iVoterGuide.com 2024 Senate/Congress/Gubernatorial coverage: on Health Care

Mark Robinson: Vaccinations for dangerous diseases; but COVID was overreach

A: [Chose choice C) "Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary." Comment:] If elected governor, my plan for improving healthcare for all North Carolinians includes creating more transparency in medical billing, tackling waste, fraud and abuse in the system to help further reduce costs and save taxpayer dollars, and supporting rural healthcare providers to make sure that North Carolinians of all backgrounds and communities can access the care they need.

Q: Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?

A: I support current law that requires vaccinations for dangerous diseases before attending school with religious and medical exemptions. I oppose the overreach and mandates from the COVID-19 pandemic such as requiring COVID-19 vaccines.

Sam Brown: Vaccine mandates are direct violation of civil liberties

Answer: Mandates are a direct violation of our civil liberties. Vaccinations should be a personal choice free from government interference

Question: What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D)Tax-payer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be de-funded.

Answer: B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options.

Dale Folwell: Clear Pricing Project: no secret healthcare contracts

A: As NC State Treasurer, I have led the fight by initiating the Clear Pricing Project (CCP) within the NC State Health Plan to fight the CARTEL and to get rid of secret healthcare contracts on behalf of those that teach, protect and otherwise serve. Push the power to the people: they know how to consume in the other 80% of their lives. This includes an immediate repeal of Certificate of Need (CON) No one in NC consumes healthcare, it consumes them.

Q: Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?

A: As Treasurer, we stayed in the check delivery business by managing COVID with common sense & courtesy. Even with pressure from Gov. Cooper, we didn't require vaccinations at the Treasurer's office. As Governor, I wouldn't require COVID/vaccinations

Dan Eubanks: Don't require vaccinations; Medicare & Medicaid only

A: Never, if it violates the conscience or faith of the individual. If we as society believe that a vaccine protects an individual from illness, then it should not matter if the individual decides whether they want it or not. It's their choice.

Q: What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

A: C

Frank LaRose: No vaccine requirements; don't expand beyond Medicare

A: None.

Q: What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

A: C

Mac Warner: No person should be compelled to take a vaccination

A: No person should be compelled to take a vaccination. Certain government jobs, like those undergoing military deployments, may require immunizations. Such workers should be able to decline such deployment. There must always be a religious exemption.

Q: What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

A: Option C.

Robin Ficker: Limit requiring vaccines; limit tax-funding to Medicare

A: Traditional sterilizing vaccines? Public schools probably can require them, pursuant to the locality's police power. Otherwise, governments generally shouldn't be imposing requirements. Private corporations and schools can generally require them.

Q: What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

A: C.