THE 2016 REPUBLICAN PLATFORM VS. 2024 â The many substantive differences between the Republicanâs 2016 platform and its likely 2024 version underscore how former President Donald Trump has moved the party away from traditional conservative positions on health care.
The Republican National Committee platform committee agreed to Trumpâs platform Monday, which is set to be finalized next week. The GOP didnât release a platform in 2020 when Trump lost to President Joe Biden.
The RNC didnât return a request for comment on this yearâs changes.
Here are some key differences:
Obamacare: After a protracted and failed GOP bid in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act under the Trump administration, the 2024 platform makes no mention of the health care law.
Trump said late last year that he was âseriously looking at alternativesâ to Obamacare and that the 2017 repeal and replace bid was a âlow pointâ for the party. The 2016 platform pledged that a Republican president would sign its repeal with unanimous GOP support.
The 2024 platform also doesnât mention Medicaid, while the 2016 platform proposed turning it into a block grant program.
Medicare:Â Republicansâ traditional fiscal conservatism is in nearly every corner of the 2016 platform, including on the federal health insurance program benefiting older adults.
In stark contrast, the 2024 platform pledges not to slash âone pennyâ from Medicare.
In 2016, Republicans called for a substantial overhaul of Medicare to preserve its solvency, pointing to an aging population, suggesting a premium support system and guaranteeing a contribution toward plans dependent on income. That platform also floated changing the eligibility age, though it pledged not to make changes for those 55 and older.
Although light on details, 2024âs platform proposes border security as a way to shore up Medicareâs finances by preventing âtens of millions of new illegal immigrantsâ from being added to the programâs rolls. Undocumented people are not eligible for Medicare, but some noncitizens are eligible, with restrictions.
Abortion: Trump has ushered in a significant softening of the partyâs position on abortion in a post-Roe America.
Unlike the 2016 edition, the platform doesnât call for a 20-week federal abortion ban, instead saying the party opposes âlate term abortionâ and supports access to birth control and in vitro fertilization.
The GOPâs health care policy evolution
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July 10, 2024 1:49 pm
THE 2016 REPUBLICAN PLATFORM VS. 2024 â The many substantive differences between the Republicanâs 2016 platform and its likely 2024 version underscore how former President Donald Trump has moved the party away from traditional conservative positions on health care.
The Republican National Committee platform committee agreed to Trumpâs platform Monday, which is set to be finalized next week. The GOP didnât release a platform in 2020 when Trump lost to President Joe Biden.
The RNC didnât return a request for comment on this yearâs changes.
Here are some key differences:
Obamacare: After a protracted and failed GOP bid in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act under the Trump administration, the 2024 platform makes no mention of the health care law.
Trump said late last year that he was âseriously looking at alternativesâ to Obamacare and that the 2017 repeal and replace bid was a âlow pointâ for the party. The 2016 platform pledged that a Republican president would sign its repeal with unanimous GOP support.
The 2024 platform also doesnât mention Medicaid, while the 2016 platform proposed turning it into a block grant program.
Medicare:Â Republicansâ traditional fiscal conservatism is in nearly every corner of the 2016 platform, including on the federal health insurance program benefiting older adults.
In stark contrast, the 2024 platform pledges not to slash âone pennyâ from Medicare.
In 2016, Republicans called for a substantial overhaul of Medicare to preserve its solvency, pointing to an aging population, suggesting a premium support system and guaranteeing a contribution toward plans dependent on income. That platform also floated changing the eligibility age, though it pledged not to make changes for those 55 and older.
Although light on details, 2024âs platform proposes border security as a way to shore up Medicareâs finances by preventing âtens of millions of new illegal immigrantsâ from being added to the programâs rolls. Undocumented people are not eligible for Medicare, but some noncitizens are eligible, with restrictions.
Abortion: Trump has ushered in a significant softening of the partyâs position on abortion in a post-Roe America.
Unlike the 2016 edition, the platform doesnât call for a 20-week federal abortion ban, instead saying the party opposes âlate term abortionâ and supports access to birth control and in vitro fertilization.