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'Political suicide': How a 'wicked brew' is 'amassing against Republicans

Democrats highlight Republicans' role in cutting Medicaid and ACA subsidies, risking nearly 12 million Americans losing coverage, as healthcare remains central in upcoming elections.

Summary by Alternet
In the 2018 midterms, health care proved to be a very strong issue for Democrats and a terrible one for Republicans. Democratic strategists hammered President Donald Trump and then-House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) relentlessly on their efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act of 2010, a.k.a. Obamacare, and that messaging worked: Democrats flipped the U.S. House of Representatives with a net gain of 40 seats. And some Democrats argued tha…

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Alternet broke the news in Washington, United States on Monday, September 1, 2025.
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