By Alice Miranda Ollstein

Progressives are closing ranks behind Medicare expansion because it represents the best chance of getting a sliver of their “Medicare for All” vision into law.

Tuesday’s arguments marked the first abortion case to be argued in full before the court’s 6-3 conservative majority.

Critics of Sen. Joe Manchin’s approach argue that imposing more income thresholds adds burdens for the middle class and affects more beneficiaries each year.

Critics of Sen. Joe Manchin’s approach argue that imposing more income thresholds adds burdens for the middle class and affects more beneficiaries each year.

Critics of Sen. Joe Manchin’s approach argue that imposing more income thresholds adds burdens for the middle class and affects more beneficiaries each year.

Critics of Sen. Joe Manchin’s approach argue that imposing more income thresholds adds burdens for the middle class and affects more beneficiaries each year.

Critics of Sen. Joe Manchin’s approach argue that imposing more income thresholds adds burdens for the middle class and affects more beneficiaries each year.

Democrats are counting on the drug policy proposal, which could generate budgetary savings of as much as $700 billion over a decade, to help pay for their other health policy priorities.

The state law has been blocked by lower courts because it directly violates Roe’s protections for pre-viability abortions.

Prospects for Medicare expansion are further complicated by a price tag that could exceed $350 billion over a decade and surpass the cost of other health priorities under discussion.

Prospects for Medicare expansion are further complicated by a price tag that could exceed $350 billion over a decade and surpass the cost of other health priorities under discussion.

Prospects for Medicare expansion are further complicated by a price tag that could exceed $350 billion over a decade and surpass the cost of other health priorities under discussion.

Prospects for Medicare expansion are further complicated by a price tag that could exceed $350 billion over a decade and surpass the cost of other health priorities under discussion.

Prospects for Medicare expansion are further complicated by a price tag that could exceed $350 billion over a decade and surpass the cost of other health priorities under discussion.

Opinion on the lab leak scenario, once seen as a fringe theory, has shifted dramatically.

Opinion on the lab leak scenario, once seen as a fringe theory, has shifted dramatically.

Democrats worry that murky conclusions that don’t identify the origin of the virus could play into the Republicans’ hands.

Democrats worry that murky conclusions that don’t identify the origin of the virus could play into the Republicans’ hands.

Democrats worry that murky conclusions that don’t identify the origin of the virus could play into the Republicans’ hands.

Sen. Ron Wyden hopes his new plan could jump-start drug pricing talks, which have stalled over concerns from moderate Democrats.

Sen. Ron Wyden hopes his new plan could jump-start drug pricing talks, which have stalled over concerns from moderate Democrats.

As society reopens, officials in L.A, D.C., and even rural Idaho are mailing thousands of free STD test kits to people who request them online.

As society reopens, officials in L.A, D.C., and even rural Idaho are mailing thousands of free STD test kits to people who request them online.

As society reopens, officials in L.A, D.C., and even rural Idaho are mailing thousands of free STD test kits to people who request them online.

As society reopens, officials in L.A, D.C., and even rural Idaho are mailing thousands of free STD test kits to people who request them online.

The FDA decision to allow patients to receive the pills via telemedicine or through the mail during the pandemic has galvanized both sides of the abortion wars.

The FDA decision to allow patients to receive the pills via telemedicine or through the mail during the pandemic has galvanized both sides of the abortion wars.

The FDA decision to allow patients to receive the pills via telemedicine or through the mail during the pandemic has galvanized both sides of the abortion wars.

Omitting traditional anti-abortion provisions from his budget proposal could be his strongest statement yet on the issue.

Omitting traditional anti-abortion provisions from his budget proposal could be his strongest statement yet on the issue.