Pelosi faces conflict with her caucus over ‘Medicare for all’

Published November 10, 2018 5:00am ET



The Democratic takeover of the House leaves members facing a crossroads over how far left they will go on healthcare.

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and other top Democrats have said they plan to focus on fixing Obamacare and on lowering the cost of prescription drugs, but the majority of rank-and-file House Democrats support the Medicare for All Act, a bill that would overhaul the healthcare system by rolling every person in the U.S. into Medicare.

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