Medicaid is a government program and Obamacare plans are offered through private health insurance companies. The word Obamacare is used to describe polices obtained through an Affordable Care Act (ACA) health exchange.
JFk ran against Republican candidate Richard Nixon for the 1960 presidential election.
Quick Answer. Bob Dole ran for president of the United States in 1996. He was selected as the Republican challenger to incumbent President Bill Clinton, but he lost in the general election. Dole was also unsuccessful as the Republican vice-presidential candidate on a ticket with Gerald Ford in 1976.