Harris leans into Obamacare wars in new ads

Vice President Kamala Harris is running an ad targeting former President Donald Trump’s threat to replace Obamacare while having only “concepts” of a plan.

The one-minute ad released Monday features Mr. Trump’s answer during the Sept. 10 debate when asked if he still plans to attack the Affordable Care Act despite his failed 2017 effort to repeal the law with Republican allies.

Mr. Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, said he will replace the law if he can.

“There are concepts and options we have to do that,” he said.

Ms. Harris mocked the answer as vague. Her ad contrasts Mr. Trump’s inability to replace Obamacare with Biden-Harris administration efforts to shore up the program that Democrats muscled through Congress in 2010.

A second ad, titled “Yamelisa,” features a Pennsylvania resident praising Ms. Harris for efforts to cap the cost of insulin for persons with diabetes.

Ms. Harris is focusing on health care after a recent Gallup poll found two-thirds of Americans say that health care is not getting enough attention from the presidential candidates. Only 6% said it is getting enough attention, and 27% said it is getting the right amount.

Health topics such as Obamacare and drug prices have been eclipsed at times by the debate over reproductive health and abortion access.

Ms. Harris says Mr. Trump ushered in state abortion limits by appointing Supreme Court justices willing to strike down Roe v. Wade. She says the dynamic threatens access to in vitro fertilization procedures.

Mr. Trump says states should be able to choose whether to limit abortion. He proposed having the federal government pay for IVF treatments.

He also says Obamacare doesn’t provide adequate and affordable coverage and should be replaced by something better.

His running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, recently said an alternative could include high-risk pools in which sicker persons are subsidized separately, so healthier persons don’t see their premiums rise.