Declared 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate
Former Speaker of the House
Newt Gingrich
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Gingrich Position on Health Care
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• He thinks that health care should be competitive and allowed to cross state lines. Competition would lower prices and provide more choices.
• He would give tax credits for developing the technology to help and prevent disabilities.
• Gingrich thinks Medicare should focus on preventative health instead of illness and that we’d save $14 billion on diabetes treatments alone.
• He thinks the government does not belong in health care. Nationalizing health care hurts everyone.
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Declared 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate
Career Flight Attendant
Tom Miller
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Miller Position on Health Care
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• Miller will immediately de fund the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and support its repeal.
• He will support the world renowned Mayo Clinics proposals to reform health care that were submitted to and rejected by Congress in May 2009.
• He will reform tort laws and malpractice insurance.
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Declared 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate
Former Governor of Massachusetts
Mitt Romney
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Romney Position on Health Care
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• Romney supports universal health care but not a government program which would raise taxes.
• As Governor of Massachusetts, Romney implemented a universal health care plan for the state.
• He plans on market reforms to expand and deregulate private insurance to decrease costs and give more Americans access to affordable care.
• He wants to offers tax breaks and other incentives to individuals without insurance.
• Romney would allow tax deductions for out-of-pocket medical expenses.
• He would permit states to direct funds spent treating the uninsured to instead assist them in purchasing private health insurance.
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Declared 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate
Matt Snyder
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Snyder Position on Health Care
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"Repeal Obamacare. Allow competition among states to drive costs down. Initiate tort reform to help reduce medical costs."
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Declared 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate
Businessman
Vern Wuensche
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Wuensche Position on Health Care
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• Vern Wuensche strongly demands that the 2010 health care bill be repealed.
• He believes that tort reform with a cap on punitive damages should be enacted on health care cases.
• He believes that consumers should be allowed to buy health care insurance across state lines.
• Wuensche believes that free enterprise should be introduced into the health care system by means of efficient tax free medical savings accounts.
• He believes that emphasis should be placed on the prevention and early detection of health care problems.
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