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    Opinion: Presidential hopefuls for the 2020 election need to establish their health care reform plans now

    Lessons learned from LBJ and Bill Clinton show that presidents who want to transform the U.S. health system must act quickly after they are elected or re-elected, or they might…
    by David Blumenthal Jan 25, 2019 3 minutes
    President Lyndon Johnson gathered his key staff at the White House just after his 1964 landslide win to plan the successful enactment of Medicare and other Great Society programs.

    The announcements this week by California Sen. Kamala Harris and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg that they are seeking their party’s nomination for president in the 2020 election brings the number of Democratic candidates — so far — to nine. But as far as health care is concerned, it’s already 2021 for them. How is that possible? Because presidential candidates are formulating their health care positions right now and, if elected, those positions will heavily influence any health care reform the future president makes in 2021.

    Health care is so politically fraught

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