in Medicare expansion for Nebraska. (Apr 2010)
• OpEd: authority to require private insurance purchases? (Apr 2010)
• OpEd: Bribed members to get votes for Obamacare. (Apr 2010)
• OpEd: Obamacare decides when life is worth preserving. (Apr 2010)
• OpEd: Slices $500B from Medicare; repeals Medicare Advantage. (Apr 2010)
• Supported government option but not as sole funding source. (Apr 2010)
• Voted against ObamaCare but for the stimulus. (Apr 2010)
• 2000: market-based program for Medicare Rx drugs. (Mar 2010)
• 2006 lessons: involve everyone; demonize none; transparency. (Mar 2010)
• 2006: Compromise with Ted Kennedy to make RomneyCare reality. (Mar 2010)
• 2006: Supported RomneyCare as model for other states. (Mar 2010)
• AIDS Relief: largest int'l health initiative in history. (Mar 2010)
• Avoid federal funding for health coverage. (Mar 2010)
• Consistently voted against ObamaCare. (Mar 2010)
• FactCheck: Yes, ObamaCare levies some taxes before services. (Mar 2010)
• More funding for health coverage, like other countries. (Mar 2010)
• OpEd: Commerce regulation beliefs indicate ObamaCare support. (Mar 2010)
• OpEd: cut $622B in Medicare despite claiming no cuts. (Mar 2010)
• OpEd: ObamaCare was achieved by Cuba 50 years ago. (Mar 2010)
• People without insurance already receive care via E.R. (Mar 2010)
• Proposed block grants to states for all of Medicaid. (Mar 2010)
• Question the constitutionality of this travesty of ObamaCare. (Mar 2010)
• Treat anyone: the doctor issue us a human right. (Mar 2010)
• Health reform is not creeping socialism; let's try a pilot. (Feb 2010)
• Insure Oklahoma program: coverage for many more Oklahomans. (Feb 2010)
• Opposed to government sponsored health care system. (Feb 2010)
• $70M for moral obligation to serve those with disabilities. (Jan 2010)
• 41st vote against Obama's healthcare plan. (Jan 2010)
• Address lawsuit abuse; it doesn't raise taxes by a penny. (Jan 2010)
• Advocated condom use to avoid AIDS at Saddleback Church. (Jan 2010)
• Cross-state-line insurance leads to cherry-picking. (Jan 2010)
• Didn't tackle healthcare for political benefit, it's needed. (Jan 2010)
• Don't turn over world's best system to federal government. (Jan 2010)
• Enact a real public smoking ban. (Jan 2010)
• FactCheck: Obama's estimate of $1T saved is closer to $132B. (Jan 2010)
• Federal health care legislation diminishes our freedom. (Jan 2010)
• Healthcare debate should all be televised, as promised. (Jan 2010)
• High-risk pool for uninsured, now in plan, was GOP idea. (Jan 2010)
• Medicare is major driver of our long-term liabilities. (Jan 2010)
• Republicans have offered ideas and solutions on healthcare. (Jan 2010)
• System is broken and needs to be fixed now. (Jan 2010)
• Tort reform only saves $5B per year; not enough to matter. (Jan 2010)
• We don't want federal help; sue to remain independent. (Jan 2010)
• Address healthcare with state role, not just market. (Dec 2009)
• Cut waste & fraud; don't raise taxes; don't cut Medicare. (Dec 2009)
• Founded free health clinics for working poor and uninsured. (Dec 2009)
• Individual mandate with public insurance option. (Dec 2009)
• Move Medicaid from "defined benefit" to defined contribution. (Dec 2009)
• No bureaucrats between patients and doctors. (Dec 2009)
• OpEd: Medicaid reforms won't cover chronic conditions. (Dec 2009)
• Provide risk-adjusted premiums (insurance vouchers). (Dec 2009)
• Shift away from fee-for-service programs. (Dec 2009)
• Slashed every request for adult mental health. (Dec 2009)
• Start with medical malpractice reform & more competition. (Dec 2009)
• Target enforcement against corrupt long term care facilities. (Dec 2009)
• 2007: Pushed for New Mexico universal health insurance. (Nov 2009)
• 2007: Vetoed SCHIP expansion; Obama later expanded it. (Nov 2009)
• 2009: Expanded SCHIP by loosening eligibility standards. (Nov 2009)
• Individual mandate is back door to national health insurance. (Nov 2009)
• Insurers promote ObamaCare's giant expansion of government. (Nov 2009)
• MA already has health bill; don't impose new federal bill. (Nov 2009)
• Only a public option will truly contain healthcare costs. (Nov 2009)
• Require health insurance to cover abortion. (Nov 2009)
• Adopt national health reform legislation before the end of the year. (Oct 2009)
• Establishment of Office of Health Care Fraud Prevention. (Oct 2009)
• Expand coverage; improve quality; reduce costs. (Oct 2009)
• Sponsored bill establishing Health Care Fraud Prevention. (Oct 2009)
• 1972 book, "In Critical Condition", favored national system. (Sep 2009)
• 1974 cancer fight: address inhumanity of healthcare system. (Sep 2009)
• 1977: preferred single-payer but it's politically impossible. (Sep 2009)
• Public option is really a government option. (Sep 2009)
• Pushed Pfizer to pay $15M for Medicare fraud. (Sep 2009)
• ObamaCare is focused on access; should be focused on quality. (Aug 2009)
• Allow buying health insurance from any state in the country. (Jul 2009)
• Choice of affordable plans; keep from job to job. (Jul 2009)
• Medicare went trillions into debt, & made seniors dependent. (Jul 2009)
• Preferred that seniors use Medicare to buy private insurance. (Jul 2009)
• Public health plan would cut costs as well as improve care. (Jul 2009)
• Reforms should slow the long-term growth of health costs. (Jul 2009)
• Resist congressional encroachment & socialized medicine. (Jul 2009)
• Sponsored bill to slow the long-term growth of health costs. (Jul 2009)
• Provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE. (Jun 2009)
• Sponsored bill providing for autism treatment under TRICARE. (Jun 2009)
• Voted NO on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Jun 2009)
• Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Jun 2009)
• Voted NO on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Apr 2009)
• Voted YES on regulating tobacco as a drug. (Apr 2009)
• Expand the National Health Service Corps. (Mar 2009)
• Expedited licensing for biosimilar products. (Mar 2009)
• No additional federal funding for health care. (Mar 2009)
• Require drug manufacturers to disclose risks. (Mar 2009)
• Sponsored bill expediting licensing for biosimilar products. (Mar 2009)
• 1970s: Quadrupled federal spending on cancer research. (Feb 2009)
• Base health care system on free choice & private medicine. (Feb 2009)
• FactCheck: Healthcare costs cause one bankruptcy per minute. (Feb 2009)
• Universal access, but not government-run. (Feb 2009)
• 98% of all Massachusetts citizens now have health insurance. (Jan 2009)
• Address epidemic of childhood obesity. (Jan 2009)
• Cover an additional 400,000 New Yorkers. (Jan 2009)
• Disclose payments from manufacturers to physicians. (Jan 2009)
• Greater competition, more choices, and less litigation. (Jan 2009)
• Health Care Commission recommends habits against obesity. (Jan 2009)
• Move away from ER to primary care; cover 100,000 uninsured. (Jan 2009)
• Sponsored bill to disclose pharma payments to physicians. (Jan 2009)
• Talk to state gov't about responsibility for city healthcare. (Jan 2009)
• Truly affordable insurance: pathway to coverage for everyone. (Jan 2009)
• Voted NO on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
• Voted YES on expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2009)
• Develop a market-driven healthcare delivery system. (Dec 2008)
• Private insurance driven by free market principles. (Dec 2008)
• Affordable and comprehensive health coverage for all. (Nov 2008)
• Caps on medical malpractice; no government health insurance. (Nov 2008)
• Cover all children while working toward universal coverage. (Nov 2008)
• Develop market-based approach to affordable healthcare. (Nov 2008)
• Ensure that every Delawarean owns health insurance. (Nov 2008)
• Every Missourian should have access to quality health care. (Nov 2008)
• Expand SCHIP; apply federal healthcare for all. (Nov 2008)
• First-dollar coverage for all expenses defies common sense. (Nov 2008)
• Health Care--Affordable. Accessible. For everyone. (Nov 2008)
• Healthcare is not a privilege, but a right. (Nov 2008)
• Healthcare reform requires cultural change over a generation. (Nov 2008)
• INShape plan: insure 130,000 uninsured Hoosiers. (Nov 2008)
• Insure all Americans with private health insurance. (Nov 2008)
• Led efforts to expand children’s health coverage. (Nov 2008)
• Led efforts to expand children�s health coverage. (Nov 2008)
• No nationalized health care system. (Nov 2008)
• Private sector is best suited to manage health care. (Nov 2008)
• Proposed 50-governor 7-principle Medicaid reform. (Nov 2008)
• Quit treating snakebites and start killing some snakes. (Nov 2008)
• Supports universal health care. (Nov 2008)
• System works now, even for the uninsured. (Nov 2008)
• Tax incentives for individuals to buy their own insurance. (Nov 2008)
• Tort reform; sue HMOs; no guarantees. (Nov 2008)
• $5,000 tax credit for families to buy their own coverage. (Oct 2008)
• Address fraud and abuse in our Medicare program. (Oct 2008)
• Close “donut hole” in Medicare prescription drug program. (Oct 2008)
• Close �donut hole� in Medicare prescription drug program. (Oct 2008)
• Create incentives for competition & consumer driven approach. (Oct 2008)
• Didn’t phase out adult mental health care services. (Oct 2008)
• Didn�t phase out adult mental health care services. (Oct 2008)
• Eliminate all Medicare Rx benefits but catastrophic coverage. (Oct 2008)
• Enhance Medicare Rx program, and fill "donut hole". (Oct 2008)
• Enroll all Texas kids in CHIP and other government plans. (Oct 2008)
• FactCheck: Exempts small business, but no $2,500/yr savings. (Oct 2008)
• FactCheck: McCain’s plan costs $14B/year; not budget-neutral. (Oct 2008)
• FactCheck: McCain�s plan costs $14B/year; not budget-neutral. (Oct 2008)
• FactCheck: Obama’s plan does not remove private insurance. (Oct 2008)
• FactCheck: Obama�s plan does not remove private insurance. (Oct 2008)
• FairTax would correct Medicare Rx funding problems. (Oct 2008)
• Give all taxpayers access to federal coverage like Congress. (Oct 2008)
• Giving all taxpayers federal coverage would cost $480B. (Oct 2008)
• Health care is a right: something’s fundamentally wrong now. (Oct 2008)
• Health care is a right: something�s fundamentally wrong now. (Oct 2008)
• Health Savings Accounts; association plans; and tort reform. (Oct 2008)
• Let Medicare negotiate for Rx drugs. (Oct 2008)
• Limit the scope of our government, including Medicare. (Oct 2008)
• Lower Medicare premiums for seniors & keep program solvent. (Oct 2008)
• McCain health plan is ultimate Bridge to Nowhere. (Oct 2008)
• Means testing undermines principle that everyone pays same. (Oct 2008)
• Medicare benefits need to be cut, to preserve Medicare. (Oct 2008)
• Medicare should not be corporate welfare. (Oct 2008)
• Negotiate on Rx drug prices; then means testing is ok. (Oct 2008)
• New Medicare prescription drug law is disastrous. (Oct 2008)
• No exclusions for pre-existing conditions. (Oct 2008)
• No logical reason why we pay highest drug costs in world. (Oct 2008)
• Pay Medicare doctors 35%, and means-test Medicare payments. (Oct 2008)
• Reduce premiums and uninsured get same coverage as Congress. (Oct 2008)
• Shouldn't phase out adult mental health care services. (Oct 2008)
• Support universal single-payer health care. (Oct 2008)
• Understand health care costs before addressing Means Testing. (Oct 2008)
• Vouchers to make health care portable and less job-dependent. (Oct 2008)
• Zero fines & no mandate for small business. (Oct 2008)
• $15B subsidies to private insurers was a lobbyist giveaway. (Sep 2008)
• Alternative community hospitals got 9000 more people treated. (Sep 2008)
• Alternative community treatment not adequately funded. (Sep 2008)
• FactCheck: McCain’s plan taxes employees, not employers. (Sep 2008)
• FactCheck: McCain�s plan taxes employees, not employers. (Sep 2008)
• Health crisis caused by industry's waste and profiteering. (Sep 2008)
• Health tax credit is bad idea; it will cost taxpayers more. (Sep 2008)
• Innovation and technology make health care high quality. (Sep 2008)
• More federal funding for health coverage. (Sep 2008)
• 2003 Rx Drug Bill combined worst of public & private sectors. (Aug 2008)
• 2007 Colorado Promise: end the crisis of the uninsured. (Aug 2008)
• Ban insurance companies from discriminating against the sick. (Aug 2008)
• Canadian system works; US is an epidemic waiting to happen. (Aug 2008)
• CDC estimate: a half million would follow Obama's AIDS test. (Aug 2008)
• Co-sponsored legislation to reduce the cost of health care. (Aug 2008)
• Health coverage for all Americans. (Aug 2008)
• Include everyone who wants insurance in national pool. (Aug 2008)
• Less federal funding for health coverage. (Aug 2008)
• McConnell is bought and paid for by drug companies. (Aug 2008)
