U.S. Senate candidate Sid Dinsdale believes repeal of the Affordable Care Act to be replaced by personal accountability is the answer to healthcare woes in the United States.
"I think it's going to take a group of people from the healthcare fields along with regular citizens to study what would be the best alternative," Dinsdale said.
Dindale is a board member for Methodist Health Systems, a holding company with three hospitals in Omaha and 5,500 employees.
"It's never been about access," Dinsdale said. "Some people come to the emergency room, but it's always been about cost, not access so that's the real issue we've got to address."
He thinks the problems with the current healthcare system can be solved through the forces of the free market and more personal accountability. Citizens should pay their own costs through healthcare savings accounts, in Dinsdale's opinion.
Dinsdale's endorsements from in-state include Tom Osborne, Omaha World Herald as well as Nebraska Right to Life.
"I'm a conservative, lifelong pro-life Republican," Dinsdale said.
Although Dinsdale wears a pin on his coat jacket with the footprints of a fetus at eight weeks, he does believe danger to the mother should be considered.
Dinsdale, who believes in self imposed term limits promises to only serve two terms if elected.
He feels good about his chances in the primary.
"I think I'm on the right trajectory here with our campaign," Dinsdale said. "We've stayed positive."
The most significant difference between he and the other candidates is that he hasn't taken money from special interests out of state, he said.
"Washington D.C., the special interests have poured almost $2 million into this race and I'm not taking it," Dinsdale said. "I'm supported by a whole bunch of Nebraskans and I put some money in myself."
He hopes that his refusal to take outside money will resonate with voters.
"Seriously, we've got a big problem here because these groups want to come in here and decide who Nebraskans should have for the next U.S. Senator and I don't want to be beholden to them, I just want to be beholden to Nebraskans," Dinsdale said.
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