Becker's Healthcare September 16, 2024
Healthcare reform, once a central issue in elections, has taken a back seat in this year’s presidential race, The New York Times reported Sept. 13.
While both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have touched on high drug prices and Ms. Harris has made reproductive rights a key issue, neither candidate has focused on healthcare insurance reforms in speeches, ads or detailed plans on their websites. During the Sept. 10 presidential debate, the ACA came up as the second-to-last question of the night.
“This is the first election in maybe decades where health reform has not been a central issue,” Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health reform at KFF, told the Times.
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