• More federal funding for health coverage too fuzzy to say. (Aug 2008)
• More federal funding for health coverage. (Aug 2008)
• OpEd: Incremental plan builds on patchwork system. (Aug 2008)
• Opposes nationalized health care. (Aug 2008)
• Parity for mental health; coverage for dental health. (Aug 2008)
• Quality health care is a fundamental right, not a privilege. (Aug 2008)
• Redirect patients away from large corporate hospitals. (Aug 2008)
• Strengthened and protected federal health care programs. (Aug 2008)
• Support mental health parity legislation. (Aug 2008)
• Supported the creation and expansion of health care for kids. (Aug 2008)
• Supported the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit plan. (Aug 2008)
• Supports single-payer healthcare. (Aug 2008)
• Tax credits to address crisis of health insurance. (Aug 2008)
• Worked to improve prescription drug coverage. (Aug 2008)
• Affordable health care for all is an achievable goal. (Jul 2008)
• Don’t cut Medicare rates; ensure affordable health care. (Jul 2008)
• Don�t cut Medicare rates; ensure affordable health care. (Jul 2008)
• Give more help to those denied a life of dignity & respect. (Jul 2008)
• Guaranteed health care for anyone who needs it. (Jul 2008)
• Healthcare for all citizens at an affordable price. (Jul 2008)
• If we started from scratch, one-payer system would be best. (Jul 2008)
• Privatize health care instead of federalize. (Jul 2008)
• Supports tax-free medical savings accounts. (Jul 2008)
• Voted NO on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare. (Jul 2008)
• Voted YES on overriding veto on expansion of Medicare. (Jul 2008)
• When your child gets sick, you don't shop for best bargain. (Jul 2008)
• All children must have access to health care. (Jun 2008)
• Congress has no Constitutional authority over health care. (Jun 2008)
• Enough federal funding for health coverage already. (Jun 2008)
• High health care costs are symptom of federal meddling. (Jun 2008)
• I support universal single-payer health care. (Jun 2008)
• I’ve got a health plan and a plan to get it implemented. (Jun 2008)
• I�ve got a health plan and a plan to get it implemented. (Jun 2008)
• Include mental health services under Medicare. (Jun 2008)
• Let market forces drive down the cost of medicine. (Jun 2008)
• Make Medicare and prescription drug benefit work for seniors. (Jun 2008)
• McConnell gets first-class healthcare paid for by you and me. (Jun 2008)
• Opposes a single-payer government run program. (Jun 2008)
• Opposes federal funding for health coverage. (Jun 2008)
• Part of team that created the PeachCare Act. (Jun 2008)
• Private market solutions over federal health coverage. (Jun 2008)
• Remove restrictions on estriol (menopause medication). (Jun 2008)
• Replace failed private health system with national program. (Jun 2008)
• Start our children on the path to good health. (Jun 2008)
• State-based systems for health coverage. (Jun 2008)
• Supports federal assistance for healthcare red-tape. (Jun 2008)
• The way to get everyone health care is to control costs. (Jun 2008)
• Address our nursing shortage, starting with nursing teachers. (May 2008)
• Allow people to keep their current health insurance. (May 2008)
• Allow the government to negotiate for lower drug costs. (May 2008)
• Competitive consumer-directed care over socialized medicine. (May 2008)
• Consistently opposes government-run national health care. (May 2008)
• Control the cost of malpractice insurance for physicians. (May 2008)
• Eliminating fraud and waste in Medicare. (May 2008)
• End frivolous lawsuits with administrative health courts. (May 2008)
• Everyone should have affordable & portable health insurance. (May 2008)
• Expand SCHIP and affordable health care. (May 2008)
• Federal guidelines to ensure proper medical care. (May 2008)
• Health insurance equal to that given Members of Congress. (May 2008)
• Healthcare plan similar to what all Members of Congress have. (May 2008)
• Healthy living tax credits. (May 2008)
• High-quality and affordable coverage for all Americans. (May 2008)
• Increase access to medical school loans. (May 2008)
• Individual ownership through tax rebates and health vouchers. (May 2008)
• Keep fighting to extend health coverage to children. (May 2008)
• Let Medicare negotiate re-importation from Canada. (May 2008)
• Opposes universal health-care & mandated insurance. (May 2008)
• Penalties for denial of coverage by insurance companies. (May 2008)
• Portability, competition, and accessibility for health care. (May 2008)
• Preventative care for better health, and lower costs. (May 2008)
• Reduce the shortage of physicians. (May 2008)
• Reward employer who ensure that their employees. (May 2008)
• Simple paperwork plus accountability. (May 2008)
• Supports single payer universal system. (May 2008)
• Supports universal health-care system. (May 2008)
• Supports Universal Single Payer National Health Care. (May 2008)
• Universal health program for military; not general public. (May 2008)
• Universal, single-payer comprehensive health care. (May 2008)
• We must reduce our nursing shortage. (May 2008)
• 1998: Passed 11 bills on healthcare and child welfare issues. (Apr 2008)
• AdWatch: My plan costs $2,500 less per family than Clinton’s. (Apr 2008)
• AdWatch: My plan costs $2,500 less per family than Clinton�s. (Apr 2008)
• Bring affordable and accessible healthcare to all. (Apr 2008)
• Delay Medicaid changes that shift costs from feds to states. (Apr 2008)
• End-of-life self-medication ok; euthanasia by others not ok. (Apr 2008)
• Expand S-CHIP to provide affordable care to 1000s of kids. (Apr 2008)
• FactCheck: Unclear if Obama’s plan costs less than Clinton’s. (Apr 2008)
• FactCheck: Unclear if Obama�s plan costs less than Clinton�s. (Apr 2008)
• Insurers & Big Pharma don't want Medicare drug buying. (Apr 2008)
• Mind-boggling Medicare/Medicaid cuts hurt seniors & the poor. (Apr 2008)
• Preserve access to Medicaid & SCHIP during economic downturn. (Apr 2008)
• Private medical savings accounts, not government meddling. (Apr 2008)
• Replace Medicaid with volunteer pro-bono medical care. (Apr 2008)
• RomneyCare in Mass. wasn't perfect, but a big step forward. (Apr 2008)
• Signed up as organ donor; Alaska leads the states. (Apr 2008)
• Single Payer Health Insurance to everyone. (Apr 2008)
• Support enhanced health insurance marketplace pooling. (Apr 2008)
• Use whatever works with AIDS, including teaching abstinence. (Apr 2008)
• Bridge the gap on health care. (Mar 2008)
• Don’t turn Medicare over to giant insurance companies. (Mar 2008)
• Don�t turn Medicare over to giant insurance companies. (Mar 2008)
• Establish a National Diabetes Coordinator. (Mar 2008)
• Every American has a right to healthcare. (Mar 2008)
• Fight the federal takeover of health care. (Mar 2008)
• Guaranteed coverage via public-private partnerships. (Mar 2008)
• Health has become big business, with insurers as customer. (Mar 2008)
• Limit medical liability lawsuits but not right to se. (Mar 2008)
• Make Congress’ healthcare options available to all. (Mar 2008)
• Make Congress� healthcare options available to all. (Mar 2008)
• Negotiate lower prices for drugs; ensure healthcare for all. (Mar 2008)
• No need for universal program if we work with industry. (Mar 2008)
• Our health care system is in crisis; provide baseline care. (Mar 2008)
• Reduce costs before we establish a national program. (Mar 2008)
• Transition to health care instead of sick care. (Mar 2008)
• Voted NO on giving mental health full equity with physical health. (Mar 2008)
• Voted NO on means-testing to determine Medicare Part D premium. (Mar 2008)
• Voted YES on giving mental health full equity with physical health. (Mar 2008)
• Voted YES on means-testing to determine Medicare Part D premium. (Mar 2008)
• Adults will get health care as they can afford it. (Feb 2008)
• AdWatch: punishing uninsured families doesn’t make sense. (Feb 2008)
• AdWatch: punishing uninsured families doesn�t make sense. (Feb 2008)
• Billing fraud and abuse costs $200B. (Feb 2008)
• Buy private insurance via National Health Insurance Exchange. (Feb 2008)
• Even the employed are not secure in their health insurance. (Feb 2008)
• FactCheck: Hillary’s plan does mandate; but so does Obama’s. (Feb 2008)
• FactCheck: Hillary�s plan does mandate; but so does Obama�s. (Feb 2008)
• For single-payer; all major candidates oppose it. (Feb 2008)
• Hillary’s plan must either be enforced, or leave out people. (Feb 2008)
• Hillary�s plan must either be enforced, or leave out people. (Feb 2008)
• Insurers are happy to have a mandate; issue is affordability. (Feb 2008)
• Mandating kids’ insurance ok; mandating adults has problems. (Feb 2008)
• Mandating kids� insurance ok; mandating adults has problems. (Feb 2008)
• My health plan does not leave 15 million people uncovered. (Feb 2008)
• My plan does more than anybody to reduce costs. (Feb 2008)
• No one turned away due to illness or pre-existing condition. (Feb 2008)
• Ok to ban smoking from workplaces, but not to ban smoking. (Feb 2008)
• Only industrialized nation without guaranteed health care. (Feb 2008)
• Single-payer health care plan over for-profit care. (Feb 2008)
• Supports single-payer universal health care. (Feb 2008)
• Universal health care means anyone who wants it can get it. (Feb 2008)
• Urged national health insurance bill. (Feb 2008)
• Voluntary universal participation, like in Medicare Part B. (Feb 2008)
• Voted NO on allowing tribal Indians to opt out of federal healthcare. (Feb 2008)
• Voted YES on allowing tribal Indians to opt out of federal healthcare. (Feb 2008)
• We spend $6,100/yr on medical care; twice the world average. (Feb 2008)
• Young adults up to age 25 can be covered under parents’ plan. (Feb 2008)
• Young adults up to age 25 can be covered under parents� plan. (Feb 2008)
• AdWatch: Don’t make it illegal not to have health care. (Jan 2008)
• AdWatch: Don�t make it illegal not to have health care. (Jan 2008)
• AdWatch: Pressure insurance & drug companies to change. (Jan 2008)
• Against enforcement mechanism for mandating insurance. (Jan 2008)
• Ban trans-fats and replace with fruit & vegetable vendors. (Jan 2008)
• Bring GOP & Dems together to make haelthcare affordable. (Jan 2008)
• Doctors should manage health care, not bureaucracies. (Jan 2008)
• Expand consumer choice, not government control. (Jan 2008)
• FactCheck: No, US costs are not twice as much as others. (Jan 2008)
• FactCheck: OPPORTUNITY to insure all, but no GUARANTEE. (Jan 2008)
• FactCheck: Tax deduction insures at most 9M, & not poorest. (Jan 2008)
• FactCheck: Untrue that 47M uninsured want to “not play”. (Jan 2008)
• FactCheck: Untrue that 47M uninsured want to �not play�. (Jan 2008)
• FactCheck: Yes, Obama favored single-payer, despite denial. (Jan 2008)
• First step of overhaul: health care to 10 million children. (Jan 2008)
• Get everyone some form of catastrophic health coverage. (Jan 2008)
• Health care must be market-and business-driven. (Jan 2008)
• I like mandates; mandates work. (Jan 2008)
• Mandating citizens to buy health insurance is conservative. (Jan 2008)
• No denial of coverage because of minor ailments. (Jan 2008)
• No one is not worthy of health care. (Jan 2008)
• Personal responsibility & choices key to good health. (Jan 2008)
• Resources for health needs, pre-natal & post-natal care. (Jan 2008)
• Subsidies to people who can’t afford care--not single payer. (Jan 2008)
• Subsidies to people who can�t afford care--not single payer. (Jan 2008)
• Take insurance companies out of health-care equation. (Jan 2008)
• Take personal responsibility for personal health & all areas. (Jan 2008)
• The problem with health care is about affordability. (Jan 2008)
• Voted NO on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
• Voted YES on Veto override: Extend SCHIP to cover 6M more kids. (Jan 2008)
• 1/3 self-insured; 1/3 don’t want it; 1/3 can’t afford it. (Dec 2007)
• 1/3 self-insured; 1/3 don�t want it; 1/3 can�t afford it. (Dec 2007)
• 21st-century personalized intelligent health system. (Dec 2007)
• Affordable health care is a matter of national security. (Dec 2007)
• Against rationing or voucher-based system of insurance. (Dec 2007)
• Being poor in this country is hazardous to your health. (Dec 2007)
• Called for isolating AIDS carriers in 1992, not quarantine. (Dec 2007)
• Crisis from waiting until people are catastrophically ill. (Dec 2007)
• Extend SCHIP with full funding, plus $12B for Medicaid. (Dec 2007)
• FactCheck: 2/3 of uninsured can’t afford insurace, not 1/3. (Dec 2007)
• FactCheck: 2/3 of uninsured can�t afford insurace, not 1/3. (Dec 2007)
• FactCheck: Between 7% and 31% of costs are administrative. (Dec 2007)
• FactCheck: MA employers have no mandates, but “requirements”. (Dec 2007)
