Health care emerges as top midterm voting issue

[DonViejo]

Sam Baker 2 hours ago

Last night's primaries set up a major role for health care in November’s midterms, both in individual races and as a part of Democrats’ search for a nationwide wave.

The bottom line: The results firmed up the emerging national dynamic. Health care motivates Democrats more than Republicans, and Democrats are moving left on the issue. Advocates for single-payer or "Medicare for All" (whatever that ends up meaning) aren’t running the table, but they continue to win important primaries.

The races to watch:

1. California: Some of these races haven’t officially been called yet, but candidates who support "Medicare for All" were leading this morning in at least six of the seven California districts that are key to Democrats' hopes of winning a House majority.

2. Montana: The state’s insurance commissioner, Matt Rosendale, won the GOP primary to challenge Sen. Jon Tester in November.

Remember that premium hikes for plans sold through the Affordable Care Act will likely be finalized this fall, setting up potential attacks in both directions — against Tester for voting for the ACA and against Rosendale for Montana's experience with it.

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[duforsure]

1. Health care plus

Social Security, which he and the republicans already are doing things to destroy it, and everyone should be alarmed how quickly and quietly they're trying to undermine it from working for us, or like he's done to the AACA, where they say within 2-3 years the premiums will increase by at least 90% for them. Their tax scam bill also has eliminated health care for 20-30 million people because many won't be able to pay the higher costs, or face getting kicked off completely. How anyone could vote for them to do this while giving billionaires billions in tax relief is amazing, and they now want more tax cuts for themselves, and guess where they'll cut funds for them from. Just like W did, the Social Security funds.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Emerges? It's always been there...

Dems should be pointing out how many times Repubs tried to take it away, how they've been undermining it, and how Dems were defending it.

If there is one issue that has nationwide resonance, it ain't Donald Fuck, it is health care.

[ooky]

4. Dems should campaign on the health care bill that Republicans put forward in 2017

with emphasis on what it didn't accomplish, i.e.,

"It didn't make the cost of health care any more affordable".

Then put forward how the democrats proposals will make health care affordable.

[Cha]

3. It was in Conor Lamb's election, too.

He ran on ACA for one thing. Shhh.. Obamacare.