WASHINGTON — Democrats are coalescing around a plan to offer Medicare to more Americans, if not all of them.
As the party navigates the pressure to quickly lower the cost of living, so-called Medicare for More is emerging as a consensus policy that could avert divisions between the party’s moderate and liberal wings.
A “Medikids” proposal to provide free health insurance to everyone from birth until age 26 also is gaining traction among Democrats.
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