• FactCheck: MA employers have no mandates, but �requirements�. (Dec 2007)
• FactCheck: No, MA healthcare plan is not paid for, yet. (Dec 2007)
• FactCheck: Reducing obesity would save $18B, not $1T. (Dec 2007)
• Focus on health as a moral issue. (Dec 2007)
• Health Savings Account up to $6,000 per family. (Dec 2007)
• Lower cost by more efficient markets, not bigger government. (Dec 2007)
• Make insurance portable so employment untied from health. (Dec 2007)
• Personal responsibility instead of employer mandates. (Dec 2007)
• Reforms in prevention and drug price negotiation save money. (Dec 2007)
• Universal health care is a right for every American. (Dec 2007)
• AdWatch: Universal health care by July 2009. (Nov 2007)
• Cautious incremental plan offers choice & subsidy. (Nov 2007)
• Critics call plan backdoor to a single payer system. (Nov 2007)
• Don’t spend another decade arguing; get it done. (Nov 2007)
• Don�t spend another decade arguing; get it done. (Nov 2007)
• FactCheck: Coverage plan might leave 8.5 million uninsured. (Nov 2007)
• FactCheck: President cannot remove Congress’ health care. (Nov 2007)
• FactCheck: President cannot remove Congress� health care. (Nov 2007)
• First-rate healthcare is a fundamental and basic right. (Nov 2007)
• Focus on government support for private insurance. (Nov 2007)
• For universal coverage for kids in ‘04; now coverage for all. (Nov 2007)
• For universal coverage for kids in �04; now coverage for all. (Nov 2007)
• Modernize, simplify & expand health insurance. (Nov 2007)
• Problem isn’t mandating coverage, but affording it. (Nov 2007)
• Problem isn�t mandating coverage, but affording it. (Nov 2007)
• Taking away Congress’ healthcare intended to shake things up. (Nov 2007)
• Taking away Congress� healthcare intended to shake things up. (Nov 2007)
• Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Nov 2007)
• Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Nov 2007)
• Added 20,000 children to Illinois healthcare. (Oct 2007)
• Address medical malpractice with universality. (Oct 2007)
• AdWatch:Cancer survival rate 82% in US; 44% in socialized UK. (Oct 2007)
• Consumer in charge; no government-controlled health care. (Oct 2007)
• Euthanasia violates unalienable right to life. (Oct 2007)
• FactCheck: HillaryCare closer to RomneyCare than “all gov’t”. (Oct 2007)
• FactCheck: HillaryCare closer to RomneyCare than �all gov�t�. (Oct 2007)
• FactCheck: MA plan works, but Romney not proposing it for US. (Oct 2007)
• FactCheck: No evidence that free market would halve premiums. (Oct 2007)
• FactCheck:Cancer survival rate 74% in UK; not 44% as claimed. (Oct 2007)
• Get everybody insured with state-based market dynamics. (Oct 2007)
• Give students incentives to become health professionals. (Oct 2007)
• Help medical students find ways to finance their tuition. (Oct 2007)
• Help young people deal with the cost of medical education. (Oct 2007)
• Individually-controlled insurance, not government SCHIP. (Oct 2007)
• Insurance companies & gov’t make healthcare unaffordable. (Oct 2007)
• Insurance companies & gov�t make healthcare unaffordable. (Oct 2007)
• Less benefits for high-income Medicare beneficiaries. (Oct 2007)
• Let states create their own private, market-based insurance. (Oct 2007)
• Medicare and Medicaid need a private solution. (Oct 2007)
• Provide incentives for students to go to nursing school. (Oct 2007)
• Removing most mandates drove down premium cost by half. (Oct 2007)
• Same tax treatment if people buy insurance without employers. (Oct 2007)
• Socialized medicine won’t work; nor managed care. (Oct 2007)
• Socialized medicine won�t work; nor managed care. (Oct 2007)
• Tackle insurance companies on reimbursement system. (Oct 2007)
• Transfer funds from debt & empire-building to healthcare. (Oct 2007)
• Voted NO on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
• Voted YES on adding 2 to 4 million children to SCHIP eligibility. (Oct 2007)
• We don’t have a healthcare system; it’s a healthcare maze. (Oct 2007)
• We don�t have a healthcare system; it�s a healthcare maze. (Oct 2007)
• $90B-$120B per year for healthcare, by ending Bush tax cut. (Sep 2007)
• 2004: universal coverage irresponsible; but US has changed. (Sep 2007)
• Before bringing back family doctor, bring back the family. (Sep 2007)
• Co-led effort against child obesity with Bill Clinton. (Sep 2007)
• Competition, free-market solutions & personal responsibility. (Sep 2007)
• Comprehensive coverage costs $90B to $120B a year. (Sep 2007)
• Congress grants healthcare to all, or give up their own. (Sep 2007)
• FactCheck: Correct that insurance lobbying cost $1B. (Sep 2007)
• FactCheck: Plan costs $106B-$146B per year, not $90B-$120B. (Sep 2007)
• Government healthcare like members of Congress have. (Sep 2007)
• If not universal coverage, which people wouldn’t be covered? (Sep 2007)
• If not universal coverage, which people wouldn�t be covered? (Sep 2007)
• Include undocumented workers in healthcare plan. (Sep 2007)
• Insurance reward for avoiding tobacco, alcohol, obesity. (Sep 2007)
• Let people choose between private plan and single-payer. (Sep 2007)
• Make people pay high price for voluntary choice of smoking. (Sep 2007)
• Managed care is expensive and hasn’t worked. (Sep 2007)
• Managed care is expensive and hasn�t worked. (Sep 2007)
• Morally wrong that terminally ill must consider money. (Sep 2007)
• National smoking bans only after trying local bans. (Sep 2007)
• New healthcare system in one year, with no new bureaucracies. (Sep 2007)
• Not government’s role to protect people like Terri Schiavo. (Sep 2007)
• Not government�s role to protect people like Terri Schiavo. (Sep 2007)
• One-size-fits-all programs are inefficient & inadequate. (Sep 2007)
• Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage. (Sep 2007)
• Portable medical records that YOU own, not your doctor. (Sep 2007)
• Protect disabled and vulnerable people like Terri Schiavo. (Sep 2007)
• Reauthorize SCHIP, State Children's Health Insurance Program. (Sep 2007)
• Require at age 55 a physical exam to qualify for Medicare. (Sep 2007)
• Rethink healthcare by focusing on prevention. (Sep 2007)
• Start paying for universal coverage with $100B in redundancy. (Sep 2007)
• System is upside down; focuses on intervention after illness. (Sep 2007)
• Take on insurance & drug companies, who have blocked reform. (Sep 2007)
• Universal health care, no matter who you are. (Sep 2007)
• Universal health mart: shop for best plan to suit your needs. (Sep 2007)
• Your own decisions are better than massive bureaucracy. (Sep 2007)
• $15,000 tax deduction for health savings accounts. (Aug 2007)
• Conservative idea: individual responsibility for health care. (Aug 2007)
• Convert illness & disease system to wellness & prevention. (Aug 2007)
• End breast cancer by the year 2015 for all women in America. (Aug 2007)
• Exactly the same healthcare rights for same-sex couples. (Aug 2007)
• Give Americans Congress’ healthcare, or give Congress ours. (Aug 2007)
• Give Americans Congress� healthcare, or give Congress ours. (Aug 2007)
• Increase competition in the insurance and drug markets. (Aug 2007)
• Insure 45 million uninsured with a free-market based system. (Aug 2007)
• MA plan blends personal responsibility & universal coverage. (Aug 2007)
• National Health Insurance Exchange for private coverage. (Aug 2007)
• Provide affordable healthcare to citizens. (Aug 2007)
• Start with catastrophic insurance and insuring all kids. (Aug 2007)
• We have world’s best medical system but it’s too expensive. (Aug 2007)
• We have world�s best medical system but it�s too expensive. (Aug 2007)
• We need condom distribution to deal with the scourge of AIDS. (Aug 2007)
• Cover undocumented workers & their kids under health plan. (Jul 2007)
• Cover undocumented workers under health plan. (Jul 2007)
• FactCheck: Correct that 33% of Medicare is diabetes. (Jul 2007)
• For universal coverage, must mandate everyone be covered. (Jul 2007)
• No need to mandate coverage; just let people afford it. (Jul 2007)
• Reform failed in ‘90s because of drug company lobbying. (Jul 2007)
• Reform failed in �90s because of drug company lobbying. (Jul 2007)
• SCHIP is part of a socialist agenda. (Jul 2007)
• $15,000 family tax deduction for your own health insurance. (Jun 2007)
• $2.5B trust fund for NYC future retirees’ health care. (Jun 2007)
• $2.5B trust fund for NYC future retirees� health care. (Jun 2007)
• Americans better served than nationalized Canadian system. (Jun 2007)
• ARKids: Prevention less expensive than sick children. (Jun 2007)
• Democrats agree about universality; but not getting job done. (Jun 2007)
• Dems want government in charge; GOP want consumers in charge. (Jun 2007)
• Educate public about chronic illnesses, to avoid them. (Jun 2007)
• End Bush’s tax cuts to pay for health care. (Jun 2007)
• End Bush�s tax cuts to pay for health care. (Jun 2007)
• FactCheck: AIDS rate in Africa is 5.8%, not 20% as claimed. (Jun 2007)
• FactCheck: Medicaid already covers treatment for HIV/AIDS. (Jun 2007)
• FactCheck: Romney plan virtually identical to Obama plan. (Jun 2007)
• Fully fund finding a cure for AIDS. (Jun 2007)
• Fund fight on HIV/AIDS both nationally and internationally. (Jun 2007)
• Give people the choice to buy affordable health care. (Jun 2007)
• Got tested for AIDS after blood transfusion; no shame in it. (Jun 2007)
• Got tested for AIDS, with wife, in public, in Kenya. (Jun 2007)
• Health plan cuts typical family’s premium by $2,500 a year. (Jun 2007)
• Health plan cuts typical family�s premium by $2,500 a year. (Jun 2007)
• Homophobia prevents talking about HIV/AIDS. (Jun 2007)
• MA program relies on personal responsibility & the market. (Jun 2007)
• Mental health parity: treat it just like physical health. (Jun 2007)
• NM plan: mandatory; prevention-based; choose your own plan. (Jun 2007)
• Obama’s health plan will leave about 15 million uncovered. (Jun 2007)
• Obama�s health plan will leave about 15 million uncovered. (Jun 2007)
• Pay-for-prevention towards goal of universal coverage. (Jun 2007)
• Switch from employer decisions to individual choices. (Jun 2007)
• Take on insurance companies; drive down health care costs. (Jun 2007)
• Transform health care into wellness & prevention system. (Jun 2007)
• 96,000 NYC children insured via HealthStat initiative. (May 2007)
• FactCheck: MA plan not yet in place so analysis premature. (May 2007)
• MA health plan insures all without taxes or socialization. (May 2007)
• More federal funding as a step towards single payer system. (May 2007)
• Prioritize city healthcare on HIV, diabetes & hypertension. (May 2007)
• Prohibit mandatory mental health screen for students. (May 2007)
• Banned trans fats in NYC restaurants. (Apr 2007)
• Focus on preventive healthcare without raising taxes. (Apr 2007)
• Improve services for people with autism & their families. (Apr 2007)
• National insurance pool & catastrophic insurance. (Apr 2007)
• No socialized medicine; give vouchers to the poor. (Apr 2007)
• Require employer coverage for every single American. (Apr 2007)
• Voted NO on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Apr 2007)
• Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Apr 2007)
• Access to Health Care for Every Ohio Child. (Mar 2007)
• Address minority health needs by more coverage & targeting. (Mar 2007)
• All Americans need same coverage as members of Congress. (Mar 2007)
• Curing AIDS must be all-hands-on-deck effort. (Mar 2007)
• Dysfunctional health care system needs bold, dramatic change. (Mar 2007)
• Employers are going to have to pay or play. (Mar 2007)
• Establish a national childhood cancer database. (Mar 2007)
• Examine healthcare in context of income, education, & jobs. (Mar 2007)
• Extend Medicaid to poorer families. (Mar 2007)
• Job-based insurance can be accomplished, not single-payer. (Mar 2007)
• MA reform focuses on individual responsibility (via fines). (Mar 2007)
• Need political will to accomplish universal coverage. (Mar 2007)
• Not possible to get universal coverage without raising taxes. (Mar 2007)
• Signal accomplishment as Governor is MA insurance reform. (Mar 2007)
• Universal coverage makes US business more competitve abroad. (Mar 2007)
• $50 million nursing initiative to address shortage of nurses. (Feb 2007)
• Compromised on limiting medical malpractice awards. (Feb 2007)
• Expand Medicaid & create health markets to cover uninsured. (Feb 2007)
• Focus on curing incurable diseases that drive up health cost. (Feb 2007)
• Focus on wellness as part of universal coverage. (Feb 2007)
• Healthier Texas: $200M funding pool for uncompensated care. (Feb 2007)
• Help Medicare by sharing data & providing long-term homecare. (Feb 2007)
• Increase taxes to pay for universal insurance. (Feb 2007)
• Medical liability reforms have reduced frivolous lawsuits. (Feb 2007)
