Republicans Want to Flip the Script on Health Care
October 7, 2026 -- The following is an excerpt of an article published in the Washington Sun:
Back in the summer, physician and former Republican Rep. Brad Wenstrup and Trump-aligned pollster John McLaughlin offered coaching to House Republicans on how to talk about health care: Lean in.
Republican strategists say the party has treated the topic as Democratic turf for years, and such advice may sound counterintuitive a year after Republicans passed $1 trillion in federal health care budget cuts.
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Sarah Chamberlain, the president of the Republican Main Street Partnership, also said the new messaging on health care is not a broader Republican strategy but reflects more of a district-by-district approach. She pointed to Kean, who has publicly discussed his own mental health struggles, as an example of a candidate whose personal experience shapes his health care priorities.