Healthcare DIVE January 7, 2021
Shannon Muchmore

President-elect Joe Biden’s chances of making waves in healthcare policy got a major boost Wednesday when Democrats by the thinnest of margins flipped control of the Senate.

That outcome, along with the Democrats’ slim majority in the House, gives the party the coveted Washington trifecta that provides a much greater chance of controlling the legislative agenda and passing favored legislation — at least if it can be done with 50 votes.

With both Democratic candidates for Senate in Georgia winning their runoff elections Tuesday, the party wrested control of the chamber from Republicans.

Both margins are razor-thin, however. Also, the more progressive members in the House could try to hold out for bigger changes than Biden’s relatively moderate platform lays...

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