Medicare political ads, 1964 to present
Since before President Lyndon Johnson enacted Medicare in 1965, presidential candidates have used the entitlement program to score political points against opponents.
Medicare political ads, 1964 to present
Bush 1992: “Health Care” President George H.W. Bush used strong imagery in this ad to help describe what would happen under then-Gov. Bill Clinton’s health system reform plan. Overcrowded waiting rooms, a wailing child and a harried physician coping with an unending workload all were used to suggest that his opponent’s plan would lead to government rationing, poor health care and a strained health system. The imagery did not help Bush win re-election. Clinton beat him with a popular vote plurality with a third candidate, billionaire businessman H. Ross Perot, on the ballot. (View ad)
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