It’s Weird that Neither Party Talked about Health Care … in a Pandemic

Health care was among the most important issues in both the 2018 and 2020 elections. It has since faded totally as a critical issue. Why?

This piece originally appeared in The New Republic.

I understand that most folks don’t live and breathe the gory details of health care policy. It’s mind-numbingly complex and frankly kind of boring. But when it goes wrong, bad things happen. Really bad things.

A global pandemic is an example of one of those things. There are, of course, many narratives …