Harris Promises To Defend ACA, Medicare In Nomination Speech

CHICAGO -- Vice President Harris promised to defend the Affordable Care Act and Medicare, lower health care costs and otherwise contrast her policies -- and personality -- with her opponent but was otherwise light on specific health policy goals in her speech Thursday night accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. Harris did, however, highlight her role in the Biden administration’s response to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, and claimed GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump would enact an abortion...