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Meet the Candidates: 2008 Presidential Candidate Senator Barack Obama on Medical Research
Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate in the 2008 presidential election, completed an independent survey on medical research and health care issues, backed by more than 40 organizations committed to health and health research.
More information about Senator Obama's medical research positions, as well as the medical research views of 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain, is available on the Your Candidates-Your Health election issues Web site.
Obama's position on stem cell research:
- Every American should have access to potential new cures. And we should review restrictions on federal funding for stem cell research.
- Obama supports expanding and accelerating research using embryonic stem cells.
Read More from Obama on Stem Cells
Obama on other medical research issues:
Medical research costs
Medical research funding
- Obama supports doubling federal funding for basic research in the physical sciences.
- Obama strongly supports increasing funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the government agency that funds most of the medical research paid for by U.S. taxpayers.
- We should increase funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the lead government agency for research to improve the quality, safety and effectiveness of health care.
- The Research and Development tax credit for business should be permanent.
More of Obama's Independent Survey Answers
Obama on other health issues:
CDC's mission
National security
- Obama will ensure the CDC has the resources it needs to fulfill its public health mission.
- What happens in countries around the world, such as the spread of avian flu in Asia, can adversely impact U.S. national security.
Read More on Public Health & National Security Issues
Obama's health care plan and health care solutions:
- Our health care system is broken and needs a complete overhaul.
- It is very important that the U.S. work to improve health globally. Obama would double U.S. foreign aid assistance by 2012.
- He will champion a renewed focus to improve public health and prevention.
Read More from Obama on Health Care Solutions
Read the entire 2008 independent survey responses from Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain at Your Candidates-Your Health.
It is critical that the American electorate become both more informed and more engaged on the issues of federal funding for biomedical research and health care reform. Key to..." Read More
Edward D. Miller, MD, Dean of the Medical Faculty, CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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