Monument’s Joel White was interviewed by Politico about how the GOP may approach health care in 2026.
With the next election less than a year away, the strategy makes good sense, said Joel White, a former House GOP aide now in the lobbying sector: “The midterm is all about getting your base out. To the extent that there is a divide across the parties on this issue, it helps Republicans.”
White, who is a partner at Monument Advocacy, said that the heated debate over Affordable Care Act subsidies may have also reignited the party’s desire to rein in taxpayer-funded transgender care.
“It’s been linked to the ACA subsidies, it’s been linked to Medicaid, it’s been linked to Medicare,” White said of gender-affirming care. “As a matter of policy, should taxpayers finance these procedures?”