Healthcare DIVE November 28, 2022
Dive Brief:
- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is next in line to chair the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions when current chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., steps down from the post to assume leadership of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Spokespersons for both Sanders and Murray confirmed the senators’ intentions to take up the new roles, according to media reports.
- Sanders has long championed a single-payer, Medicare for all national health insurance program. As chairman of the HELP committee, he will focus on universal healthcare, lowering prescription drug costs, increasing access to higher education and protecting workers’ rights, the Sanders spokesperson told state news website VTDigger.
- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is set to become the next ranking member...
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