Analysis: The debate over the future of health care is beginning to take shape on the campaign trail. The differences have never been bigger.
Trump tweeted that the GOP will be"the party of health care," but Republican senators who met with him said the president offered few details on what their policy would look like if Obamacare were struck down.
Looking to move past that, the GOP shifted to a new message in recent months. Rather than framing the 2020 race as a choice between keeping Obamacare or repealing it, they began positioning the contest as a choice between government-run health care vs. the status quo. They eagerly honed in on Democrats' support for a bill by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that would provide all Americans with a more generous version of Medicare, effectively eliminating private insurance in the process. Several 2020 contenders, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand and Kamala Harris had signed on as co-sponsors, while Beto O'Rourke appeared to endorse it during his Senate run, but backed off more recently on the presidential campaign trail.
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