No talk of Obamacare. Or abortion.
At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week, where delegates officially nominated Donald Trump as the party's 2024 presidential candidate, health care issues received little attention from prime-time speakers.
In one of the only pieces of health policy in the GOP's 2024 platform, the former president vows not to cut Social Security or Medicare, the health program for older and disabled Americans, or change the federal retirement age. Speakers at the convention have instead focused on inflation, crime, and immigration. "They have the tried-and-true polling data to show those are winning issues for them, and that's where they want to keep the narrative focused," he said.
Speaking on July 17, U.S. House Rep. Monica De La Cruz of Texas claimed Democratic policies allow people who come into the country without authorization to receive government benefits, even though they are largely not eligible for federal health programs. On abortion, the party stripped from the platform its decades-old call for federal limits, including instead language suggesting the 14th Amendment prohibits abortion. The platform also says the party supports state-level elections on abortion policy and opposes "Late Term Abortion." Only about 1% of abortions in the U.S. occur after 21 weeks of pregnancy, according to KFF, a health information nonprofit that includes KFF Health News.
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