 Election Day is now less than one month away and tonight on Lakeland Public Television continuing its long tradition of providing you a look at state legislative candidates facing off head-to-head in debates. After two days in Bemidji tonight we shifted to our Brainerd Studios where our first debate tonight was in Senate District 9. Incumbent Republican Paul Gazelka is facing off DFL or Jason Wienerman and one of the topics discussed was the issue concerning Minsher and how to fix the rising cost of health care. Things that we can do to lower the cost we could provide tax full tax deductions for anybody that has to have health insurance on their own. We should reduce the mandated coverages that are required in Minnesota we require more than the federal exchange which is why I want to go to the federal exchange. For example our commissioner said that sex changes have to be covered under our health insurance and he did that without legislation. We should relook at a high-risk pool like Emsha. Emsha was a key factor in helping people get insurance where they were ineligible to get insurance and we should look at that again. So I think we need to figure out what's driving the higher end of the rates and what's driving the lower end of the rates. Figure out there should be a way we can go ahead and fix Minsher to better address the different issues and protect those folks who wind up in the higher pool. Senator Gazelka has good ideas in terms of providing some return subsidies. I like his concept of developing a cluster pool where small businesses and individuals can come together and act as a larger group. So I think this year allows us to step back admit there have been errors. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.