• Medicare: invest in preventive care & better chronic care. (Feb 2007)
• Silence is betrayal about universal healthcare-we can’t wait. (Feb 2007)
• Silence is betrayal about universal healthcare-we can�t wait. (Feb 2007)
• State flexibility creates universal coverage without taxes. (Feb 2007)
• Terri Schiavo: Did all possible to keep her hooked up. (Feb 2007)
• Universal health care by of first term. (Feb 2007)
• We need universal health insurance. (Feb 2007)
• $7,500 tax deduction for health insurance. (Jan 2007)
• Focus on health & prevention, not just disease treatment. (Jan 2007)
• Pass the Maryland healthcare act to expand health coverage. (Jan 2007)
• Propose a Stem Cell and Innovation Fund to voters. (Jan 2007)
• Provide Coloradans some basic form of health care by 2010. (Jan 2007)
• STOP the culture of chronic disease via self-discipline. (Jan 2007)
• Voted NO on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)
• Voted YES on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D. (Jan 2007)
• We mandate insurance for cars, but not children's health. (Jan 2007)
• Focus 21st Century Intelligent Health System on individuals. (Dec 2006)
• Market competition yields more health choice at lower prices. (Dec 2006)
• Medicare opt-in to private health savings accounts. (Dec 2006)
• 12-point plan for Affordability, Accessibility, Quality. (Nov 2006)
• Access to quality health care is a basic human right. (Nov 2006)
• Affordable health care universally accessible to everyone. (Nov 2006)
• Affordable, quality health care for every Iowan. (Nov 2006)
• Allow negotiations for lower Medicare prices. (Nov 2006)
• Basic health care accessible to all Coloradans. (Nov 2006)
• Cover 400,000 more thru FamilyCare, KidCare, & AllKids. (Nov 2006)
• Ensure that every American has access to the healthcare. (Nov 2006)
• Expand access to affordable health care. (Nov 2006)
• Expand access to healthcare to all Americans. (Nov 2006)
• Expand children’s health insurance program. (Nov 2006)
• Expand children�s health insurance program. (Nov 2006)
• Find common ground to cover 11 million uninsured children. (Nov 2006)
• Flexibility in government regulations to allow competition. (Nov 2006)
• Focus on affordability in NY health care system. (Nov 2006)
• Health care is national problem & needs national solution. (Nov 2006)
• Health Care should be a right and not a privilege. (Nov 2006)
• Health care should be a right--not a privilege. (Nov 2006)
• Increase cigarette tax; insurance discounts to non-smokers. (Nov 2006)
• Insure all Kansas children from birth to age five. (Nov 2006)
• I-Save-Rx: low-cost prescriptions from Canada and Europe. (Nov 2006)
• Lead the nation in disease management and prevention. (Nov 2006)
• Limit medical malpractice lawsuits; but support suing HMOs. (Nov 2006)
• Make health care more affordable & accessible for everyone. (Nov 2006)
• Make quality health care more accessible and affordable. (Nov 2006)
• Moral obligation to ensure access to quality healthcare. (Nov 2006)
• More affordable health care via competition. (Nov 2006)
• More funding for mental health & community & rural hospitals. (Nov 2006)
• Prescription Drug plan for seniors, not drug manufacturers. (Nov 2006)
• Reduce healthcare inefficiencies; take on lobbysists. (Nov 2006)
• Universal access to quality healthcare. (Nov 2006)
• Use untapped tobacco monies; help Medicare beneficiaries. (Nov 2006)
• Vigorously pursue medical malpractice reform. (Nov 2006)
• Wary of universal government-run health care. (Nov 2006)
• Work towards truly universal coverage. (Nov 2006)
• Healthcare system is broken without lifetime employment. (Oct 2006)
• Improve health care access and affordability. (Oct 2006)
• Make the FDA advisory, not regulatory. (Oct 2006)
• Rx Plan has private companies competing to lower drug prices. (Oct 2006)
• Supports health savings accounts. (Oct 2006)
• The market alone can’t solve our health-care woes. (Oct 2006)
• The market alone can�t solve our health-care woes. (Oct 2006)
• $1M for outreach to make sure every child is covered. (Sep 2006)
• Additional taxes on wealthiest 1%, for medical coverage. (Sep 2006)
• Answer is increased competition. (Sep 2006)
• Apply subsidized healthcare to municipal employees. (Sep 2006)
• Don’t choose between filling prescriptions and refrigerator. (Sep 2006)
• Don’t force choice of filling prescriptions or refrigerator. (Sep 2006)
• Don�t choose between filling prescriptions and refrigerator. (Sep 2006)
• Don�t force choice of filling prescriptions or refrigerator. (Sep 2006)
• Experienced with saving struggling hospitals. (Sep 2006)
• Healthcare is not a federal responsibility. (Sep 2006)
• Let Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices. (Sep 2006)
• Little or no benefit from negotiating Medicare Rx prices. (Sep 2006)
• Pursue cost-savings ideas within new health reform mandate. (Sep 2006)
• Save $160M by consolidating city & town insurance purchases. (Sep 2006)
• Shift from disease-based to prevention-based system. (Sep 2006)
• Study MA experiment in universal health insurance. (Sep 2006)
• Tort reform to limit frivolous healthcare lawsuits. (Sep 2006)
• Advocate for expanding and improving Medicaid and Medicare. (Aug 2006)
• Embryonic stem cell research has produced no benefit. (Aug 2006)
• Medicare has to be able to negotiate. (Aug 2006)
• Prevention emphasis could help curb health costs. (Aug 2006)
• Allow small businesses to form association health plans. (Jul 2006)
• Expand MassHealth as basis for single system of coverage. (Jul 2006)
• Expand psychiatric services as part of universal coverage. (Jul 2006)
• Supports employer assessment for uninsured employees. (Jul 2006)
• Create universal health care. (Jun 2006)
• Federal government decides insurance issues, not states. (Jun 2006)
• Federally mandated health services just raise costs. (Jun 2006)
• Fight for affordable health care for all children. (Jun 2006)
• Health care tied to balancing costs and taxes nation wide. (Jun 2006)
• New healthcare legislation is a good first step. (Jun 2006)
• Opposes $295/yr employer fee for uninsured employees. (Jun 2006)
• Plan for $30 trillion in future elderly medical expenditure. (Jun 2006)
• Raise employer uninsured healthcare assessment above $295. (Jun 2006)
• States decide insurance issues, not federal government. (Jun 2006)
• Supports employer uninsured healthcare assessment, plus more. (Jun 2006)
• Universal access to quality, affordable health care. (Jun 2006)
• Focus on health access, not on corporate profits. (May 2006)
• Nothing tastes as good as it feels to be healthy. (May 2006)
• Reform medical malpractice to cut insurance rates. (May 2006)
• Supports health savings accounts & limiting lawsuits. (May 2006)
• The road to obesity is paved with procrastination. (May 2006)
• To stop procrastinating: Set date; stick to it; and start!. (May 2006)
• Voted NO on limiting medical liability lawsuits to $250,000. (May 2006)
• Voted YES on limiting medical liability lawsuits to $250,000. (May 2006)
• Don’t let drug companies write Rx drug plan. (Apr 2006)
• Don�t let drug companies write Rx drug plan. (Apr 2006)
• State universal coverage plan is national test case. (Apr 2006)
• No new business taxes for healthcare reform. (Mar 2006)
• Cooperation from industry could provide universal coverage. (Feb 2006)
• Institute federal catastrophic health insurance. (Feb 2006)
• Make Medicaid funding a budgetary priority. (Feb 2006)
• More consumer choice in health care. (Feb 2006)
• Preventive medicine is real health care. (Feb 2006)
• Provide additional funding for abstinence education. (Feb 2006)
• Voted NO on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
• Voted NO on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D. (Feb 2006)
• Voted YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
• Voted YES on expanding enrollment period for Medicare Part D. (Feb 2006)
• We have a shared responsibility to take care of ourselves. (Feb 2006)
• We must ensure Medicaid is fully funded. (Feb 2006)
• Work with private sector to reduce health care costs. (Feb 2006)
• A good number of the people choose not to be insured. (Jan 2006)
• Expand access to insurance and affordable care. (Jan 2006)
• Focus on the affordability of a broad healthcare plan. (Jan 2006)
• Include a health savings account in healthcare reform. (Jan 2006)
• MA state health insurance plan lowered costs. (Jan 2006)
• Mandates on health insurance work in Massachusetts. (Jan 2006)
• Pharmaceutical companies create products to make us better. (Jan 2006)
• Support wider use of electronic records for health care. (Jan 2006)
• Take decisions out of the hands of government bureaucrats. (Jan 2006)
• We don’t have a health-care system but a disease-care system. (Jan 2006)
• We don�t have a health-care system but a disease-care system. (Jan 2006)
• We have the best health care system in the world. (Jan 2006)
• We’ve got the best health care in the world. (Jan 2006)
• We�ve got the best health care in the world. (Jan 2006)
• Worked to protect coverage during HMO bankruptcy. (Jan 2006)
• Make health care affordable and accessible to everyone. (Dec 2005)
• Malpractice insurance & bureaucracy focus on cost,not health. (Dec 2005)
• 1995 massive healthcare reform was too much. (Nov 2005)
• Consider drug reimportation and price negotiation. (Nov 2005)
• Shift Medicaid costs back from states to federal. (Nov 2005)
• Voted NO on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics. (Nov 2005)
• Voted YES on increasing Medicaid rebate for producing generics. (Nov 2005)
• $50M bailout of Detroit Medical Center during recession. (Oct 2005)
• 2008: must be national system; not state-level pilots. (Oct 2005)
• Health Savings Accounts: tax-free savings until used. (Oct 2005)
• Smoking ban was a crusade of his mayoral administration. (Oct 2005)
• Finance catastrophic health coverage. (Sep 2005)
• Focus on prevention and wellness programs. (Sep 2005)
• Invest in prevention. (Sep 2005)
• Let Medicare negotiate Rx prices with drug companies. (Sep 2005)
• Let seniors buy cheaper medicine in Canada. (Sep 2005)
• Negotiate bulk drug purchases under governor’s authority. (Sep 2005)
• Negotiate bulk drug purchases under governor�s authority. (Sep 2005)
• Supports Health Access and Affordability Act. (Sep 2005)
• Vetoed cigarette-tax hike that paid for kids' health care. (Aug 2005)
• Sex outside of monogamy has consequences of STDs & abortion. (Jul 2005)
• Voted YES on maintaining two state psychiatric hospitals. (Jul 2005)
• America’s seniors & children victimized by healthcare cuts. (Jun 2005)
• America�s seniors & children victimized by healthcare cuts. (Jun 2005)
• Provide mental health services for older Americans. (May 2005)
• Sponsored bill for mental health service for older Americans. (May 2005)
• Responsibility to deal with the chronically mentally ill. (Apr 2005)
• Voted NO on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug. (Mar 2005)
• Voted YES on negotiating bulk purchases for Medicare prescription drug. (Mar 2005)
• Affordable healthcare makes America competitive. (Feb 2005)
• Association health plans for small business. (Feb 2005)
• Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care. (Nov 2004)
• Expand health care and support stem cell research. (Nov 2004)
• Give small businesses tax breaks for the cost of health care. (Nov 2004)
• Guaranteeing medical care is not a government responsibility. (Nov 2004)
• Lower Drug Prices For All Families. (Nov 2004)
• More Medical Savings Accounts; less medical malpractice. (Nov 2004)
• Provide health care for the employees of small businesses. (Nov 2004)
• Support health care tax breaks and health saving accounts. (Nov 2004)
• Supports government policies for high-cost medical care. (Nov 2004)
• Supports more Rx coverage plus right to sue. (Nov 2004)
• Allow unlimited medical malpractice lawsuits. (Oct 2004)
• Allowing seniors to bulk purchase will save taxpayers’ money. (Oct 2004)
• Allowing seniors to bulk purchase will save taxpayers� money. (Oct 2004)
• Can’t get our arms around the uninsured. (Oct 2004)
• Can�t get our arms around the uninsured. (Oct 2004)
• Change current tax laws to reduce healthcare costs. (Oct 2004)
• Choose your doctor and your healthcare plan. (Oct 2004)
• Companies producing flu vaccine are afraid of being sued. (Oct 2004)
• Covering more people can lower health costs in many ways. (Oct 2004)
• Crises happen in our lives and healthcare is necessary. (Oct 2004)
• Double the funding to fight the global AIDS epidemic. (Oct 2004)
• Double the NIH budget to $28 billion. (Oct 2004)
• End ban on reimportation of drugs from Canada. (Oct 2004)
• Euthanasia is wrong. (Oct 2004)
• Expand federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. (Oct 2004)
