Fixing health care: 2 differing approaches
How they plan to do that is where they differ.
Tenney, the incumbent Republican congresswoman, has voted for the American Health Care Act, which she said would have helped people who are struggling with insurance.
"We spent a lot of time on it all last year and came up with the American Health Care Act to try to give an opportunity for Americans to once again be able to afford health insurance and to have flexibility to," she said. "We've done a lot of things since the American Health Care Act to try to provide and give people lifelines to rescue them from Obamacare."
Running against Tenney in the 22nd Congressional district, Democrat Brindisi said the first thing that needs to be fixed is the Affordable Care Act and make health insurance more affordable for everyone.
"We're faced with the fact, here in
In the state Legislature, Brindisi worked with state Sen.
He helped get
"One thing we need is a real plan to lower drug prices," Brindisi said. "Some ideas that I have are to allow Medicare to negotiate with drug companies; we need more transparency in drug prices and the government should take a tougher stance against companies that price gouge consumers. I believe we also have to look for ways to make it easier for generics to get to market so there's more competition. And finally, we should be doing what
Since being sworn into
Tenney believes that health care for all or single-payer health care is "new socialism" and shouldn't be passed. But her votes for the
Many critics of the
"The biggest, I would call it a flat-out lie that
The act would have allowed for states to seek a waiver that would make it possible to charge patients more if their coverage lapsed for more than 63 days, which could be used against people with pre-existing conditions, some argue.
If she were elected, Tenney said she would continue to try to provide a way for those people who want health insurance -- but can't get it because of Obamacare -- to get insurance.
"We're going to continue to fight the battle to do what we're doing -- to give people a lifeline from Obamacare," she said. "We're also going to come up and try to renegotiate some kind of solution. ... We're going to try to lower premiums, we're going to give people the opportunity to buy across state lines. Ultimately, we'd like to see us be able to repeal and replace Obamacare with something that actually gives quality health care, preserves the relationship between patients and doctors."
Brindisi said
"When it comes to health care, my No. 1 priority in
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