In 2018, Democrats took advantage of Republicans, who were still foolishly talking about repealing Obamacare. Democrats appealed to voters’ legitimate concerns about losing their healthcare coverage, especially coverage for pre-existing conditions, which became a mantra for Democrats. As much as any other issue, pre-existing conditions enabled Democrats to flip the House from Red to Blue.
A search of 2018 in Newspapers.com for the keywords- Obamacare and Republican brings up 9,444 articles.
Republicans have since figured out that healthcare is a losing issue for them. Searching in Newspapers.com for the same keywords, produces only 635 articles, so far this year.
The GOP is no doubt relieved to see that Democrats have all but abandoned what had been a hugely successful campaign issue for them.
Bob Casey’s ad declared, “if Lou Barletta had his way, kids like mine could be denied the care they need.” Barletta hit back with an ad that described Casey’s ad as “a new low.” Barletta’s ad noted that his grandson was being treated for cancer at that time.
If you searched for articles that contained the keywords “Pre-Existing Conditions” and “Democrat” in 2018, you would find 4,382 matches. But so far that this year, that search will only get you 104 matches.
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