• FactCheck: British blocked flu vaccine, not Bush. (Oct 2004)
• FactCheck: Bush opposed drug reimports, but so did Clinton. (Oct 2004)
• FactCheck: Frivolous lawsuits do not cost government $28B. (Oct 2004)
• FactCheck: Kerry’s plan covers 95% of Americans, not 100%. (Oct 2004)
• FactCheck: Kerry’s plan doesn’t put bureaucrats in control. (Oct 2004)
• FactCheck: Kerry�s plan covers 95% of Americans, not 100%. (Oct 2004)
• FactCheck: Kerry�s plan doesn�t put bureaucrats in control. (Oct 2004)
• FactCheck: Only 19% of poor seniors use Drug Discount cards. (Oct 2004)
• Fight for a meaningful prescription drug plan. (Oct 2004)
• Flu vaccine failure means system is failing US families. (Oct 2004)
• Flu vaccine shortage from litigation worries. (Oct 2004)
• Give people control over their own dollars. (Oct 2004)
• Give people generic drugs information to save their money. (Oct 2004)
• Government-backed health plan, with drug imports. (Oct 2004)
• Health care plan is not an empty promise and provide choice. (Oct 2004)
• Healthcare not a responsibility of the federal government. (Oct 2004)
• I haven’t gotten a flu shot, and I don’t intend to. (Oct 2004)
• I haven�t gotten a flu shot, and I don�t intend to. (Oct 2004)
• John voted against drug reimportation. (Oct 2004)
• Kerry’s health care plan is an empty promise. (Oct 2004)
• Kerry’s healthcare plan will ruin the quality of healthcare. (Oct 2004)
• Kerry�s health care plan is an empty promise. (Oct 2004)
• Kerry�s healthcare plan will ruin the quality of healthcare. (Oct 2004)
• Lack of market forces and lawsuits increase healthcare costs. (Oct 2004)
• Lawsuits contribute less than 1% of all healthcare costs. (Oct 2004)
• Let the government negotiate with drug companies. (Oct 2004)
• Make sure the drugs from Canada cure and don’t kill you. (Oct 2004)
• Make sure the drugs from Canada cure and don�t kill you. (Oct 2004)
• Mongiardo holds several pharmaceutical companies’ stocks. (Oct 2004)
• Mongiardo holds several pharmaceutical companies� stocks. (Oct 2004)
• No connection to the federal drug lobbyists. (Oct 2004)
• No profit in making the flu vaccine. (Oct 2004)
• Oppose a prescription plan that subsidies the drug companies. (Oct 2004)
• Passed 56 individual bills that I’ve personally written. (Oct 2004)
• Passed 56 individual bills that I�ve personally written. (Oct 2004)
• People should take care of their own health. (Oct 2004)
• Promote health saving account and Association Health Plans. (Oct 2004)
• Push for cheaper drugs from Canada. (Oct 2004)
• Right to assisted suicide. (Oct 2004)
• Save Medicare from private plans and HMOs. (Oct 2004)
• Separation of medicine from the federal government. (Oct 2004)
• Shift efforts so the money does not go to corporate America. (Oct 2004)
• Support allowing prescription drugs into the US from Canada. (Oct 2004)
• Support Bush’s plan to provide prescription drug benefits. (Oct 2004)
• Support Bush�s plan to provide prescription drug benefits. (Oct 2004)
• The prescription plan is an improvement of Medicare. (Oct 2004)
• The prescription plan is deeply flawed and to be reworked. (Oct 2004)
• The US healthcare system is the envy of the world. (Oct 2004)
• Veterans are getting very good health care. (Oct 2004)
• Voted against a sweet deal for pharmaceutical companies. (Oct 2004)
• Voted against the drug bill set up by the drug companies. (Oct 2004)
• We got Medicare reform done. (Oct 2004)
• Wrote legislation for the safe reimportation of drugs. (Oct 2004)
• $15B for international AIDS treatment. (Sep 2004)
• 1964: Medicare is socialized medicine. (Sep 2004)
• Allow negotiating lower prescription drug prices. (Sep 2004)
• Allow small firms to join together to purchase insurance. (Sep 2004)
• Believes health care is a right, not a privilege for the few. (Sep 2004)
• Expand Healthy Kids to Healthy Families. (Sep 2004)
• Pass medical liability reform to make health care affordable. (Sep 2004)
• Sensibly cap malpractice awards. (Sep 2004)
• Single player health care. (Sep 2004)
• Support a Patients' Bill of Rights with right to sue HMOs. (Sep 2004)
• Supports Associated Health Plans. (Sep 2004)
• Tort reform will reduce medical liability. (Sep 2004)
• Will enroll millions of poor children in health programs. (Sep 2004)
• “Welcome to Medicare” physical--real reform and improvement. (Aug 2004)
• Allow free market drug reimportation from Canada. (Aug 2004)
• Allow suing HMOs. (Aug 2004)
• Bush has no plan to address the health care crisis. (Aug 2004)
• Bush has won some huge victories on health care. (Aug 2004)
• Bush is funding stem cell research at record levels. (Aug 2004)
• Calls for national health care. (Aug 2004)
• Encourage competition in the prescription drug market. (Aug 2004)
• Health Care is a human right. (Aug 2004)
• Health Marts: co-ops of workers, employers & insurers. (Aug 2004)
• Health Savings Accounts empower responsibility. (Aug 2004)
• �Welcome to Medicare� physical--real reform and improvement. (Aug 2004)
• Improve the Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act. (Aug 2004)
• It is morally wrong to leave so many Americans uninsured. (Aug 2004)
• Limit attorney fees in medical malpractice cases. (Aug 2004)
• Limit med-mal damages; expand med savings accounts. (Aug 2004)
• Medicare bill uses market-based solutions to reduce costs. (Aug 2004)
• More help to those who fall through the cracks of the system. (Aug 2004)
• Opposes Amendment 35; no tobacco tax increase. (Aug 2004)
• Prescription drug benefit is lifeblood of our future. (Aug 2004)
• Privatize with individually purchased catastrophic insurance. (Aug 2004)
• Provide a bonus for states to get children insured. (Aug 2004)
• Restrict lawsuits; support medical savings accounts. (Aug 2004)
• Start providing health insurance for every child in America. (Aug 2004)
• Supports universal health care. (Aug 2004)
• Take next steps toward universal coverage. (Aug 2004)
• Tax credits for the uninsured, reform for the medical system. (Aug 2004)
• The Medicare prescription drug discount card is helpful. (Aug 2004)
• US has world's least efficient health-care system. (Aug 2004)
• Address 40 million people without health insurance. (Jul 2004)
• Allow small businesses to pool purchasing power. (Jul 2004)
• Give all families same healthcare as the US Senate. (Jul 2004)
• Give all reservists access to TRICARE. (Jul 2004)
• Give everyone the same health plan as Congress has. (Jul 2004)
• Health care is not a privilege but a right for all. (Jul 2004)
• Health coverage should be affordable & include options. (Jul 2004)
• Medical marijuana should be a state decision--I’d vote no. (Jul 2004)
• Medical marijuana should be a state decision--I�d vote no. (Jul 2004)
• Medicare was put in place without a single Republican vote. (Jul 2004)
• Prescription Drug benefit costs too much. (Jul 2004)
• Prices of prescription drugs should not be controlled. (Jul 2004)
• Provide a real patients' bill of rights. (Jul 2004)
• Provide health insurance for the unemployed. (Jul 2004)
• Real the Prescription Drug benefit. (Jul 2004)
• Save families up to $1,000 a year on their premiums. (Jul 2004)
• Stop giving a free ride in medical R&D to other countries. (Jul 2004)
• Supports single payer system with choice for all Americans. (Jul 2004)
• Tax credits for businesses that provide health care. (Jul 2004)
• Taxpayers should not be asked to pay for other’s health care. (Jul 2004)
• Taxpayers should not be asked to pay for other�s health care. (Jul 2004)
• Turn the FDA into an optional agency. (Jul 2004)
• Use information technology to improve healthcare. (Jul 2004)
• Voted NO on Constitutional call for universal health care. (Jul 2004)
• Voted YES on Constitutional call for universal health care. (Jul 2004)
• Vouchers for health care will shrink government role. (Jul 2004)
• Above-the-line tax deductions for health costs. (Jun 2004)
• Cutting Medicaid will increase numbers of uninsured. (Jun 2004)
• Extend health care coverage for families. (Jun 2004)
• Lawsuit abuse is responsible for health care costs. (Jun 2004)
• Limit frivolous lawsuits to make healthcare affordable. (Jun 2004)
• National referendum on tax increase vs. Medicare cuts. (Jun 2004)
• No federally-run health care. (Jun 2004)
• Relief for 40 million uninsured via small business AHPs. (Jun 2004)
• Seniors deserve access to affordable medicine. (Jun 2004)
• Shift state some Medicaid recipients to federal Medicare. (Jun 2004)
• Add a prescription drug benefit under Medicare. (May 2004)
• Allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices. (May 2004)
• Allow reimportation of prescription drugs. (May 2004)
• Disapprove inefficient uses of tobacco prevention dollars. (May 2004)
• Expand health care coverage and strengthen Medicare. (May 2004)
• Invest in hospitals to make them safer. (May 2004)
• Lawsuit abuse is responsible for health care costs. (May 2004)
• Limit legal fees in malpractice cases. (May 2004)
• Must address the health care coverage crisis. (May 2004)
• No federal health care except by tax deductions. (May 2004)
• Universal coverage by bypassing interests of HMOs. (May 2004)
• Voted NO on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
• Voted YES on limiting medical malpractice lawsuits to $250,000 damages. (May 2004)
• Will expand health coverage & allow meds to be re-imported. (May 2004)
• Froze enrollment in Healthy Families program. (Apr 2004)
• Key issue: Does government control reduce cost? (Apr 2004)
• Lost a daughter at age 3 to leukemia. (Apr 2004)
• Seniors deserve a break on prescription drugs. (Apr 2004)
• Cover every child and vulnerable adults. (Mar 2004)
• End government propaganda on Medicare bill. (Mar 2004)
• First principles: provide for children & right to healthcare. (Mar 2004)
• Huge deficits endanger important social programs. (Mar 2004)
• KidCare and Medikids: expand to 1.6M kids and then even more. (Mar 2004)
• Medicare Rx bill was a mistake; need innovations. (Mar 2004)
• Catastrophic health coverage for all costs over $50,000. (Feb 2004)
• Health care should be viewed in larger context of poverty. (Feb 2004)
• Limit malpractice judgments against OB/GYNs. (Feb 2004)
• Responsible change needed to preserve Medicare. (Feb 2004)
• 100% tax deduction for catastrophic health insurance. (Jan 2004)
• A new system to prevent malpractice insurance hikes. (Jan 2004)
• AdWatch: Criticizes Dean for 11-year-old outdated stances. (Jan 2004)
• Allow more affordable drugs via Canadian imports. (Jan 2004)
• Bush's Rx plan helps HMOs-help seniors instead. (Jan 2004)
• Cap on damages for personal injuries is discriminatory. (Jan 2004)
• Centrist leadership can get more covered by health insurance. (Jan 2004)
• Consolidate mental health and substance abuse therapy needs. (Jan 2004)
• Day 1: Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Jan 2004)
• Fact Check: Dean agreed with Clinton on cuts, not Gingrich. (Jan 2004)
• Focus on raising childhood immunization rates. (Jan 2004)
• Government-run health care is the wrong prescription. (Jan 2004)
• Health savings accounts with choice of coverage. (Jan 2004)
• Improved economy is best fix for Medicare. (Jan 2004)
• Increase access to affordable health care. (Jan 2004)
• Link. (Jan 2004)
• More people without insurance under Bush. (Jan 2004)
• National health insurance pool-free for poor and children. (Jan 2004)
• Obtain better prices for prescriptions & services. (Jan 2004)
• Pharmaceutical prices are unfair-import drugs from Canada. (Jan 2004)
• Research, prevention, and wellness can reduce Medicare costs. (Jan 2004)
• Restrain Medicaid costs and maintain benefits. (Jan 2004)
• Rx plan: govt. buying; reimportation; price competition. (Jan 2004)
• Secure lower prescription drug costs for seniors. (Jan 2004)
• Single-payer system is the only answer. (Jan 2004)
• Supports changes to the new Medicare law. (Jan 2004)
• Universal benefit to all seniors-no $12B for HMOs. (Jan 2004)
• Campbell verdict empowered nurses & informed consent. (Dec 2003)
• Fight for affordable quality healthcare. (Dec 2003)
• Med-mal cases are about accountability for mistakes. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 0% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 11% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 12% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 14% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 17% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 22% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 25% by APHA, indicating a anti-public health voting record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 33% by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 38% by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 44% by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 50% by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 56% by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 57% by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 62% by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 67% by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 75% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 78% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 83% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 86% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 88% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
