Carly Fiorina vice presidential campaign, 2016/Healthcare

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Carly Fiorina suspended her presidential campaign on February 10, 2016.^[1]

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Carly Fiorina wrote an op-ed in TIME to promote her plan “to repeal Obamacare and promote the free market in healthcare.” She said Obamacare should be replaced “with a plan that protects those with pre-existing conditions in state-run high-risk pools, reduces costs, protects religious liberty and moves us closer to real, genuine competition that drives down costs and drives up quality.” She pointed to the healthcare proposal of U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) as an example of such a plan.^[2]

In a interview with Glamour, published January 12, 2016, Fiorina called for the government to require healthcare-related companies to publish their prices, costs, and outcomes. She said, “Emergency room visits are up. Health insurance premiums are up. We're throwing more and more people into Medicaid, and yet fewer and fewer doctors are accepting reimbursement for Medicaid insurance. We need to try the free markets…. [But] one thing the government should mandate—I don't use that term lightly—is that every health care provider, every health insurance company, the pharmaceutical industry publish their prices, costs, and outcomes…. That's the only way to start putting power back in the hands of patients: transparency.”^[3]

At the fourth Republican primary debate, Fiorina discussed her views on healthcare. She said, "Obamacare has to be repealed because … it's failing the very people it was intended to help, but, also, it is croney-capitalism [sic] at its worst. Who helped write this bill? Drug companies, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, every single one of those kinds of companies are bulking up to deal with big government. See, that's what happens. As government gets bigger, and bigger -- and it has been for 50 years under republicans and democrats alike -- and business have to bulk up to deal with big government. So, we have to repeal it. It's tens of thousands of pages long, no one can possible [sic] understand it except the big companies, the lawyers, the accountants, the lobbyists that they hire to protect their interests. Then, we have to give back to states the responsibility to manage a high risk pool. We need to try the one thing in health insurance we've never tried. Health insurance has always been a cozy, little game between regulators and health insurance companies. We need to try the free market. The free market. Where people actually have to compete."^[4]

During a town hall event in Idaho, Fiorina argued that healthcare would be improved if consumers had more information about costs. She said, "The federal government should mandate, that healthcare providers of all kinds publish on a regular basis their costs, their prices, and their outcomes."^[5]

In September 2015, Sarah Isgur Flores, a spokeswoman for Fiorina, said the candidate had not supported an individual mandate during a 2013 interview. Flores explained, “She was agreeing with the Heritage proposal, which said that there would be some type of catastrophic care requirement – set up a little like auto damage liability insurance – aimed at reducing taxpayer costs of unexpected ER visits. Not what Obamacare required, which is actually high end insurance coverage."^[6]

In her 2010 "Economic Growth Plan," Fiorina proposed repealing Obamacare and replacing it "with a bill that relies on creating more competition, reducing the role of government, lowering costs and enhancing the quality of care."^[7]

During a September 2010 debate, Fiorina said, "Let us subsidize a high-risk pool, for high-risk individuals. It would cost us much less money than this health care bill."^[8]

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