Would Health Insurers Fare Better Under Harris or Trump? It Depends

  • Jul 26, 2024

    With Vice President Kamala Harris now poised to get the Democratic nomination for president, Wall Street analysts have been busy prognosticating what that means for the array of for-profit health care firms they cover — including health insurers. 

    So far, select analysts are predicting that Harris’ ascendence will give Democrats a greater chance of winning the election, which would be bad news for Medicare Advantage-focused insurers but good for those more focused on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act exchanges. 

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  • Leslie Small

    Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.

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