Medicare-For-All

As he takes the reins of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, the independent from Vermont maps out his strategy for negotiating with Republicans — and Big Pharma.

Which of these Democrats can insure more Americans?As Wednesday’s debate made vividly clear, there are almost as many versions of “Medicare for All” as…

"Medicare for America" would stop short of a full-blown expansion of Medicare. It would include copays from patients and a role for insurers. Could it survive health care's politics?

Presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar are giving details of their health care proposals, the first big issue where 2020 hopefuls are differentiating themselves.

Democrats with 2020 presidential aspirations are courting the party’s increasingly influential progressive wing and staking out ambitious policy…

The idea, they say, would be to eliminate the health insurance industry and replace it with government-run health insurance. The industry is already gearing up to oppose any moves in that direction.

"Medicare-for-all" makes a good first impression, but support plunges when people are asked if they'd pay higher taxes or put up with treatment delays to…