Although policy-heavy matters such as health insurance, Medicare, and pharmaceuticals are still a high priority for 2024 GOP candidates, subjects such as COVID-19, gender transition medicine, and abortion have taken center stage.
Former President Donald Trump made healthcare policy a key feature of his successful 2016 White House campaign. For 2024, he and the rest of the Republican field are focusing on social and cultural matters related to healthcare.
COVID-19: Willingly or not, the final 10 months of Trump's White House term are linked to the virus. And the former president has hardly forgotten heading into 2024. "Under no circumstances will we allow anyone to cut Medicare or Social Security for our nation's seniors," Trump said in February. Trump was also the first president to institute a policy for states to obtain a waiver to create work requirements for Medicaid recipients.
COVID-19: Burgum lifted North Dakota’s COVID-19 emergency declaration on April 30, 2020, after declaring a state of emergency on the same day as then-President Donald Trump, March 13. North Dakota was also involved in suing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers.
Abortion: That's not to say Christie has completely ignored policy. He has emphasized his anti-abortion bona fides at the state level. Medicare and Medicaid: During his 2016 presidential run, Christie proposed increasing the Medicare eligibility age to 67 and suggested a modest means test for Medicare and Social Security. Although he also supported the “repeal and replace” mantra for Obamacare, Christie, as New Jersey governor, embraced Medicaid expansion in the state.
Gender Transition Medicine: As an outspoken critic of what he calls “woke gender ideology,” DeSantis and the GOP-dominated Florida legislature enacted legislation in May that prohibits gender transition medicine for minors. DeSantis has not yet made a statement on whether he would support the abolition of gender transition medicine for minors on the national level.
Gender Transition Medicine: Haley has called transgenderism the “women’s issue of our time” and suggested teenage girl suicide rates are rising partly because of radical gender ideology. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________Abortion: In April, Hutchinson said he would sign any federal anti-abortion bill as long as it had exceptions for rape and incest. “I believe that’s where the American public is,” Hutchinson said.
“I believe that God created two genders and that there should not be any confusion on your gender,” Hutchinson said in July. “But if there is confusion, then parents ought to be the ones that guide the children." Gender Transition Medicine: Pence, a former Indiana governor and 12-year House member, is a strong opponent.
“This is not an answer for the president because I think the federal government should be out of this,” Ramaswamy said in July. “But if you’re a governor or you’re dealing within the states, I can share with you my opinion.”
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