‘Medicare Moderates’ Are the Senators to Watch

Politico: “The Senate’s deficit hawks might be raising the loudest hue and cry over the GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill.’ But another group of Republicans is poised to have a bigger impact on the final legislative product.”

“Call them the ‘Medicaid moderates.’”

“They’re actually an ideologically diverse bunch — ranging from conservative Josh Hawley of Missouri to centrist Susan Collins of Maine. Yet they have found rare alignment over concerns about what the House-passed version of the GOP domestic-policy megabill does to the national safety-net health program, and they have the leverage to force significant changes in the Senate.”