Gheorghe Cormos was born in Romania, grew up in Colorado, and lives in Carteret County. Cormos served in the U.S. Navy as a linguist from 2010 to 2018. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in 2015.He has worked as an intelligence analyst for the military and private sectors for the past six years.
Our Q&A with Gheorghe Cormos
NC Health News reached out to Gheorghe Cormos multiple times without receiving a response. For candidates who did not respond, we researched each candidate by searching their Congressional voting records and social media, going to events, tracking their public comments, searching their campaign websites and conducting searches of other media outlets.
What would be your plan for ensuring the future security/ strength of Medicare?
NC Health News could not find anything in the public record on this topic.
What would you support in Congress as a plan to help control health care/ pharmaceutical costs?
NC Health News could not find anything in the public record on this topic.
Where do you stand on time limits for Medicaid and work requirements for the program?
NC Health News could not find anything in the public record on this topic.
What can the federal government do to support rural hospitals?
NC Health News could not find anything in the public record on this topic.
Where do you stand on restoring funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program?
NC Health News could not find anything in the public record on this topic.
PFAS contamination is a country-wide issue; How do you balance public safety and business interests with this issue?
NC Health News could not find anything in the public record on this topic.
Is the federal government ready for the next pandemic?
On the website shared by Libertarian candidates, Cormos wrote: “The COVID-19 Experience should have been enough to wake everybody up. Our government, while perhaps not lawfully, did legally demand from us and intimidated the population into lockdowns. The scariest part is that they currently still possess this very same capability, and as we saw, they have the audacity and brazenness to do it again. Furthermore, no government employee or otherwise functionary should be granted any immunities when trampling a citizen’s constitutional rights. Being forced to indemnify the very public officials which were the cause of calamity is an insult.”
In 2009, Congress required more transparency from hospitals on their charitable work: Do you think the federal government should enforce stricter requirements for nonprofit hospitals to justify their tax exemptions? Why or why not?
On his Facebook page, Cormos writes that he opposes hospital Certificate of Need legislation.
“Certificate of Need laws protect monopolies from competition. Revoke them all and increase competition to lower the costs of effective health care.”
Where do you stand on federal abortion limits? What gestational limits, if any, would you set?
NC Health News could not find anything in the public record on this topic.
How can Congress improve access to child care? What states are leading the way that you think could be a good federal model? Support for the EITC/ child care tax credit?
NC Health News could not find anything in the public record on this topic.
What steps would you take to improve access to mental health services and to address the opioid overdose crisis?
NC Health News could not find anything in the public record on this topic.
Any other issues you’d like to weigh in on?
Cormos referred to several health issues in his campaign media, including medical marijuana.
He wrote, “By removing marijuana from the (federal) Controlled Substances Act where it is listed as a Schedule I drug, the power to regulate will return to the States as provided for under the 10th Amend. Individual rights should not be judged as deserving less protection when the behavior does not hurt any other citizen’s rights,” he wrote. “Government persecution often results in decreased economic opportunities for the persecuted, and an additional stream of revenue for law enforcement.
The physicians group recommends decriminalization “to help address systemic inequities and promote treatment-focused alternatives to criminal penalties for substance use disorders.”