Covid Makes Health Care an Even Bigger Nightmare for Trump
Legislation backed by Nancy Pelosi and aimed at strengthening Obamacare puts the president’s opposition to the increasingly popular program in harsh relief.
A Pelosi-backed proposal may be DOA in the Senate, but it’s a potent political weapon.
Photographer: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images North AmericaAs President Donald Trump struggles to confront racial injustice and an epidemic, his approval ratings and polling performance against Democratic rival Joe Biden are plunging. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is tightening the screws with legislation focused on health care, a Trump weakness even before Covid-19.
A new bill, expected to pass Monday, would bolster the Affordable Care Act's individual insurance market by making subsidies under Obamacare more widely available and encourage more states to expand Medicaid. The legislation's cost would be offset by ambitious drug-pricing provisions that were part of a previously passed bill and would further reduce insurance premiums and drug costs for the entire country.