Becker's Healthcare November 18, 2024
The absence of meaningful healthcare policy through the 2024 election marks a lost opportunity and even more lost time for health system leaders.
Republican Donald Trump will be the 47th U.S. president after securing a second term in the White House. The outcome brings to an end an election cycle in which healthcare bobbed up and down in attention and air time before ultimately sinking in priority to the economy.
In August, it was unclear if the Affordable Care Act was a central issue in Vice President Kamala Harris and Mr. Trump’s campaigns or not. Candidates spent a lot of time in semantic debate, namely the meaning of verbs repeal v. replace. By September, Gallup polling revealed a striking consensus:...