Amodei, Marshall Duel Over Facts, Foreign Policy, Medicare and Taxes
By Anne Knowles
State Treasurer Kate Marshall and former state senator Mark Amodei sparred over Medicare reform, campaign ads and even the uprising in Libya in an hour-long debate airing on the statewide news program Face to Face on Monday and Tuesday.
- Former Nevada state Sen. and CD2 GOP candidate Mark Amodei.
The two candidates vying for a vacant congressional seat in a special election next month offered starkly different solutions to the nation's problems, including how to best rein in Medicare spending.
Marshall said the federal government should use its power to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies over the price of prescription drugs for seniors, while Amodei said the Medicare eligibility age should be bumped up and the program's benefits restructured for those 15 years or more from current eligibility.
Amodei said he wanted to reform the program while increasing the reimbursement rate doctors receive for treating Medicare patients.
