Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a message for Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms: you promised cheaper healthcare, and voters remember what they got instead.

In a post on X Tuesday, Pelosi wrote, "In 2024, Republicans promised to lower costs but delivered a #RepublicanHealthcareCrisis instead." She ticked off the receipts: "$1 trillion in Medicaid cuts," "Spiking premiums" and "Shuttered rural hospitals."

Her argument is simple. Republicans, she said, chose "to give tax breaks to their billionaire donors" over protecting healthcare programs. And she closed with a warning: "VOTERS KNOW WHAT THEY DID and will VOTE THEM OUT on Nov. 3rd!"

Healthcare Policy Debate

Pelosi isn't the only one hammering this theme. In August, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) renewed his call for Medicare for All, describing the U.S. healthcare system as "broken" and advocating a single-payer system.

In July, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) criticized Republican healthcare proposals, arguing they could reduce access while benefiting wealthy Americans, saying Republicans were "gutting healthcare programs to give handouts to billionaires."

Last year, Mark Cuban supported direct healthcare payments to patients but said funding should be provided "at POINT OF CARE, with pricing constraints," calling payments before treatment "a mistake."

Trump Focused on Midterm Elections

Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) mocked President Donald Trump's call for voters to "Pretend I'm running" in the 2026 midterm elections.

Last month, Trump said the U.S. could afford his proposed $5,000 payments to every American adult if Republicans retained control of Congress. He also predicted, "We're going to win the Midterms, BIG, and SAVE AMERICA!" and pledged to campaign heavily for GOP candidates.

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