Gretchen Whitmer’s Policies on Healthcare Issues

Healthcare › COVID Mask Mandate

Should the federal government require people to wear face masks in public during the COVID pandemic?

Party’s support baseYes

Healthcare › Stay At Home Order

Should the government enforce a “stay-at-home” order to combat the coronavirus?

Party’s support baseYes

Healthcare › COVID-19 Vaccine

Will you get the Covid-19 vaccine once it is ready?

Party’s support baseYes

Healthcare › Drug Price Regulation

Should the government regulate the prices of life-saving drugs?

Public statementsYes

Healthcare › Masks on Public Transportation

Should the Federal government mandate that masks be worn by all people on public transportation?

Party’s support baseYes

Healthcare › Pre-Existing Conditions

Should health insurers be allowed to deny coverage to individuals who have a pre-existing condition?

Public statementsNo

Healthcare › Mental Health

Should the government increase funding for mental health research and treatment?

Gretchen Whitmer voterbaseYes, our mental healthcare system needs more funding to provide a higher quality of care and services

Healthcare › Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of Marijuana?

Public statementsYes

Healthcare › Single-Payer Healthcare

Do you support a single-payer healthcare system?

Gretchen Whitmer voterbaseYes

Healthcare › Drug Pricing Caps

Should the government eliminate price caps on generic drugs?

Gretchen Whitmer voterbaseNo

Healthcare › Vaccine Mandates for Customers

Should private businesses have the right to ask customers for their vaccination status?

Party’s support baseYes

Healthcare › Medicaid Work Requirement

Should people be required to work in order to receive Medicaid?

Public statementsNo

Healthcare › Safe Haven

Should cities open drug “safe havens” where people who are addicted to illegal drugs can use them under the supervision of medical professionals?

Gretchen Whitmer voterbaseYes, drug abuse should be treated as a health issue, not a criminal issue

Healthcare › Medicare Drug Prices

Should the federal government be allowed to negotiate drug prices for Medicare?

Gretchen Whitmer voterbaseYes

Healthcare › Medicaid

Should the federal government increase funding of health care for low income individuals (Medicaid)?

Public statementsYes

Healthcare › Healthcare Debt Relief

Should the government forgive all medical debt for Americans?

Gretchen Whitmer voterbaseYes

Healthcare › World Health Organization

Should the government fund the World Health Organization?

Gretchen Whitmer voterbaseYes, but only relative to the amount that other countries contribute

Healthcare › COVID Employment Health Pass

Should the government require employees of large businesses to be vaccinated from COVID?

Gretchen Whitmer voterbaseNo, I think businesses should require vaccination but not by government mandate

Healthcare › Obamacare

Do you support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?

Public statementsYes

Healthcare › Vaccine Passports

Should the government issue vaccine passports?

Party’s support baseYes

Healthcare › VA Privatization

Should there be more or less privatization of veterans’ healthcare?

Gretchen Whitmer voterbaseLess, we should increase funding to improve the current system instead

Healthcare › Medical Consensus

Should medical boards penalize doctors who give health advice that contradicts contemporary scientific consensus?

Gretchen Whitmer voterbaseNo, but the doctors should be required to disclose that the advice contradicts contemporary scientific consensus

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