Four years ago, Democratic presidential candidates were debating 'Medicare for all.' Now, nobody is. There are reasons it's likely to play a much smaller part in the 2024 election.
Nobody’s talking about Medicare for all, or any kind of healthcare overhaul, in the 2024 cycle. True, the election is still more than 15 months away, and the drama over Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party, despite two criminal indictments and counting, could knock every other election story out of the headlines for months. But there are other reasons healthcare is likely to play a much smaller part in the 2024 election than in 2020.
U.S. President Joe Biden discusses health care costs and access to affordable health care during an event in Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S., February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis First, President Biden is now running for reelection as an incumbent, which will keep most and maybe all serious Democratic challengers out of the race. There won’t be 10 other Democrats trying to nudge Biden aside with alternate liberal policies. Unless Biden drops out for some reason, Biden’s agenda will beRepublicans, for their part, haven’t had a serious healthcare agenda in this century.
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