The House Democrats' new campaign chief on Tuesday poured cold water on the progressive Medicare for All plan, dismissing it as just "one idea" out there and warning that its estimated $33 trillion price tag was "a little...
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on Sunday called for expanding Medicare to people who are 50 years and older rather than pushing for "Medicare for all," a popular option for many potential Democratic 2020 nominees.Brow...
Two progressive lawmakers are circulating a letter to their Democratic colleagues asking for cosponsors for a Medicare for all bill as they prepare to introduce it.Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and Debbie Dingell...
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who is mulling a 2020 presidential bid, says a plan to provide 'Medicare for all' and take away private insurance, which has the support of several Democratic White House hopefuls is "a bad...
The Utah House of Representatives approved a Republican bill on Friday to scale back a voter-approved Medicaid expansion in the state over activists' concerns it could limit access to health care and supplant the will of...
Just months after voters in Utah and Idaho approved ballot measures meant to expand Medicaid coverage to more low-income residents under the Affordable Care Act, legislators in both states are moving to place restrictions...
A Democratic congresswoman announced her cancer diagnosis Tuesday during a hearing focused on ObamaCare's protections for people with pre-existing conditions.Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), 67, said in a House Ways &...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday responded to director Aaron Sorkin's suggestion that the young Democrats newly elected to Congress should "stop acting like young people.""News Flash: Medicare for A...
The incoming chairwoman of a powerful health care subcommittee on Wednesday said that she intends to hold a hearing on several "Medicare for all" proposals, potentially giving the plans a chance to be considered by key la...