The Charleston Gazette - State Races

Troy Andes

( ) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.

By cutting taxes and reforming our broken legal system, we can attract new businesses that provide good-paying...

Rocky D. Holmes

( ) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.First, insure every child until graduation of high school. Second, give yearly vouchers, paid for by the State, for yearly physical examinations. Th...

Karen Facemyer

( ) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.A comprehensive approach must be made to address the issue of any West Virginian without health care. For too long we have made changes in a pieceme...

Dale Martin

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.A working group is currently re-evaluating our states healthcare system to determine what is needed to ensure a state-of-the-art, affordable, access...

James L. McCormick II

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance. This is an issue that could be fixed to a certain degree by building a better business climate and bringing in business that offers insurance and r...

Nancy Peoples Guthrie

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.Of course a national health care plan crafted similarly to the Social Security program would provide immediate coverage for all. However, while we w...

Russ Weeks

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:07:04 -0400

Gazette: What should West Virginia do to help 200,000 West Virginians with no health insurance.Good jobs typically provide good health insurance. The government is the top employer in our state, so taxpayers are already footing the bill fo...

Joe Manchin III

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:06:12 -0400

Gazette: What should West Virginia do to help 200,000 West Virginians with no health insurance.While weve made important strides in expanding healthcare coverage, making more children eligible for CHIPs and creating new low-cost insurance ...

Jesse Johnson

( ) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Gazette: What should West Virginia do to help 200,000 West Virginians with no health insurance.The answer will be found in my primary health security plan, including wellness, a health care safety net, via a comprehensive approach. We coul...

Charles Minimah

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Gazette: Should pollworkers be allowed to inform Independent voters that they may vote in other parties primary elections. YES or NO No.Mail: Why shouldnt voters have to present proof of identification when they vote. Proo...

Natalie Tennant

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Gazette: Should pollworkers be allowed to inform Independent voters that they may vote in other parties primary elections. YES or NO Yes, but it must be legal and fair communication between the pollworker and the voter. For this to happen,...

Dan Greear

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:09:00 -0400

Gazette: What is the biggest threat to consumers and what can be done about it.Our states consumers are often the victims of fraudulent businesses. Many defraud our states consumers and prey upon senior citizens. I will be relentless in pu...

Darrell McGraw

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:08:11 -0400

Gazette: What is the biggest threat to consumers and what can be done about it.The biggest threat to consumers is debt caused by abuses of the credit card industry. The national chamber successfully lobbied to move enforcement actions agai...

Gus R. Douglass

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Gazette: What should be the states role in farmland protection.The current Act provides, which I helped draft, provides a solid framework for preserving West Virginias local food production, rural culture and tourist appeal. However, State...

J. Michael Teets

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Gazette: What should be the states role in farmland protection.As someone who helped organize Hardy Countys Farm Preservation Board, I know the importance of protecting our family farms. The state must ensure their viability by keeping tax...

Beth Walker

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Gazette: Should the state provide defendants in civil cases an automatic right of a full appeal when juries award punitive damages. YES or NOA justice should interpret the law, not make the law. Our Legislature has not yet taken action to ...

Menis E. Ketchum

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Gazette: Should the state provide defendants in civil cases an automatic right of a full appeal when juries award punitive damages. YES or NOYes. Due process requires a full and meaningful review of all punitive damage cases.Mail: ...

Margaret L. Workman

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: Should the state provide defendants in civil cases an automatic right of a full appeal when juries award punitive damages. YES or NOBecause the U. S. Supreme Court has urged a thorough review of all punitive damages awards, I favo...

Corey Palumbo

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.A couple of years ago we passed a bill to make primary care available to all uninsured West Virginians. Only two providers have been approved to pa...

Dan Foster

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.West Virginias leaders must aggressively advance the ongoing legislative initiative on healthcare reform. The goal of this effort is to simultaneous...

Sharon Spencer

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.Our problem is that we have a "sick care" system instead of a "healthcare" system. We emphasize treatment after the fact instead...

Barbara "Bobbie" Hatfield

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.Continue to increase childrens coverage and expand pilot programs for basic coverage for others. As a starting point for reform, the recently legisl...

Bonnie Brown

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.At least make it possible not to hinder the ability to access medications from the free clinics. I have always supported adding more children to the...

John H. Miller Jr.

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.We must get help from the federal government. Federal participation is imperative, because we have limited resources. I would be supportive of a sta...

Doug Skaff Jr.

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.I will fight for new initiatives towards a universal health plan for all uninsured West Virginians, lower premium cost for small employers, and cont...

Todd Carden

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.I would support a move to earmark a higher percentage of gambling revenue to support and make available health services not now available, both phys...

Fred H. Joseph

( ) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.An improved health clinic program would allow many that need basic health care to receive the necessary care. This type of care would be accessible ...

Mark A. Hunt

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.I support government sponsored free clinic programs across the state like "Health Right of West Virginia" providing preventative care, ref...

E.C. Bud Anderson

( ) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.Encourage AMAs initiative. Empower and cover as many folks as we can. Give incentives to employers who provide care to full-time and part-timers. Al...

Danny Wells

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.Primary and preventive coverage should be provided through state subsidy in an attempt to keep untreated illnesses from growing into chronic conditi...

Victoria Casey

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.Develop a program similar to Vermonts. Vermont provides comprehensive health insurance, administered by private companies. Beneficiaries pay premium...

Ron Walters

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.Continue to create incentives in the private sector to provide coverage. We already have a guaranteed issue plan but few take advantage. We need to ...

Carmela Ryan-Thompson

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.According to the Kaiser Commission report, three stats have enacted and 12 states are moving toward health care plans that seek to achieve near univ...

Patrick Lane

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.
The cost of providing state coverage similar to Medicaid would nearly double the state budget. Therefore, I support stu...

Jon William Cain Sr.

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.A modern state cannot stand by while this many citizens go without health insurance. Establishing a plan similar to the CHIPS program will enable th...

Tim Armstead

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.West Virginia must continue its efforts to provide assistance to individuals and private sector businesses in their efforts to maintain private heal...

Brady R. Paxton

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.One of the many promises of both Presidential candidates is universal health care. I feel West Virginia should follow the federal module and do what...

Patti Eagloski Schoen

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.We should protect uninsureds by prohibiting the present practice of cost-shifting, require providers to give the same discounts to uninsureds as sma...

Jeff Martin

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.Both federal and state governments need to work together to provide health care to everyone. I would support any legislation that works toward that ...

Karen Coria

( ) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400
Gazette: What should the state do for 200,000 West Virginians who have no health insurance.State government can continue to expand its role to assure health coverage for all West Virginians by expanding the Medicaid program to cover all ad...