With the 2020 election months away, President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is touting his health care record as a key reason voters should grant him another term.
Those talking points were distilled in a Dec. 31 social media post from Team Trump, the campaign’s official Twitter account, and again in a post on Monday from the president’s account. It represents messaging the president will likely repeat, especially as polls consistently show health care is a top concern for voters.
The December tweet advanced five specific achievements:
“@DonaldTrump healthcare policy is working:
— Healthcare access expanded & costs down
— Obamacare individual mandate repealed
— Record # of generic drugs approved
— Access to affordable, short-term, limited duration & association plans
— Pre-existing conditions covered”
Trump reiterated those claims Monday, arguing that he was “the person who saved Pre-Existing Conditions in your Healthcare,” while “winning the fight to rid you of the … Individual Mandate.”
But a closer examination of the list of achievements suggests the claims are not as straightforward as the 260-odd characters would suggest. Let’s take a look at the big picture.