Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Health Care Could Woo A Lot Of Single-Issue Voters, But Have Candidates Found The Right Solutions Yet To Do So?
The Wall Street Journal: American Voters Have A Simple Health-Care Message For 2020: Just Fix It!
Nine years after Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act and more than a year after Republicans failed in their effort to repeal it, health care promises once again to be a major issue in the 2020 elections. Drug costs are rising, as are insurance premiums. Rural hospitals are closing. Even as an estimated 20 million people have gained coverage under the ACA, widely known as Obamacare, nearly 30 million people remain uninsured. Surveys consistently find that Americans see the health-care system as broken. (Armour, 6/2)
The Wall Street Journal: Arizona Suburbs Show The Opportunities, Risks Of Health Care As Political Issue
April Gould helps run a thriving business where customers take yoga classes alongside dozens of baby goats, but she said she can’t afford health insurance. “Health care in this country is a mess,” said Ms. Gould, 41 years old, who says she leans Republican. “We should get rid of the insurance game and make it one cost for everyone. “Like Canada,” she says, before adding, “But that’s expensive.” Arizona reflects the challenge that will confront both parties in the 2020 election. Health care looms so large that many independent and suburban voters in swing states may back candidates based on plans to fix the system, rather than based on their usual party affiliation. (Armour, 6/2)
The Washington Post Fact Checker: Would Bernie Sanders’s Medicare-For-All Save Americans Money?
During a town hall on Fox News, 2020 presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said his Medicare-for-all plan would save most Americans money by reducing the cost of health care. According to Sanders, any tax increase as a result of his plan would be less than what an average family currently pays in premiums, co-payments and deductibles for health insurance. (Mirza, 6/3)
