{"id":11515,"date":"2018-11-15T22:03:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T06:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=11515"},"modified":"2018-11-15T22:03:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T06:03:06","slug":"gop-failed-to-fight-dems-health-care-scare-tactics-in-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/gop-failed-to-fight-dems-health-care-scare-tactics-in-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP failed to fight Dem’s health-care scare tactics in midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please read this piece by my colleague Paul Roderick Gregory in The Hill<\/em><\/p>\n

Exit polls showed that health care was the top factor in motivating voters in the 2018 election. Democrat candidates successfully stoked fears that the Republicans would\u00a0end<\/a>\u00a0coverage of pre-existing conditions.<\/p>\n

Despite repeated\u00a0assurances<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0President Trump<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that pre-existing conditions were safe, almost\u00a060 percent of voters said they\u00a0trusted<\/a>\u00a0the Democrats on this issue. This likely provided part of the margin that switched the House from Republican to Democrat control.<\/p>\n

If Republicans had hammered home the statistics of health-care coverage, they could have torn down the propaganda that pre-existing conditions could cause\u00a0one-quarter<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0one-half<\/a>\u00a0of Americans to be denied coverage.<\/p>\n

Although the subject of pre-existing conditions attracts a sympathetic following, relatively few voters are actually at risk of denial for pre-existing conditions. Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n

Read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please read this piece by my colleague Paul Roderick Gregory in The Hill Exit polls showed that health care was the top factor in motivating voters in the 2018 election. Democrat candidates successfully stoked fears that the Republicans would\u00a0end\u00a0coverage of pre-existing conditions. Despite repeated\u00a0assurances\u00a0from\u00a0President Trump\u00a0that pre-existing conditions were safe, almost\u00a060 percent of voters said they\u00a0trusted\u00a0the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1161,278,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p466Sb-2ZJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11474,"url":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/medicare-for-all-is-as-scary-as-it-gets\/","url_meta":{"origin":11515,"position":0},"title":"‘Medicare for All’ is as scary as it gets","author":"victorhanson","date":"October 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Please read this piece by my colleague Paul Roderick Gregory in The Hill There is no mystery as to what House Democrats want to do with American medical care. 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