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It’s impossible to overstate the impact of Tuesday’s presidential election on the health and science landscape. It’s a contest between a candidate who says he’ll give federal scientists a major say in national policy and a president whose top aides have boasted that he wrested control of the U.S. “back from the doctors” in the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Facher, 11/2)

The Trump administration has given states ways to restrict spending on the government insurance program for low-income Americans. A Biden administration would expand Medicaid coverage. (Farmer, 11/1)

For deep blue California, where first-in-the-nation health care proposals regularly flood the Democratic agenda, there could not be more at stake in the presidential race. If Republican President Donald Trump prevails, Democratic state lawmakers worry, they’ll be forced to scale back their ambitious plans and play defense the next four years, battling Republican attempts to curtail federal Medicaid spending and further unravel the Affordable Care Act. (Hart, 11/2)

President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are digging in on their vastly different coronavirus messages in the waning days of a bruising campaign. Even as COVID-19 cases rise to record levels across the nation, Trump repeatedly insists the country is “rounding the turn” on the pandemic. He is pressing ahead with large-scale campaign rallies, showing no signs of backing off his plans to hold 14 major campaign gatherings in the three days leading up to the election. (Chalfant and Weixel, 10/31)

A TV ad by President Donald Trump’s campaign portrays Joe Biden’s health care plan as a disaster for seniors’ access to health care. "Let’s turn off the noise and look at the facts about Joe Biden and Kamala Harrs’ government-run health care plan," states the narrator, a senior citizen, in the ad. "Their plan could lead to hospitals being closed, put Medicare coverage at risk, and give benefits to illegal immigrants. Their plan is just too dangerous for seniors like us." Point by point, the ad misleads about Biden’s health care plan. (Sherman, 11/1)