Values Voter Presidential Debate, sponsored by numerous value-based and faith-based organizations: on Health Care

Alan Keyes: Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage

Q: Nations with socialized medicine reduced the cost of their healthcare systems by restricting patients’ access that needed treatments and healthcare rationing. Will you protect the availability of needed medical care by opposing current efforts to subject Americans to government-mandated health insurance and universal coverage?

HUCKABEE: Yes.
TANCREDO: Yes.
COX: Yes.
BROWNBACK: Yes.
PAUL: Yes.
HUNTER: Yes.
KEYES: Yes.

Source: [Xref Huckabee] 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

Alan Keyes: Insurance reward for avoiding tobacco, alcohol, obesity

Q: Healthcare consumes up to 17% of our GNP. It appears that lifestyles that are based in moral principles would reduce healthcare expenditures. Would you support a private healthcare approach that rewards behavior that promotes moral lifestyles-- that is, avoiding alcohol and tobacco consumption, as well as obesity reduction, exercise and nutrition that promotes health?

HUCKABEE: Yes.
TANCREDO: Yes.
COX: Yes.
BROWNBACK: Yes.
PAUL: Yes.
HUNTER: Yes.
KEYES: Yes.

Source: [Xref Huckabee] 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

Alan Keyes: Protect disabled and vulnerable people like Terri Schiavo

Q: My name is Bobby Schindler, and I’m with the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation. My beloved sister Terri Schiavo was starved & dehydrated to death, in the land of abundance. The world watched because she was disabled & unable to speak for herself. Would you support legislation that would protect the cognitively disabled & vulnerable people from having their food & water taken away?

HUCKABEE:Yes.
TANCREDO:Yes.
COX:Yes.
BROWNBACK: Yes.
PAUL: No.
HUNTER: Yes.
KEYES:Yes.

Source: [Xref Paul] 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

Duncan Hunter: Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage

HUCKABEE: Yes.
TANCREDO: Yes.
COX: Yes.
BROWNBACK: Yes.
PAUL: Yes.
HUNTER: Yes.
KEYES: Yes.

Source: [Xref Huckabee] 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

John Cox: Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage

HUCKABEE: Yes.
TANCREDO: Yes.
COX: Yes.
BROWNBACK: Yes.
PAUL: Yes.
HUNTER: Yes.
KEYES: Yes.

Source: [Xref Huckabee] 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

John Cox: Insurance reward for avoiding tobacco, alcohol, obesity

HUCKABEE: Yes.
TANCREDO: Yes.
COX: Yes.
BROWNBACK: Yes.
PAUL: Yes.
HUNTER: Yes.
KEYES: Yes.

Source: [Xref Huckabee] 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

John Cox: Protect disabled and vulnerable people like Terri Schiavo

HUCKABEE:Yes.
TANCREDO:Yes.
COX:Yes.
BROWNBACK: Yes.
PAUL: No.
HUNTER: Yes.
KEYES:Yes.

Source: [Xref Paul] 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

Mike Huckabee: Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage

HUCKABEE: Yes.
TANCREDO: Yes.
COX: Yes.
BROWNBACK: Yes.
PAUL: Yes.
HUNTER: Yes.
KEYES: Yes.

Source: 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

Mike Huckabee: Insurance reward for avoiding tobacco, alcohol, obesity

HUCKABEE: Yes.
TANCREDO: Yes.
COX: Yes.
BROWNBACK: Yes.
PAUL: Yes.
HUNTER: Yes.
KEYES: Yes.

Source: 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

Ron Paul: Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage

HUCKABEE: Yes.
TANCREDO: Yes.
COX: Yes.
BROWNBACK: Yes.
PAUL: Yes.
HUNTER: Yes.
KEYES: Yes.

Source: [Xref Huckabee] 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

Ron Paul: Insurance reward for avoiding tobacco, alcohol, obesity

HUCKABEE: Yes.
TANCREDO: Yes.
COX: Yes.
BROWNBACK: Yes.
PAUL: Yes.
HUNTER: Yes.
KEYES: Yes.

Source: [Xref Huckabee] 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

Ron Paul: Not government’s role to protect people like Terri Schiavo

HUCKABEE:Yes.
TANCREDO:Yes.
COX:Yes.
BROWNBACK: Yes.
PAUL: No.
HUNTER: Yes.
KEYES:Yes.

Source: 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

Sam Brownback: Insurance reward for avoiding tobacco, alcohol, obesity

HUCKABEE: Yes.
TANCREDO: Yes.
COX: Yes.
BROWNBACK: Yes.
PAUL: Yes.
HUNTER: Yes.
KEYES: Yes.

Source: [Xref Huckabee] 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

Tom Tancredo: Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage

HUCKABEE: Yes.
TANCREDO: Yes.
COX: Yes.
BROWNBACK: Yes.
PAUL: Yes.
HUNTER: Yes.
KEYES: Yes.

Source: [Xref Huckabee] 2007 GOP Values Voter Presidential Debate Sep 17, 2007

The above quotations are from Values Voter Presidential Debate Republican candidates in Fort Lauderdale Florida, moderated by Joseph Farah, Sept. 17, 2007. Click here for definitions & background information on Health Care. Click here for other issues (main summary page). Click here for more quotes by John Cox on Health Care. Click here for more quotes by Alan Keyes on Health Care.
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