Ways & Means’ Universal Coverage Debate Sticks To Partisan Lines

Lawmakers spent most of the House Ways & Means Committee’s hearing on pathways to universal health coverage focusing on partisan Medicare for All talking points, even though the hearing was supposed to give them the opportunity to talk up other proposals to expand government health care. The Tuesday (June 12) hearing was the third by the House on Medicare for All, with the Rules and Budget committees previously holding hearings. Some Democratic lawmakers seized upon the opportunity to ask about...