Medicare for All complicates Democrats' pitch to retake Senate

'Medicare for All' complicates Democrats' pitch to retake Senate-thehill: The divide over health care among Democratic presidential candidates is raising fears the party might turn an issue that was a key winner in the House midterms into a liability in next year's Senate races. Democratic Senate candidates have been planning to borrow heavily from the playbook used by House Democrats in 2018, when the party won back the chamber in large part because of a pledge to protect ObamaCare against Republican attempts to kill the 2010 law.

Hatch Vows To Work On 5 Bills Left Out Of Package Due To CBO Scores

Hatch Vows To Work On 5 Bills Left Out Of Package Due To CBO Scores-insidehealthpolicy: Senate Finance Committee members are trying to lower the score of four Medicare bills that were left off a slate of bills they passed Wednesday (June 24) because of their cost, and they may take up a bill that would end the critical access hospital 96-hour rule