Health care and the candidates in the 2018 midterm elections: key issues and races
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue brief (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Author(s):
- Hall, Cornelia, author Tolbert, Jennifer, author
- Contributor(s):
- Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, October 2018
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Insurance, Health Politics Abortion, Legal Medicaid Medicare Preexisting Condition Coverage Reproductive Health Services Single-Payer System State Government Universal Health Insurance Humans United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- With the 2018 midterm election season in full swing, health care has emerged as one of the top issues for voters. The issue is playing a prominent role in many House, Senate, and gubernatorial races, and health-related measures have made it onto the ballot in several states. Democratic candidates, in particular, have made health care a central part of their campaigns and a focus of their political ads, highlighting popular provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions. Republican candidates, in contrast, are talking less about health care following their failed attempt to repeal and replace the ACA last year, focusing more on taxes and immigration in their ads. Based on a review of media coverage and political advertising by candidates during the current election cycle, this election update explores select health care issues being discussed by candidates in key gubernatorial and Senate campaigns across the country as voters prepare to go to the polls in November. The tables in the Appendix highlight which of these select health care issues have been prominent or served as topics of candidate debate in each of the 71 races for Governor and Senate; a third table lists state ballot initiatives on these health care issues. The aim of this review is to assess where health care issues have been a focus of the candidates, not to assess the impact of these issues on voters.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (23 pages)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101740376 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101740376