Where the GOP speaker candidates stand on health policy
Washington Post
The race for House speaker is on with two staunch conservatives — Reps. Steve Scalise (La.) and Jim Jordan (Ohio) — officially vying for the post. House Republicans are scheduled to hold a candidate forum later today after the chamber was thrust into unprecedented chaos last week.
The health policy angle: The ousting of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker won’t have a major impact on how the party approaches health care. In general, health policy hasn’t been a top issue for House Republican leadership this year, and neither candidate has made the issue a particular focus of theirs recently.
Yet both contenders have been fiercely critical of the Biden administration’s coronavirus response, have a long history of opposing abortion and were active in the GOP’s failed bid to repeal Obamacare.