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Scott Walker presidential campaign, 2016/Healthcare
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 Scott Walker |
Governor of Wisconsin (2011-2019) Milwaukee County Executive (2002-2010) Wisconsin State Assembly (1993-2002) |
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- Scott Walker announced his plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on August 18, 2015. Named the “Day One Patient Freedom Plan,” Walker’s proposal called "for lowering the cost of health insurance by reducing regulation of the industry, providing tax credits to offset the cost of private insurance plans and allowing people to shop for plans across state lines.”[2]
- Prior to the ruling in King v. Burwell, Scott Walker wrote an op-ed for CNN on the Supreme Court case on June 24, 2015. Walker stated, "If the high court rules in favor of the administration, Obamacare will continue, unchanged. And that means the Republican House and Senate must redouble the fight to repeal and replace Obamacare."[3]
- While appearing on CBS's Face the Nation on December 1, 2013, Walker said of the Affordable Care Act, " I think long-term a much better option for us here in Wisconsin and across the country is to replace it with something better." Walker added, "What we need to do is go to a market-driven position where the tax incentives are the same whether you buy it through your employer, whether you buy it individually, or whether you do what most people I think would intend to do, and that is buy it through a health savings account."[4]
- According to the Wisconsin State Journal in February 2013, Walker rejected "Medicaid expansion under the federal health care law. Walker said he would instead work to increase health coverage for Wisconsinites with an alternate plan that involves lifting an enrollment cap on Medicaid programs for childless adults, tightening income eligibility for state residents able to use Medicaid programs, and bumping thousands of people from such programs to federal government-run health care exchanges where they can buy private insurance."[5]
- In January 2011, Walker signed into law two bills which, respectively, limited "noneconomic damages – such as payments for pain and suffering – to $750,000 in medical malpractice cases at nursing homes" and allowed Wisconsin tax filers with health savings accounts "to deduct costs from their state income taxes."[6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ New York Times, "Scott Walker Said to Be Quitting Run for President," September 21, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "How Scott Walker proposes to repeal and replace Obamacare," August 18, 2015
- ↑ CNN, "Obama can't pass buck on health insurance," June 24, 2015
- ↑ CBS News, "Face the Nation transcripts December 1, 2013: Menendez, Corker, Walker," December 1, 2013
- ↑ Wisconsin State Journal, “Scott Walker rejects Medicaid expansion, proposes alternate plan to cover uninsured," February 14, 2013
- ↑ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Walker scores victories on tort reform, HSAs," January 20, 2011
