2018 Candidate Program

2018 CANDIDATE PROGRAM Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-07) Current Seat Holder Rob Woodall (R) Seat Status Toss Up Carolyn Bourdeaux is a Professor at the Andrew Young School of Public Policy. She became Director of Georgia’s Senate Budget and Evaluation Office from 2007 to 2010. Bourdeaux also worked as an aide to Senator Ron Wyden and worked towards an innovative Biographical Sketch program to better connect transportation with land use and planning and design with the Livable Communities Project. She also has worked on legislation to expand the Women, Infants, and Children program and access to Federally Qualified Health Centers. She resides in Suwanee with her husband, Jeff. Receipts: $2,415,053.07 Individual: $2,295,854.25 Disbursements: $1,730,177.19 FEC Filing as of PAC: $104,729.39 Cash on Hand: $684,825.88 10/29/2018 Party: $0 Debt: $0 Candidate: $4,486.47 Other: $0 Polling Woodall 49%, Bourdeaux 43% (JMC Analytics and Polling—10/18/18) Emily’s List, Ambassador Andrew Young, Representative Hank Johnson, US Senator Max Cleland, Endorsements End Citizens United, Sierra Club, Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate, Move On 1. Health Care 2. Education 3. Women’s Health and Issues Top Campaign Issues 4. Transportation 5. Gun Violence 6. Equity 7. Jobs & Economy Role of Healthcare Bourdeaux wants to expand Medicaid and put a public option on the marketplace and bring down in the Campaign premiums by increasing competition. Georgia’s 7th Congressional District is in north Atlanta. It includes portions of Forsyth and Gwinnett counties. District Profile 2016 Presidential Vote: Clinton 44.8%, Trump 51.1% Cook’s Partisan Voter Index: 2016 Congressional Vote: R+9 Woodall 60.4%, Malik 39.6% Campaign Manager N/A PO Box 301 https://www.carolyn4congress.com/ Contact Information Suwanee, GA 30024 [email protected] Tel: (770) 904 - 1518 https://www.facebook.com/carolyn.bourdeaux https://www.twitter.com/Carolyn4GA7 Social Media https://www.facebook.com/carolyn4congress https://www.twitter.com/Carolyn4GA7 Updated 10/29/18 Candidate profiles, including race projections, are updated quarterly until August 1 and monthly thereafter. The latest HLC race projections are available on the HLC Candidate Program website under “Open Seats” and “Other Races to Watch” respectively. All 2018 CANDIDATE PROGRAM QUESTIONNAIRE Carolyn Bordeaux (D/GA-07) HLC Regional Director completed the report based on research, political intelligence and and other available information. Candidate: Incumbent: As of: Carolyn Bordeaux Rob Woodall (R) 10/04/2018 Executive Summary & Overall Rating Educated on healthcare issues? YES X NO Looking for HLC’s help to learn healthcare issues? YES X NO Supportive of HLC’s agenda overall? mixed YES NO Elected official or other government background? YES X NO If so, what? Has a healthcare background? YES X NO If so, what? OVERALL HEALTHCARE PHILOSOPHY Bordeaux is running far to the left on healthcare advocating a public option, Medicaid expansion and Medicare for all. She has an axe to grind with pharma because of the cost of her parent’s medications and is unlikely to be interested in working with the healthcare industry. POSITION AND KNOWLEDGE OF SPECIFIC POLICIES (based on the 2018 HLC Strategic Plan) 5 4 3 2 1 Strongly Supports Strongly Opposes Generally, Supports Generally, Opposes HLC Agenda Mixed Support HLC Agenda HLC Agenda HLC Agenda (Agrees) (Disagrees) TOTAL SCORE: Percent Agreement with HLC Positions noted below 50% 5 Quality healthcare must be accessible and affordable for all Americans. 4 Healthcare policy must create an environment in which innovation is encouraged to thrive. 4 We must ensure Medicare and Medicaid are available for future generations. 3 The private sector plays an essential role in the delivery of healthcare. 3 The Opioid crisis requires a collaborative public-private approach with multi-faceted solutions. 1 Below: If a candidate’s position on a specific item is known it will be noted with an S=Support; O=Opposes or left blank if not known Quality Healthcare Must Be Accessible and Affordable for All Americans 1. The federal government should support the private sector to establish systemwide health S information interoperability by 2019. 2. Data-related policies should continue to improve patient and health entity access to federally held S health information. 3. The government should prohibit data blocking. S 4. Various patient privacy laws and regulations should be harmonized, because the current S patchwork of state laws and regulations on patient confidentiality are not well suited for a healthcare system that is increasingly interstate in nature. 5. Congress needs to continue to strengthen security against cyber-attacks without adding new S layers of burdensome and duplicative bureaucracy to the existing regulatory structure. 6. Medicaid “best price” policies discourage innovative pricing approaches and must be modernized. O 7. Stark physician self-referral and antikickback regulations need to be modernized if healthcare is to become truly integrated and patient-centered. 8. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval process for drugs and devices needs to continue to be streamlined. FDA should not expand their purview to other areas that are already S regulated, such as laboratory developed tests, which could delay patient access to lifesaving treatments. 9. Barriers that prevent companies in different healthcare sectors from sharing efficacy and S economic information about particular products prior to FDA approval must be removed. 10. The government must support innovative approaches to assist high-need populations (e.g., S integrated care models, independence at home demonstration projects, and focus on social determinants of health.) 11. Providing “safe harbors” from litigation to healthcare providers who can show they have utilized O accepted standards of care in treating their patients will reduce the practice of defensive medicine, lower costs, and improve patient outcomes. 2 Healthcare Policy Must Create an Environment in which Innovation is Encouraged to Thrive 12. Health plans participating in the Health Insurance Marketplace should be afforded greater S flexibility in making affordable, high quality coverage accessible to consumers, including using traditional risk adjustment models. 13 Excessive taxes and payment cuts on various healthcare sectors (e.g., health insurance tax, medical O device tax and provider cuts) negatively impact patient access to care and health innovation. 14. Additional governmental support for graduate medical education and residency training S positions is needed to address patient demand. 15. The federal government should encourage expanded use of telemedicine and remote patient S monitoring to improve access to coordinated care. 16. The value of healthcare interventions and services should be considered across the healthcare S continuum and must include the patient perspective. We Must Ensure Medicare and Medicaid are Available for Future Generations 17. The best way to achieve the lowest prices for Medicare beneficiaries in the Medicare Part D O program is through the current process of private sector negotiation and competition. 18. The Medicare Advantage Program utilizes consumer choice and market competition to O strengthen program value and sustainability and should be supported. 19. The Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) is likely to impose arbitrary, across-the-board reductions for Medicare providers, which would reduce access to quality care for Medicare beneficiaries. 20. The federal government should ensure payment and delivery structures encourage care S coordination and alignment among acute care, post-acute care, and community health and address chronic disease. 21. CMS, through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, should test new payment and S delivery concepts that can improve care while containing cost growth. 22. The Medicaid program should be structured in a way that encourages development of innovative S state Medicaid programs that emphasize improved health outcomes and better efficiency. Version 1 3 posted information has been provided by the HLC Regional Director and various sources including National Journal, The Cook Political Report, the Federal Election Committee, the candidate’s website, etc. and not directly provided by the candidate. For more information contact HLC Regional Director–Brian Feldman Phone:– (4040) 885 – 1723 Email:[email protected] .

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