STAT September 21, 2023
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This could get ugly
The Senate health committee is on a crash course today, as the panel considers a primary care and workforce bill that ranking member Bill Cassidy (R-La.) opposes. One sign of how messy it could get? He’s filed more than 60 amendments.
Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), who are working together on the bill, maintain they have the votes to pass it through the committee. Marshall said he expects some of his Republican colleagues to vote for it as well.
One of the key conflicts over the bill is how it...