On this week's episode, POLITICO reporters debate two of the biggest
stories in health policy.
First, POLITICO's Adam Cancryn and Alice Miranda Ollstein join Dan
Diamond to discuss Bernie Sanders' new Medicare for All plan and how
Democrats are approaching the fight for coverage expansion.
Then after the break (starts at the 25:30 mark), pharma reporter Sarah
Owermohle summarizes recent Congressional hearings into high drug prices
and pharmacy benefit managers and previews a possible regulation to
come.
MENTIONED ON THE SHOW
Sanders unveiled his Medicare for All plan last week and touted it
aggressively — including on Fox News.
Congressional Republicans have pushed for votes on Medicare for All,
seeking to highlight Democrats' splits.
The New York Times profiled the tensions between the Sanders campaign
and the Center for American Progress, partly over health care plans. The
article sparked outrage from many Democrats, some of whom objected to
quoting the 78-year-old mother of CAP's president.
Lawmakers grilled insulin manufacturers and PBMs last week over high
drug prices.
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