Democrats' health-care revenge

Affordable health care, more than any other issue, powered the Democrats' majority win in the House of Representatives

The Capitol building.
(Image credit: Illustrated | Danler/iStock, Wikimedia Commons)

The issue of health care should not be a liability for the Democrats. Yet for years after its passage, ObamaCare's popularity sagged. The health-care reform law was byzantine and underfunded, making it difficult for voters to draw a straight line between the law's accomplishments and their own circumstances. Democrats avoided talking about it, leaving Republicans free to demagogue ObamaCare as runaway socialism.

During Tuesday's midterms, however, Democrats finally got their health-care revenge. The issue, more than any other, powered their majority win in the House of Representatives.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us
Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.