Overview of Healthcare Positions for National, State, and Local 2020 Elections President Democratic Candidate: Republican Candidate: Joe Biden Donald Trump ---Plan would ensure 97% of Americans would be --Supports overturning Affordable Care Act insured --Supports decreasing Medicaid budget cuts and --Lower Medicare to 60 years stricter rules for eligibility

—increase insured by 20 million --Supports policies to privatize Medicaid

--Install a government-run public option --Supports change so Medicare to pay for telehealth --Support and improve the Affordable Care Act --Expanded supplemental benefits in privately --Stop surprise billing run Medicare Advantage programs

--Supports expanding Medicaid --Has endorsed lowering the Federal Payroll Tax which funds Medicare --Supports policies that increase the number of PCPs, including RNs in areas with healthcare --Proposed 2021 budget would decrease shortages Medicare budget by $450 billion over 10 years

--Eliminate racial, gender, and geographic health -- Stop surprise billing inequities --Plan to defund United States payment to WHO --Reduce healthcare costs and improve healthcare (World Health Organization) quality --Promoted APRNs as capable as physicians to provide some of the same health-services

Missouri Second Congressional District --Supports increasing access to quality, affordable ---Supports repeal of Affordable Care Act health care --Supports defunding Planned Parenthood --Supports improving and protecting Affordable Care Act --Introduced Health Care Protection Act to support assistance for people laid off due to COVID pandemic

--Supports protecting survivors of assault Governor Nicole Galloway --Supports Medicaid expansion in Missouri --Enacted NP barrier reductions during COVID pandemic set to expire December 30, 2020 --Supports improving and expanding Affordable Care Act --Resisted Medicaid expansion until voted into law during August 2020 election

--Supports repeal of Affordable Care Act

MONA PAC Endorsement—

2020 MONA PAC Endorsements

The Missouri Nurses Association Political Action Committee (MONA-PAC) is the only political action committee representing the interests of all professional nurses in Missouri. It was established to elect candidates that will advance MONA’s legislative and regulatory agendas. Founded in 1985, MONA-PAC has interviewed and endorsed hundreds of candidates for elected office in the Missouri legislative and executive branches. As a non-partisan organization, we are pleased to endorse candidates on both sides of the aisle. Although we may not always agree with all of the positions of the candidates we endorse, we work with them to help better the health of Missourians and support issues important to nursing. MONA-PAC pleased to formally endorse the following candidates in their 2020 campaigns for the upcoming election on November 3rd. MONA PAC 2020 General Election Endorsements

Missouri House of Representatives

John Eggleston, District 2 , District 5 Randy Railsback, District 8 Maggie Nurrenbern, District 15 , District 18 , District 19 , District 21 Yolanda Young, District 22 , District 24 , District 25 , District 26 Richard Brown, District 27 , District 28 Jeff Coleman, District 32 , District 35 Mark A. Sharp, District 36 , District 38 Peggy McGaugh, District 39 , District 42 Kent Haden, District 43 , District 44 , District 45 , District 46 , District 47 , District 54 James Williams, RN, ANP, District 54 Mike Haffner, District 55 Michael Davis, District 56 Roger Reedy, District 57 , District 69 LaDonna Appelbaum, District 71 , District 73 Marlon Anderson, District 76 LaKeySha Bosley, District 79 , District 81 Donna M. C. Baringer, District 82 Jo Doll, District 83 Joe Adams, District 86 , District 87 Tracy McCreery, District 88 Barbara Phifer, District 90 , District 91 Jim Murphy, District 94 Mary Elizabeth Coleman, District 97 , District 98 , District 99 , District 108 John Simmons, District 109 , District 112 , District 113 , District 114 , District 116 , District 126 Mike Stephens, District 128 , District 132 Steve Helms, District 135 , District 141 , District 147 Jamie Burger, District 148 Brian Seitz, District 156 , District 161 Bob Bromley, District 162

Missouri Senate

Doug Beck, District 1 Elaine Freeman Gannon, District 3 Steve Roberts, District 5 , District 7 Barbara Anne Washington, District 9 , District 11 Andrew Koenig, District 15 , District 15 , District 17 Judy Baker, District 19 , District 19 , District 21 Bill Eigel, District 23 , District 27 , District 29

Missouri Nurses Association. Political Action Committee. 2020 MONA PAC Endorsements. (2020, October 13.) Retrieved: https://missourinurses.salsalabs.org/2020primaryendorsements- a_copy1?wvpId=ff2541fc-6f8a-4aa9-ab76-3c7f3ad8823e

References

BIDEN/HARRIS. Health Care. (2020, October 10). Retrieved: https://joebiden.com/healthcare/#

Galloway for Governor. (2020, October 13). Retrieved: https://nicolegalloway.com/covid-19-action

HEALTHCARE DIVE. (2020, October10). Deep Dive. Election 2020: Trump and Biden’s starkly diverging view on healthcare. Retrieved: https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/presidential-election-2020- trump-biden-different-healthcare-policies-ACA-coronavirus/585184/

HHS.gov. HHS Takes Action as Part of President Trump’s Healthcare Plan. (2020, October 10). Retrieved: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/09/24/hhs-takes-action-as-part-of-president-trumps- healthcare-plan.html

Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services. Waivers provide greater access to delivery of health care by advanced practice registered nurses. (2020, October 13). Retrieved: https://health.mo.gov/news/newsitem/uuid/19c4eefa-a4d8-450c-af07-18bfbe14418e

Missouri Nurses Association. Political Action Committee. 2020 MONA PAC Endorsements. (2020, October 13.) Retrieved: https://missourinurses.salsalabs.org/2020primaryendorsements- a_copy1?wvpId=ff2541fc-6f8a-4aa9-ab76-3c7f3ad8823e

RNAction ANA. Candidates. (2020, October 10). Retrieved: https://nursesvote.org/candidates/

RNAction ANA. 2020 Candidates. (2020, October 10). Retrieved: https://p2a.co/iZC4h5e/candidates