• Rated 89% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record. (Dec 2003)
• 1970s: first proposed "employer mandate". (Nov 2003)
• 1994: Declined gov't insurance but gov't paid 75% anyway. (Nov 2003)
• 1994: Whitewater is about health care. (Nov 2003)
• Acknowledged expert on healthcare issues. (Nov 2003)
• Commit federal funds to veterans' health care expenses. (Nov 2003)
• Lay aside Bush tax cut to fund healthcare package. (Nov 2003)
• No single payer system, since it won’t pass Congress. (Nov 2003)
• No single payer system, since it won�t pass Congress. (Nov 2003)
• Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
• Voted YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
• Cut $350B of bureaucracy and cover 90% of Americans. (Oct 2003)
• If you want total healthcare reform, I’m not your guy. (Oct 2003)
• If you want total healthcare reform, I�m not your guy. (Oct 2003)
• Medicaid must be managed for fraud and abuse. (Oct 2003)
• Remove Medicaid from local budgets. (Oct 2003)
• Simultaneously address costs, coverage, and choice. (Oct 2003)
• Supported single-payer in 1980s, but multi-payer in 1990s. (Oct 2003)
• Voted NO on tax credits for all smoking regulation costs. (Oct 2003)
• Voted YES on tax credits for all smoking regulation costs. (Oct 2003)
• Allow reimport of drugs with FDA approval & price decontrols. (Sep 2003)
• Build senior Rx program on Vermont program. (Sep 2003)
• Bush’s Rx program is a political trap: looks good, bad plan. (Sep 2003)
• Bush�s Rx program is a political trap: looks good, bad plan. (Sep 2003)
• Children First: insure every child, by law. (Sep 2003)
• Cover 3m Hispanic kids & have National Translation Center. (Sep 2003)
• Dean sided with Gingrich against Medicare Plan. (Sep 2003)
• Expand HMO reform with tougher laws. (Sep 2003)
• Implementing real healthcare is greater issue than fraud. (Sep 2003)
• Join every other industrialized country on health care. (Sep 2003)
• Keep medical decisions in hands of patients & their doctors. (Sep 2003)
• Market competitions and reduced costs improve health care. (Sep 2003)
• Market dynamics can save healthcare, not government control. (Sep 2003)
• Medi-Kids: guaranteed care until age 25. (Sep 2003)
• Must insure the low-income families, especially the children. (Sep 2003)
• Open pharmaceutical competition with generics & re-imports. (Sep 2003)
• Patient rights including suing HMOs. (Sep 2003)
• Private & public healthcare are not reconcilable. (Sep 2003)
• Provide health care for the children of illegal immigrants. (Sep 2003)
• Reduce Medi-Cal fraud by $1.5B-specifics once elected. (Sep 2003)
• Re-focus Medicare on preventive health instead of sickness. (Sep 2003)
• Replace profit-driven system with rationalized quality care. (Sep 2003)
• Rx drug costs whack seniors. (Sep 2003)
• Save dollars and save lives--so transform urgently. (Sep 2003)
• SB-2 is a good start but we need $4 billion & single-payer. (Sep 2003)
• SB-2: Half-baked measures leave 3 million uninsured. (Sep 2003)
• SB-2: Insuring 1 million all we can afford at this time. (Sep 2003)
• Single payer is only way to universal coverage. (Sep 2003)
• Step-by-step common sense will reduce uninsured. (Sep 2003)
• Stop platitudes about fraud-issue is 6 million uninsured. (Sep 2003)
• Supports imports of Canadian prescription drugs. (Sep 2003)
• System broken due to “perfect storm” of converging problems. (Sep 2003)
• System broken due to �perfect storm� of converging problems. (Sep 2003)
• Tax credits for developing technology for disabilities. (Sep 2003)
• Too large health programs will force tax increases. (Sep 2003)
• We can fund health care with no tax increase. (Sep 2003)
• Wrong to compare any Dem to Gingrich: I support Medicare. (Sep 2003)
• Break link between healthcare and employment. (Aug 2003)
• Endorses billions more in health care funding. (Aug 2003)
• Everyone should be able to choose a health plan. (Aug 2003)
• Lift restrictions on Medical Savings Accounts. (Aug 2003)
• Require health insurance for every child. (Aug 2003)
• Senior Rx coverage without government dictates. (Aug 2003)
• Supports passage of Patient’s Bill of Rights. (Aug 2003)
• Supports passage of Patient�s Bill of Rights. (Aug 2003)
• Opposed $10M cut in the uncompensated care pool. (Jul 2003)
• Supported $10M cut in the uncompensated care pool. (Jul 2003)
• Voted NO on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)
• Voted YES on allowing reimportation of prescription drugs. (Jul 2003)
• Cover 42 million uninsured then reform healthcare system. (Jun 2003)
• Many Africans die of AIDS, but none talk about it. (Jun 2003)
• Voted NO on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Jun 2003)
• Voted NO on small business associations for buying health insurance. (Jun 2003)
• Voted YES on $40 billion per year for limited Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Jun 2003)
• Voted YES on small business associations for buying health insurance. (Jun 2003)
• $172B over 3 years for state employee health care. (May 2003)
• 2-year temporary increase in federal share of Medicaid. (May 2003)
• 96.4% of Vermonters are covered; deliver that to America. (May 2003)
• As doctor, knows health system; and knows how to pass plan. (May 2003)
• Bush prescription: take 2 tax cuts and see me in the morning. (May 2003)
• Bush tax cuts hurt economy; same $ for health helps economy. (May 2003)
• Bush works for big HMOs and big pharma; I stand up for you. (May 2003)
• Cover more citizens with health plan like Congress gets. (May 2003)
• Gephardt's plan gives working people's money to corporations. (May 2003)
• Get everybody covered with health insurance. (May 2003)
• Health care crisis requires fighting big corporations. (May 2003)
• Help corporations give people needed health insurance. (May 2003)
• Let states make bulk Rx purchases, and other innovations. (May 2003)
• No more big-spending health plans. (May 2003)
• Pay for universal care with money already in system. (May 2003)
• Replace patchwork system with Medicare-modeled system. (May 2003)
• Return taxes to Clinton-era rates to improve health care. (May 2003)
• Rx drug benefit without herding people into HMOs. (May 2003)
• Sharing health costs reduces overall costs & reduces worries. (May 2003)
• Step by step is the way. (May 2003)
• Subsidize 60% of health costs for all employees. (May 2003)
• Subsidize health care for small businesses, not corporations. (May 2003)
• Tax breaks to all companies to cover all employees. (May 2003)
• Donates to charities funding leukemia research. (Apr 2003)
• Require adequate insurance coverage for agritourism. (Apr 2003)
• Increase funding to combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. (Mar 2003)
• Voted NO on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
• Voted NO on capping damages and setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
• Voted YES on capping damages & setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
• Voted YES on capping damages and setting time limits in medical lawsuits. (Mar 2003)
• Adding prescription drug benefit to Medicare. (Nov 2002)
• Ensure access to basic health care, including state funding. (Nov 2002)
• Full access first, then tackle reform afterwards. (Nov 2002)
• Fund basic health care for all citizens. (Nov 2002)
• Government should not guarantee medical care. (Nov 2002)
• Guarantee health ins. like other industrialized countries. (Nov 2002)
• Guaranteed medical care not government’s responsibility. (Nov 2002)
• Guaranteed medical care not government�s responsibility. (Nov 2002)
• Patient Bill of Rights is hot air: get people insured. (Nov 2002)
• State should provide universal access to health care. (Nov 2002)
• Three-tiered coverage: state, federal, and private. (Nov 2002)
• Add Rx drug plan to Medicare. (Oct 2002)
• Affordable access to healthcare for all New Mexicans. (Oct 2002)
• Broaden access to coverage. (Oct 2002)
• Extend insurance coverage with tax credits. (Oct 2002)
• Favors some type of universal coverage. (Oct 2002)
• Lower Rx drug costs with buying consortium. (Oct 2002)
• New Mexico Cares: invest in our health. (Oct 2002)
• Save money & increase access with single-payer system. (Oct 2002)
• Supports patients right to sue HMOs. (Oct 2002)
• 1st Health Security Initiative: Rx benefit & accountability. (Sep 2002)
• 3.5% payroll tax to fund universal healthcare. (Sep 2002)
• Add prescription benefit in Medicare. (Sep 2002)
• Control prescription drug prices. (Sep 2002)
• Demand discounts from pharmaceutical companies. (Sep 2002)
• Drug benefit in Medicare, now. (Sep 2002)
• Enforceable Patient?s Rights, with right to sue. (Sep 2002)
• Expand access to health coverage via small business. (Sep 2002)
• Extend patents in exchange for reasonable Rx drug prices. (Sep 2002)
• Increase funding for biomedical & AIDS research. (Sep 2002)
• Lower costs by bulk buying alliance. (Sep 2002)
• Medical savings accounts to pay for insurance. (Sep 2002)
• New York needs universal health coverage. (Sep 2002)
• Patients before profits : hold HMOs accountable. (Sep 2002)
• Prescriptions: Make generic drugs available. (Sep 2002)
• Priorities are costs, access, and public health. (Sep 2002)
• Set prices for Medicare prescriptions. (Sep 2002)
• Support Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Sep 2002)
• Tax credits for self-insured; drug benefits for seniors. (Sep 2002)
• Use budget surplus for federal health programs. (Sep 2002)
• Voted NO on allowing importation of Rx drugs from Canada. (Jul 2002)
• Voted NO on allowing reimportation of Rx drugs from Canada. (Jul 2002)
• Voted YES on allowing importation of Rx drugs from Canada. (Jul 2002)
• Voted YES on allowing reimportation of Rx drugs from Canada. (Jul 2002)
• Advocates bulk purchasing of medication to reduce prices. (Jun 2002)
• Americans deserve affordable access to prescription drugs. (Jun 2002)
• Give tax credits for long-term care & Medicare drug benefit. (Jun 2002)
• Medical savings account let you run your own health care. (Jun 2002)
• States have authority to protect patient rights. (Jun 2002)
• States have no authority to protect patient rights. (Jun 2002)
• $350 billion for prescriptions for poor seniors. (May 2002)
• Support telemedicine for underserved areas. (May 2002)
• Tax credits for those without employee health insurance. (May 2002)
• Tax deduction for long-term care insurance. (May 2002)
• Will prod insurance industry to make prompt payments. (May 2002)
• Commit to public school teaching in exchange for scholarship. (Apr 2002)
• Sanction lawyers for "frivolous" medical malpractice suits. (Apr 2002)
• Continue safety testing of adult medicines given to children. (Mar 2002)
• Limit anti-trust lawsuits on health plans and insurers. (Mar 2002)
• Subsidies for health coverage for low-income individuals. (Mar 2002)
• Medical savings account are rational but leave vulnerable. (Feb 2002)
• Raise cigarette tax and use revenue to insure uninsured. (Feb 2002)
• Use Florida model of purchasing prescription drugs in bulk. (Feb 2002)
• Will insure affordable quality care for seniors. (Feb 2002)
• Enrolled 50,000 in the Children’s Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2002)
• Enrolled 50,000 in the Children�s Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2002)
• Enrolled 50,000 in the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Jan 2002)
• Military development of cheap vaccines shows up Big Pharma. (Jan 2002)
• Protect Mississippi’s Health Care Trust Fund. (Jan 2002)
• Protect Mississippi�s Health Care Trust Fund. (Jan 2002)
• Protect Mississippi's Health Care Trust Fund. (Jan 2002)
• Raise cigarette taxes to make health care more affordable. (Jan 2002)
• Every citizen has a right to basic health coverage. (Dec 2001)
• State bulk purchasing to provide affordable senior Rx. (Dec 2001)
• Use cigarette tax increase to cover 75,000 more people. (Dec 2001)
• Health Now! funds low-income healthcare from cigarette tax. (Nov 2001)
• Implement universal health care. (Nov 2001)
• Make universal health care coverage for kids a right. (Nov 2001)
• Must invest in health care for rural residents. (Nov 2001)
• Patient Bill of Rights; push for right to sue HMOs. (Nov 2001)
• Protect genetic privacy in health insurance. (Nov 2001)
• Raise taxes on cigarettes to expand health coverage for kids. (Nov 2001)
