Democrats Joe Donnelly and Mel Hall hope pre-existing condition coverage wins votes
That was the subject line of a fundraising email that Democrat
In a Republican-leaning state,
The strategy seems to have come straight from the national party's playbook for the
On Monday,
As
"They tell me, 'Number one, the one thing that can wipe me out is if I get wiped out by a health care issue,' " Donnelly replied. " 'Please make sure that can't happen.' "
In a 30-second TV ad called "Working," Donnelly is shown holding equipment and talking to factory workers, as a voice-over says, "Fact is,
It's a strategy that would seem to be supported by public opinion polls. When asked which election issue this year was most likely to motivate them to vote, Hoosiers most often cited health care (15 percent), statistically tied with the economy (14 percent) and immigration (12 percent), according to a recent
More than 1.1 million Hoosiers younger than age 65 have pre-existing conditions that had caused insurers to deny them coverage before Obamacare took effect in 2014, according to a
Nationally, according to another KFF poll in late August, about 75 percent of people said it was "very important" to retain coverage protections for people with pre-existing conditions. About 86 percent of
As a whole, the ACA won a 54-percent public approval rating this month, its highest mark ever, according to yet another KFF poll.
Still,
Neither Braun nor Republican Rep.
That bill passed the House but was defeated in the
Braun spokesman
By comparison, top issues in Republican
"The 2018 midterms are turning out to be the year of health care,"
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