WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris is launching a seven-figure health care ad blitz targeting calls to replace Donald Trump’s Affordable Care Act with a mystery plan he has yet to reveal.
The ad campaign, first reported by NBC News, aims to raise the profile and capitalize on what the poll says is Trump’s weakness. The new 60 second spot characteristics that Trump said during Debate face-to-face with Harris He said he has “concepts of a plan” to rebuild the US health care system.
“You have no plan,” Harris says in the ad, echoing calls for Trump to preserve the ACA (or “Obamacare”) and extend the Biden-Harris policy, which expanded subsidies to buy coverage and lowered the cost of insulin to $35 for seniors. per month.
His team argued Trump will simply eliminate the ACA, which threatens presumptive coverage 50 million people The 2010 law was enacted by eliminating subsidies to buy coverage, dismantling the marketplaces for Obamacare plans and repealing rules that bar insurers from charging sick people more.
Called “Plan Concepts,” the ad will air on broadcast and cable shows in war zones, the campaign said, “targeting diverse audiences during programs like 9-1-1, Brilliant Minds, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med and Grey’s Anatomy, as well as medical and health-related films.” and networks such as Hallmark Channel and TLC during Dr. Pimple Popper and ER’s Untold Stories.
It will also be broadcast “NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” National before Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate. The Harris campaign said it plans to continue with more health-focused ads in the future.
The Harris campaign came up with a new quote Gallup poll shows that health care remains a top issue for voters, and two-thirds of US adults believe it has not been given enough attention in the presidential campaign, including majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents. The poll found that independents can trust Harris to improve access to health care, improve quality, reduce costs and protect Medicare.
It should be noted that 1 out of every 3 independent persons said that they do not trust any of the candidates in these matters. That’s what Harris hopes to change.
“Being president is about who you fight for. Every time Donald Trump opens his mouth and says “health care,” he makes it clear that it’s only for him and his wealthy friends — not for the tens of millions of seniors, Medicaid recipients, and Americans with pre-existing conditions who know affordable prices. The Care Act is a lifeline,” Harris campaign communications director Michael Tyler said via email, pledging that Harris would “reduce costs and protect access to health care for every American” if elected.
Trump is changing his ACA rhetoric
Trump has continued to criticize the ACA, but he has softened some of his rhetoric recently, vowing to repeal the law only if he offers a better and cheaper replacement. In a Sept. 10 debate, he said he would clarify what that means in the “not too distant future.”
Trump has also misrepresented him and downplayed him Fight to repeal the ACA during his four years as president.
The Trump campaign did not say when asked when it would release the health plan. He sent NBC News a broad set of goals, promising that Trump would “eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in the health care system,” “make sure Americans get quality drugs at the best prices,” and “always put patients first.”
Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, “share the core principles of using more choice and efficiency in the marketplace as tools for better, more affordable health care,” said Brian Hughes, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign.
Vance recently stirred the health care debate by opening high-risk pools to some people, an idea some conservatives support as a way to deal with high costs. Past proposals for high-risk pools would separate healthier and sicker people into separate buckets, reducing costs for the former and increasing them for the latter, unless the government spends heavily to cover higher-risk people. Democrats say the ACA is needed to enroll healthier people and spread risk, easing the burden on insurers so they don’t have to charge exorbitant costs to the neediest patients.
Vance spokesman William Martin said of his remarks: “Senator Vance was simply talking about significant improvements to the Affordable Care Act through President Trump’s regulatory approach, which aims to reduce the cost of premiums while providing coverage for pre-existing conditions. “
Trump won the 2016 election promising to repeal the ACA, but has been fighting the issue ever since. He introduced a repeal-and-replace bill in 2017 that is projected to extend coverage to millions of people and weaken rules that protect people with pre-existing conditions. It passed the GOP-controlled House that year and died in the Senate. But Trump has insisted, using executive actions to weaken the law, and has asked the Supreme Court to remove it entirely in 2020.
Along the way, the ACA signed by President Barack Obama overcame his displeasure and became popular with the public. Health care has been a big boon for Democrats in the 2018 and 2020 elections, according to exit polls that say many voters favor health care and favor the GOP over Democrats by a wide margin.
Recently Associated Press A national poll found voters trust Harris more than Trump on health care, 50% to 30%. The poll also showed Trump leading on other key issues, such as handling the economy and dealing with immigration.
It’s a challenge for Trump as he tries to appeal to working-class and low-income voters from all backgrounds, including Americans who are angry with Democrats on other issues but lean more toward the health care safety net. winning coalition.
Caroline Leavitt, Trump’s campaign spokeswoman, said his policies would “reduce costs by focusing on patients instead of corporations and improving the quality of care in the marketplace.”