Pelosi: Medicare is Race-by-Race Issue

The Hill reports:

The top House Democrat said Thursday that Medicare won't necessarily be the decisive issue on the campaign trail next year.

In the wake of Democrat Kathy Hochul's upset victory in New York Tuesday — one that hinged in part on criticism of a Republican plan to turn Medicare into a block-grant program — many party strategists are gearing up to make the popular seniors' healthcare program the focus of races nationwide.

But House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the Democrats’ formula won't be so simple.

"This is an issue that emerged in this district," Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol.

"Public sentiment is everything," Pelosi said, quoting President Lincoln, "and the public sentiment in this district was very negative toward the Republican plan to end Medicare and continue tax cuts at the high end."

But, she added, "Every race is a different one."