Warnock supports hazard pay and protections for frontline workers. [1]
Loeffler opposed hazard pay in the form of $13/hour premium pay. [2]
Helping Essential Workers
Warnock supports robust testing, contact tracing and the use of masks. [3]
Loeffler opposed an enforceable health and safety standard that would protect frontline workers from the coronavirus. [4]
Meat Processing Worker Safety
Warnock opposes line speed increases in poultry, swine and beef slaughter plants to help keep workers safe. [5]
Loeffler has said nothing about what she will do to protect the health and safety of meat processing workers during the pandemic. [6]
Affordable Healthcare
Warnock supports policies that provide affordable health insurance for over 1 million Georgians and ensure health care coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. [7]
Loeffler supports policies that would leave over 1 million Georgians without health insurance and put coverage for the 1.8 million Georgians with pre-existing conditions at risk. [8]
“Issue: Health Care: The Right to Access Affordable, Quality Care, Warnockforgeorgia.com, accessed 10/6/20; “Pre-Existing Condition Prevalence for Individuals and Families,” KFF.org,10/4/19; “How Many People Would Lose Their Health Insurance if the ACA Were Repealed?” EPI.org, Accessed 9/1/20.
“Georgia Governor Sparks Fight With Trump Allies Over Senate Appointment,” NPR.org, 12/2/19; “Pre-Existing Condition Prevalence for Individuals and Families,” KFF.org, 10/4/19; “How Many People Would Lose Their Health Insurance if the ACA Were Repealed?” EPI.org, Accessed 9/1/20.