• Supports making primary health care more accessible. (Nov 2001)
• Universal coverage for senior prescriptions. (Nov 2001)
• No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)
• Champion of health for all ages. (Aug 2001)
• More federal funding for rural health services. (Aug 2001)
• Voted NO on allowing suing HMOs, but under federal rules & limited award. (Aug 2001)
• Voted YES on allowing suing HMOs, but under federal rules & limited award. (Aug 2001)
• Supports eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in health. (Jul 2001)
• Allow states to restrict cigarette ads beyond federal rules. (Jun 2001)
• Leave research funding to feds, not state. (Jun 2001)
• Medicare drug payment methods are fundamentally flawed. (Jun 2001)
• Medicare loses $11B per year to errors and fraud. (Jun 2001)
• More patient rights and senior protections. (Jun 2001)
• States cannot ban cigarette ads near schools. (Jun 2001)
• Supports funding mammograms and breast cancer treatment. (Jun 2001)
• Supports funding senior prescriptions & home health care. (Jun 2001)
• Supports programs for screening, immunization, & prevention. (Jun 2001)
• Supports terminal patient rights & senior rights. (Jun 2001)
• Voted NO on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)
• Voted YES on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)
• Budget surplus means it’s time for universal health care. (Apr 2001)
• Budget surplus means it�s time for universal health care. (Apr 2001)
• Invest funds to alleviate the nursing shortage. (Apr 2001)
• Voted NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Apr 2001)
• Voted YES on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Apr 2001)
• $1.5M to provide healthcare access for every child. (Feb 2001)
• Improve patient rights by allowing to sue HMOs. (Feb 2001)
• More discounts for prescription drugs. (Feb 2001)
• New diesel pollution control protects public health. (Feb 2001)
• Prescription drug plan for seniors reduces net costs. (Feb 2001)
• Supports Patients’ Bill of Rights with right to sue. (Feb 2001)
• Supports Patients� Bill of Rights with right to sue. (Feb 2001)
• Vows to protect Medicare, add drug benefit. (Feb 2001)
• $25M more for medical care for most vulnerable citizens. (Jan 2001)
• $28M for Primary Care Initiative. (Jan 2001)
• $6M increase in funding for mental health. (Jan 2001)
• Affordable prescription drugs for needy seniors. (Jan 2001)
• ARKids First program: record decreases in uninsured. (Jan 2001)
• Double the funding for the disabled. (Jan 2001)
• Eliminate waiting period for HealthWave child health care. (Jan 2001)
• Ensure that all seniors get the care they deserve. (Jan 2001)
• Expand Senior Rx. (Jan 2001)
• Fund alternatives to long-term care for seniors. (Jan 2001)
• Goal is for all WI residents to have health benefits. (Jan 2001)
• Golden Buckeye Card for senior Rx discounts. (Jan 2001)
• Healthy Families Initiative: health care access for all. (Jan 2001)
• Increase funding for AIDS treatment & prevention. (Jan 2001)
• Insured 10,000 kids under CHIPs; aim for 20,000. (Jan 2001)
• Invest in state employees’ health plan, despite budget. (Jan 2001)
• Invest in state employees� health plan, despite budget. (Jan 2001)
• Keep “community rating”: insure older people at same rates. (Jan 2001)
• Keep �community rating�: insure older people at same rates. (Jan 2001)
• Medical Education Scholarships for rural doctors. (Jan 2001)
• MEDS Plan: Cover senior Rx under Medicare. (Jan 2001)
• More focus on nursing home and in-home care. (Jan 2001)
• More funding for Medicaid matching & pharmaceuticals. (Jan 2001)
• More funding for prescription drugs & senior care. (Jan 2001)
• More funding for Rx benefits, community health, CHIPs. (Jan 2001)
• No assisted suicide; but End of Life Care & more pain relief. (Jan 2001)
• Senior Rx: “Immediate Helping Hand” now; more later. (Jan 2001)
• Senior Rx: �Immediate Helping Hand� now; more later. (Jan 2001)
• Support small business insurance pool for uninsured. (Jan 2001)
• Supports Kidscare; publicize it via schools. (Jan 2001)
• Universal access for all Vermonters; insure the last 6%. (Jan 2001)
• Use tobacco settlement for biomedical research. (Jan 2001)
• Use tobacco settlement to pay for senior prescriptions. (Jan 2001)
• We must save TennCare, for children & the needy. (Jan 2001)
• Abolish federal Medicare entitlement; leave it to states. (Dec 2000)
• Advocates national health care. (Dec 2000)
• Better and immediate funding for Medicare & Medicaid. (Dec 2000)
• Championed affordable prescription drug coverage. (Dec 2000)
• Focus on prevention, children, and results. (Dec 2000)
• Individual responsibility for unhealthy lifestyle choices. (Dec 2000)
• More funds for senior prescriptions, charity care, Medicaid. (Dec 2000)
• Require insurance companies to pay for 48-hour maternity. (Dec 2000)
• Voted against penalties on tobacco companies. (Dec 2000)
• Ensure access to basic health care. (Nov 2000)
• Medicare lockbox; more funding too. (Nov 2000)
• Medicare Rx plan;more breast cancer research. (Nov 2000)
• Patient Bill of Rights: allow suing HMOs. (Nov 2000)
• Supports Patient Bill of Rights. (Nov 2000)
• Tax credits for seniors’ assisted living. (Nov 2000)
• Tax credits for seniors� assisted living. (Nov 2000)
• Use budget surplus to fund senior prescription drugs. (Nov 2000)
• Absolutely opposed to a national health care plan. (Oct 2000)
• Ask “are we getting health care?” not “are we uninsured?”. (Oct 2000)
• Ask �are we getting health care?� not �are we uninsured?�. (Oct 2000)
• Claims of immediate help are only true for poorer families. (Oct 2000)
• Designed ARKids for preventive healthcare for kids. (Oct 2000)
• Enforce fair drug prices if sponsored by govt research. (Oct 2000)
• Give states money to help poor seniors buy medicine. (Oct 2000)
• Give uninsured employees a deduction to pay for health care. (Oct 2000)
• Guarantee Rx drug for all seniors under Medicare. (Oct 2000)
• Link small businesses together in large insurance pools. (Oct 2000)
• Medical Savings Accounts part of affordable access & choice. (Oct 2000)
• Medicare Rx plan: immediate help, then senior choice. (Oct 2000)
• Opposes More Federal Funding for Health Coverage. (Oct 2000)
• Patient Rights: No gatekeepers for gynecologists. (Oct 2000)
• Share health costs among business, employees, & government. (Oct 2000)
• Supports More Federal Funding for Health Coverage. (Oct 2000)
• Universal access to health care, with restrictions. (Oct 2000)
• $150M for basic health care for uninsured. (Sep 2000)
• $158B for Medicare prescriptions & subsidized premiums. (Sep 2000)
• 100% reimbursement for preventive health care. (Sep 2000)
• 80% reimbursement for Medicare prescriptions. (Sep 2000)
• All seniors entitled to Medicare; poor seniors subsidized. (Sep 2000)
• Cap senior prescription costs at $6,000 per year. (Sep 2000)
• Choice of Medicare, free equivalent, or adding own $. (Sep 2000)
• Cover 3 million uninsured at a 10-year cost of $135 billion. (Sep 2000)
• Effective affordable senior prescription plans. (Sep 2000)
• Give seniors choice, not bureaucrats; give incentives too. (Sep 2000)
• Government HMOs not the answer for Social Security. (Sep 2000)
• Invest $27B in NIH to cure Alzheimer’s & other diseases. (Sep 2000)
• Invest $27B in NIH to cure Alzheimer�s & other diseases. (Sep 2000)
• Lazio: Hillary’s proposals would destroy teaching hospitals. (Sep 2000)
• Lazio: Hillary�s proposals would destroy teaching hospitals. (Sep 2000)
• Medicare prescriptions covered under universal health care. (Sep 2000)
• Our healthcare money is not being spent intelligently. (Sep 2000)
• Patient rights include access but not unlimited lawsuits. (Sep 2000)
• Patient Rights only needed because of govt HMO subsidies. (Sep 2000)
• Price restraints on drugs; limit profiteering. (Sep 2000)
• Second bill to Congress: $48B for immediate Rx help. (Sep 2000)
• Sole committee vote against 1998 McCain tobacco bill. (Sep 2000)
• Supports More Federal Funding for Health Coverage. (Sep 2000)
• Texas slow to register kids in federal health insurance. (Sep 2000)
• Assisted suicide is a state issue, not federal. (Aug 2000)
• Establish "report cards" on HMO quality of care. (Aug 2000)
• Health care should assure Americans that they are cared for. (Aug 2000)
• Health insurance for every American child. (Aug 2000)
• Mandatory insurance for children, at birth, federally paid. (Aug 2000)
• Opposes assisted suicide laws for terminally ill. (Aug 2000)
• Patient Bill of Rights: access; choice; privacy; appeals. (Aug 2000)
• Supports health insurance industry (based in Hartford CT). (Aug 2000)
• Voted to cut Medicare & raise age; now would not. (Aug 2000)
• AIDS drugs show industry focus on profit over health. (Jul 2000)
• Cradle-to-grave health care better than Clinton’s plan. (Jul 2000)
• Cradle-to-grave health care better than Clinton�s plan. (Jul 2000)
• Encourage AIDS cure by getting govt out of AIDS research. (Jul 2000)
• Ensure access to basic health care. (Jul 2000)
• More funding and scholarships for nurses’ aides. (Jul 2000)
• More funding and scholarships for nurses� aides. (Jul 2000)
• No national care, but pure capitalism can’t work. (Jul 2000)
• No national care, but pure capitalism can�t work. (Jul 2000)
• Supports “Minnesota Care”; tax to pay for uninsured. (Jul 2000)
• Supports �Minnesota Care�; tax to pay for uninsured. (Jul 2000)
• Tobacco Bill was bought & paid for by Big Tobacco. (Jul 2000)
• Against allowing assisted suicide. (Jun 2000)
• Focus on seniors; no blank checks to insurance companies. (Jun 2000)
• More funding for Meaningful Prescription Drug Coverage. (Jun 2000)
• Opposes allowing patient lawsuits against HMOs. (Jun 2000)
• Prescription drug benefit within Medicare. (Jun 2000)
• Voted NO on including prescription drugs under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
• Voted NO on Prescription Drug Coverage under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
• Voted NO on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on including prescription drugs under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on Prescription Drug Coverage under Medicare. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on subsidize privat insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage. (Jun 2000)
• Voted YES on subsidizing private insurance for Medicare Rx drug coverage. (Jun 2000)
• $7.4B for nursing home insurance via tax deductions. (May 2000)
• Health care is a universal human right. (May 2000)
• Hillary’s universal health care is “an abysmal disaster”. (May 2000)
• Hillary�s universal health care is �an abysmal disaster�. (May 2000)
• Supports Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act. (May 2000)
• Use Canadian system as a model for US. (May 2000)
• $3.6B for 1,200 new community health centers. (Apr 2000)
• Expand and Reform Medical Savings Accounts:. (Apr 2000)
• Family Health Credit: pay for 90% of basic low-income policy. (Apr 2000)
• Health care access via empowerment, not nationalizing. (Apr 2000)
• More CHIPs; more multistate HMOs. (Apr 2000)
• Opposes doctor assisted suicide. (Apr 2000)
• Private alternatives & state reforms come first. (Apr 2000)
• Small business health insurance via trade associations. (Apr 2000)
• Unhealthy habits cause most deaths--focus on prevention. (Apr 2000)
• HMOs should cover emergency room; & gynecology directly. (Mar 2000)
• Recast health care in a non-profit mode. (Mar 2000)
• Restrict teenage smoking by tough state & federal laws. (Mar 2000)
• The disabled should not be punished for working. (Mar 2000)
• “Outrageous scare tactics” on Medicare’s HIV treatment. (Feb 2000)
• Help HIV-infected with Ryan White Act and health centers. (Feb 2000)
• �Outrageous scare tactics� on Medicare�s HIV treatment. (Feb 2000)
• Pledges better health plan for every Medicaid patient. (Feb 2000)
• A patient bill of rights fits the conservative agenda. (Jan 2000)
• AIDS is a moral crisis based on licentious behavior. (Jan 2000)
• All people on Medicaid should have a primary care physician. (Jan 2000)
• Allocation of research funds not a political decision. (Jan 2000)
• Controlling smoking is key to health care reform. (Jan 2000)
• Covering drugs is the key to reducing health care costs. (Jan 2000)
• Cut costs via prevention; allow more Medicare choice. (Jan 2000)
• Federal govt out of health care. (Jan 2000)
• Fight AIDS by changing people’s personal behavior. (Jan 2000)
• Fight AIDS by changing people�s personal behavior. (Jan 2000)
• Fought for longer maternity stays; will fight for more. (Jan 2000)
• Get government out of health care & costs will plummet. (Jan 2000)
• Get government out of health care & we’ll be better off. (Jan 2000)
• Get government out of health care & we�ll be better off. (Jan 2000)
