Tim Walz’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?

Voting recordYes

Healthcare › Stay At Home Order

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

Tim Walz voterbaseYes

Healthcare › COVID-19 Vaccine

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

Public statementsYes, but immediately after frontline workers, elderly, and those at higher risk than me receive it

Healthcare › Drug Price Regulation

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

Tim Walz voterbaseYes, and we should socialize medicine and healthcare

Healthcare › Masks on Public Transportation

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

Tim Walz voterbaseYes, we need to do everything we can to protect the immunocompromised population

Healthcare › Stay-At-Home Order

When should your state end the “Stay at Home” order and reopen its economy?

Tim Walz voterbaseUntil a vaccine is approved by the FDA

Healthcare › Pre-Existing Conditions

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

Tim Walz voterbaseNo, it is immoral to deny health insurance to people with pre-existing conditions

Healthcare › Mental Health

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

Tim Walz 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?

Voting recordYes, and immediately release anyone serving time solely for drug offenses

Healthcare › Single-Payer Healthcare

Do you support a single-payer healthcare system?

Tim Walz voterbaseYes, private companies should not be able to profit off of healthcare

Healthcare › Drug Pricing Caps

Should the government eliminate price caps on generic drugs?

Tim Walz voterbaseNo

Healthcare › Vaccine Mandates for Customers

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

Voting recordNo

Healthcare › Medicaid Work Requirement

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

Tim Walz voterbaseNo, the vast majority of people who receive Medicaid are disabled

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?

Tim Walz 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?

Tim Walz voterbaseYes

Healthcare › Medicaid

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

Tim Walz voterbaseYes

Healthcare › Healthcare Debt Relief

Should the government forgive all medical debt for Americans?

Tim Walz voterbaseYes

Healthcare › World Health Organization

Should the government fund the World Health Organization?

Tim Walz 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?

Voting recordNo

Healthcare › Obamacare

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

Tim Walz voterbaseYes, but a mandatory single payer system would be even better

Healthcare › Vaccine Passports

Should the government issue vaccine passports?

Voting recordNo

Healthcare › VA Privatization

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

Tim Walz 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?

Party’s support baseYes

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