U. S. HOUSE DISTRICT 6 CANDIDATES
Jason Crow: As our country grapples with COVID- 19, we must provide economic relief and full funding for testing, contact tracing and vaccine research. We also must address the impact of big money in our politics by passing comprehensive campaign finance reform — ensuring quality affordable health care, passing immigration reform, ending the scourge of gun violence, and combating climate change all depend on our ability to end the influence of special interests. My third priority is addressing climate change. We’ve seen the impact of climate change on our communities and we need to make sure we’re working with an administration that believes in science and takes a fact- based approach.
Should the Affordable Care Act be replaced? If so, what would you replace it with?
Crow: We should preserve and build on the ACA, not throw it out. For too long, we have seen the negative influence of Big Pharma on Congress with several industry lobbyists on Capitol Hill for every member of Congress. Meanwhile, one in three Coloradans can’t afford to pay for their medication — which is why I co- led the Freedom from Price Gouging Act, which would prevent drug manufacturers from profiting off unreasonable price hikes.
Steven House: 1. Reduce health care cost, improve access and raise quality. 2. Use innovation to bring our education system back to competitive worldwide and at a level that enables dreams for our children. 3. Reform immigration policy to be more people- centric and more effective.
House: It should ultimately be replaced but not initially. Replaced with a New American Healthcare plan that emphasizes transparency, market- based pricing, enforcement of Safe Harbor protections, real incentives to be healthy, health insurance policy ownership, age based rating system, and more.
Norm Olsen: Constitutional amendments and/ or modifications of the rules of the U. S. House of Representatives as necessary to conform to the rules by which the Colorado legislature lives by. Specifically: 1. Constitutional amendment establishing term limits for senators and representatives. 2. Continuing resolutions with regard to appropriations are prohibited. 3. Any bill must address a single issue, and once submitted the title of a bill may not be changed, and the content of any bill must remain true to its title.
Olsen: Yes! So much of what the ACA was supposed to be has never been achieved: state exchanges, universal coverage, individual mandates, keep your plan, keep your doctor, annual premium reduction of $ 2,500, etc. Despite assurances of the proponents of the ACA to the contrary, it increased taxes on most all Americans. There is no right to health care. Health care is a valuable resource which must be nurtured, developed, and managed according to conflicting requirements such as availability, cost, price, and demand. Canada, the U. K., France, Russia, and the ACA itself demonstrate that government cannot successfully perform this function unilaterally.