• Give small-business employees same options as others. (Jan 2000)
• Health care choice will save money for long-term health care. (Jan 2000)
• Health priorities: research; cost control; moral effects. (Jan 2000)
• More funding for community health centers. (Jan 2000)
• More prevention, more patient rights, less malpractice. (Jan 2000)
• Patient rights & HMO rights are not federal responsibility. (Jan 2000)
• Replace “gatekeepers” with health care vouchers. (Jan 2000)
• Replace �gatekeepers� with health care vouchers. (Jan 2000)
• Replace Medicaid with competitive system. (Jan 2000)
• Solve health care affordability with choice. (Jan 2000)
• Supports prescription drug savings plan for poor seniors. (Jan 2000)
• Use tobacco funds to increase number of insured adults. (Jan 2000)
• All Americans should have access to affordable health care. (Dec 1999)
• Let market determine health payments, not bureaucrats. (Dec 1999)
• Allow opting out of Medicare via private doctors. (Nov 1999)
• Expand Medical Savings Accounts. (Nov 1999)
• Health Care Declaration of Independence. (Nov 1999)
• Make health care a right, not a privilege. (Nov 1999)
• $650B over 10 yrs for children’s mandatory health insurance. (Oct 1999)
• $650B over 10 yrs for children�s mandatory health insurance. (Oct 1999)
• Against bureaucratic decision-making. (Oct 1999)
• Consumerism works in health care. (Oct 1999)
• Create respite centers for Alzheimer’s patients & caregivers. (Oct 1999)
• Create respite centers for Alzheimer�s patients & caregivers. (Oct 1999)
• Fund reforms from surplus, medical Internet, & lower costs. (Oct 1999)
• Maintain Medicare funding of HMO benefits. (Oct 1999)
• More Rx support, to avoid cross-border drug buying. (Oct 1999)
• Supports Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)
• Voted NO on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
• Voted NO on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)
• Voted YES on banning physician-assisted suicide. (Oct 1999)
• Voted YES on establishing tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts. (Oct 1999)
• Single payer system for all basic health needs. (Sep 1999)
• Switch from disease care to preventive health care. (Sep 1999)
• Allowing suing HMOs. (Aug 1999)
• Doctors & insurers should regulate drugs, not FDA. (Aug 1999)
• FDA has caused needless deaths by delaying medications. (Aug 1999)
• Keep commercialism out of maternity wards. (Aug 1999)
• Medicare: Revise reimbursement rules for Home Health Care. (Aug 1999)
• New non-VA programs for military retirees’ health care. (Aug 1999)
• New non-VA programs for military retirees� health care. (Aug 1999)
• Prescription rules should be controlled by states, not FDA. (Aug 1999)
• Supports public health measures, but supports right to smoke. (Aug 1999)
• Tobacco bill was a $500B tax bill in disguise. (Aug 1999)
• Unhealthy pleasures should be decided by individuals. (Aug 1999)
• Universal health care & health insurance coverage. (Aug 1999)
• Challenge the monetization of HMOs. (Jul 1999)
• Federal tax breaks for small business health coverage. (Jul 1999)
• HMO cost control shouldn’t hurt patients. (Jul 1999)
• HMO cost control shouldn�t hurt patients. (Jul 1999)
• HMO plan: accountability, doctor-driven, independent review. (Jul 1999)
• HMO review procedures must be independent of HMOs. (Jul 1999)
• HMOs: more info; prudent emergency care; external appeal. (Jul 1999)
• Make medicines affordable in Third World. (Jul 1999)
• Patient rights: choice, security, ownership. (Jul 1999)
• Provider rights: meet customer needs; respond to market. (Jul 1999)
• Supported funding Family and Children's Coverage. (Jul 1999)
• Supported funding older women's health. (Jul 1999)
• Supported funding Prenatal and Postpartum Care. (Jul 1999)
• Supported funding women's health needs. (Jul 1999)
• Voted NO on limiting self-employment health deduction. (Jul 1999)
• Voted YES on limiting self-employment health deduction. (Jul 1999)
• Allow self-employed to deduct health costs. (Jun 1999)
• Health insurance for kids from tobacco settlement. (Jun 1999)
• Against Doctor-Assisted Suicide as “barbaric”. (May 1999)
• Against Doctor-Assisted Suicide as �barbaric�. (May 1999)
• More coverage; doctors in charge of HMOs. (May 1999)
• Reject euthanasia and assisted suicide. (May 1999)
• Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure. (Apr 1999)
• Against tobacco lawsuits funding more health programs. (Mar 1999)
• Expand medical savings accounts for employers & individuals. (Feb 1999)
• Comment “suicides are weak” meant “don’t encourage them”. (Jan 1999)
• Comment �suicides are weak� meant �don�t encourage them�. (Jan 1999)
• Health plans should match those for Congress. (Jan 1999)
• Right to die usurps the Declaration and God. (Jan 1999)
• BadgerCare will provide uninsured with affordable care. (Dec 1998)
• Big Pharma blocks selling generic drugs to Third World. (Dec 1998)
• Council for Tobacco Research is for propaganda, not research. (Dec 1998)
• Stop firing doctors for pointing out bad conditions at HMOs. (Dec 1998)
• Stop shifting liability from HMOs to doctors. (Dec 1998)
• Tobacco industry hid truth via attorney-client privilege. (Dec 1998)
• Ensure healthcare for uninsured children. (Nov 1998)
• Expand tax-free medical savings accounts. (Nov 1998)
• Government interference should be kept to a minimum. (Nov 1998)
• No physician-assisted suicide. (Nov 1998)
• Supports tax-free medical savings accounts. (Nov 1998)
• Premise of the tobacco lawsuit wrong; it punishes victims. (Aug 1998)
• Focus on prevention; patient rights; more coverage options. (Jul 1998)
• Focus on prevention; would save $14B with diabetes. (Jul 1998)
• Guaranteed medical care is not a government responsibility. (Jul 1998)
• Lower care costs; reform taxes; limit lawsuits. (Jul 1998)
• Ongoing battle against liberals nationalizing healthcare. (Jul 1998)
• Universal coverage helps more than minimum wage increase. (Jul 1998)
• Universal health ID’s are a threat to liberty. (Jul 1998)
• Universal health ID�s are a threat to liberty. (Jul 1998)
• Provide classical music for all newborns. (Jun 1998)
• Voted NO on increasing tobacco restrictions. (Jun 1998)
• Voted YES on increasing tobacco restrictions. (Jun 1998)
• Collect data on birth defects and present to the public. (Apr 1998)
• Voted NO on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)
• Voted YES on banning human cloning. (Feb 1998)
• Providing insurance for children is a top priority. (Jan 1998)
• Voted NO on Medicare means-testing. (Jun 1997)
• Voted YES on Medicare means-testing. (Jun 1997)
• Divert military spending to preventable diseases abroad. (May 1997)
• Fraud Control Unit for Medicare fraud. (May 1997)
• 1995: Let Medicare wither on the vine. (Jan 1997)
• Let workers keep insurance when they change jobs. (Jan 1997)
• Encourage tax-free medical savings accounts. (Nov 1996)
• State funds for pre-natal care, basic care, and managed care. (Nov 1996)
• Support managed competition & healthcare tax incentives. (Nov 1996)
• Supports managed competition & medical savings accounts. (Nov 1996)
• Supports medical savings accounts & managed competition. (Nov 1996)
• Cost-effective meditation bargain for taxpayer. (Oct 1996)
• Citizens have access to basic health care. (Jul 1996)
• Decentralizing power will reduce health costs. (Jul 1996)
• Health-care vouchers; tax incentives; limit med.mal. (Jul 1996)
• Abolish FDA; get govt out of health care. (May 1996)
• Focus on prevention and finance health care accordingly. (May 1996)
• Opposed Clinton's plan for government-run healthcare. (Apr 1996)
• States should mandate that insurers do not cancel policies. (Apr 1996)
• Voted NO on blocking medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)
• Voted NO on medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)
• Voted YES on blocking medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)
• Voted YES on medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)
• Let FDA regulate nicotine as an addictive drug. (Mar 1996)
• Balance budget to afford comprehensive coverage. (Aug 1995)
• Health care reform: no selective insurance. (Aug 1995)
• Let states reform Medicaid; fight “one size fits all”. (Aug 1995)
• Let states reform Medicaid; fight �one size fits all�. (Aug 1995)
• 1992 Health Plan all about coercion, not compassion. (Jul 1995)
• Government can improve health care by getting out of it. (Jul 1995)
• Medicare has caused higher health costs. (Jul 1995)
• Too much reform puts 1/7 of US economy at risk. (Jun 1995)
• Replace expensive, red-tape-ridden, litigious system. (Jan 1995)
• Women's health care concerns have been underfunded. (Nov 1994)
• Tobacco is the world’s worst air pollutant. (Oct 1994)
• Tobacco is the world�s worst air pollutant. (Oct 1994)
• $100B on healthcare reform requires large new unpopular tax. (Jun 1994)
• Payments in health care system should be progressive. (May 1994)
• End “rationing”; preventative health care for all. (Sep 1993)
• End �rationing�; preventative health care for all. (Sep 1993)
• Deregulate health care; government is the problem. (Jul 1993)
• Health care has problems, but no crisis for drastic change. (Jul 1993)
• Served on Hillary’s task force & advocated its results. (Jun 1993)
• Served on Hillary�s task force & advocated its results. (Jun 1993)
• NAFTA is backdoor deregulation; lowers FDA standards. (Jan 1993)
• Ban smoking in all public places. (Nov 1992)
• Expand Medicare to cover all Americans. (Nov 1992)
• Isolate carriers of this plague of AIDS. (Nov 1992)
• No additional AIDS spending; cancer & vascular victims first. (Nov 1992)
• Supports consumer-driven “medical IRA” with tax-free money. (Nov 1992)
• Supports consumer-driven �medical IRA� with tax-free money. (Nov 1992)
• Frivolous lawsuits run up medical costs by $25 billion. (Oct 1992)
• We are taking action on AIDS, despite complaints. (Oct 1992)
• Attack AIDS at every level: more education, more research. (Jul 1992)
• Drug abuse & unsafe sex cause AIDS, not homophobia. (Jul 1992)
• Long term: comprehensive national health policy. (Jul 1992)
• Short term: cost containment & focus on prevention. (Jul 1992)
• Choice and coverage: health insurance tax credit. (Jan 1992)
• Do not tolerate 38 million Americans without medical care. (Jan 1992)
• Increase taxes on cigarettes. (Jan 1992)
• Federal assistance for catastrophic healthcare. (Apr 1991)
• AIDS victims need protection against discrimination. (May 1989)
• Let people buy into Medicaid; no mandated insurance. (Sep 1988)
• Fight AIDS by encouraging families; test AIDS at marriage. (Apr 1987)
• Catastrophic health insurance for all Medicare recipients. (Jan 1976)
• Vetoes $550M for public heath services. (Jul 1975)
• Wrong to put health care system under heavy federal hand. (Jan 1974)
• No American will miss basic medical care by inability to pay. (Jan 1971)
• Give people freedom to choose health insurance or not. (Sep 1960)
• $500 tax credit for family eldercare. (Dec 1994) Medicare/Medicaid
• Allow prescription drug re-importation. (May 2004) AIDS
• Cover 3m Hispanic kids & have National Translation Center. (Sep 2003) Voting Record
• Create Review Board to hear HMO complaints. (Dec 1999) Prescription Drugs
• Crises happen in our lives and healthcare is necessary. (Oct 2004) Voting Record
• Criticizes “sweetheart deal” for big tobacco. (Nov 1998) Tobacco
• Criticizes �sweetheart deal� for big tobacco. (Nov 1998) Tobacco
• Ensure access to basic care. (Jul 1998) Voting Record
• Insurance reward for avoiding tobacco, alcohol, obesity. (Sep 2007) Voting+Sponsorships
• Lack of accessible health care is a disgrace. (May 2002) Health Insurance
• Lead global fight against AIDS. (Jul 2004) ObamaCare
• Lead global fight against AIDS. (Jul 2004) Universal Coverage
• Limited lawsuits against HMOs and automakers. (Jan 2000) Voting Record
• Medicare Rx drug coverage for low-income seniors. (Mar 2000) Tort Reform
• More funding for disability assistance. (Jun 2000) Insurance coverage
• More help to those who fall through the cracks of the system. (Aug 2004) Universal Coverage
• New Prosperity Initiative: $2,000 health ins. tax credit. (Apr 2000) Medicare + Medicaid
• ObamaCare's power grab won't work; Obama didn't ask me. (Jun 2011) RomneyCare
• Providing health care for kids is an ethical issue. (Oct 1996) Voting Record
• Reform failed in ‘90s because of drug company lobbying. (Jul 2007) Universal Coverage
• Reform failed in �90s because of drug company lobbying. (Jul 2007) Universal Coverage
• Replace 132,000-page Medicare document with senior choice. (Jan 2000) Patient Rights
• Socialized medicine designed to seize control of system. (Jan 1995) Voting Record
• Voluntary purchasing pools. (Mar 2002) ObamaCare
• Will expand health coverage & allow meds to be re-imported. (May 2004) Obamacare Criticism