David J. Steil | |
State House: | Pennsylvania |
District: | 31st |
Term Start: | January 5, 1993[1] |
Term End: | November 30, 2008 |
Successor: | Steve Santarsiero |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1942 |
Birth Place: | Cold Spring, Minnesota |
Party: | Republican |
Alma Mater: | St. John's University University of Minnesota |
Residence: | Yardley, Pennsylvania |
Website: | www.davidsteil.com |
David J. Steil (born March 19, 1942) is a Republican politician who formerly served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 31st District, being elected in 1992.[2]
Steil and his wife live in Yardley, Pennsylvania and have two children. He retired prior to the 2008 election, and was succeeded by Democrat Steve Santarsiero.
Steil went on to become a supporter of Medicare for All in 2019, writing an op-ed in the USA Today that he "believe[s] it’s possible for markets to fail, because there are services that they’re incapable of providing efficiently". Continuing by stating "There’s no better example [of a market failure] than our health insurance system." As of the time of authoring that op-ed, he was serving as the CEO for the MicroTrap Corporation.[3]