Kamala Harris has chosen a running mate. The vice president and Democratic presidential nominee announced Tuesday that she’s selected Minnesota governor Tim Walz for her 2024 ticket. “As a governor, a coach, a teacher, and a veteran, he’s delivered for working families like his,” Harris wrote on X , formerly Twitter .
“It’s great to have him on the team.” Now that the Democratic ticket is locked up, plenty are wondering about what a Harris-Walz win could mean for the country going forward. A May 2024 poll by the Pew Research Center found that health care is a major concern for voters going into this election, with questions about what Harris and Walz would potentially change across a range of health care issues in the country.
Harris’ campaign is still in the early stages, and she hasn’t spoken out about her all her views on the topic just yet. But her history with several areas of health care suggests her stance on a range of topics. Health policy experts stress that a lot of what Harris and Walz could do in office largely depends on what happens in Congress.
“This is still a divided country,” says Leighton Ku , PhD, MPH., director of the Center for Health Policy Research at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health. “I don’t think Harris would be likely to have control of both houses of Congress, but all sorts of things can happen.
” “No matter who the president is, reforming health care in the United States is a .