“Bernie Sanders wants to make sweeping changes to Medicare and prescription drug policy — and evade the filibuster to do it,” Politico reports.

“The Vermont Independent is urging his party to force Medicare to enter into negotiations with drug companies and use that revenue to pay for a huge expansion of the entitlement program. Sanders, who chairs the Senate Budget Committee, is aiming to lower Medicare’s eligibility age from 65 to 55 or 60 years old and expand the program to cover dental work, glasses and eye surgeries as well as hearing aids.”

CNBC: Bernie Sanders aims to lower Medicare eligibility age as part of Democrats’ recovery plan.

New York Times: “Biden administration officials are anticipating the supply of coronavirus vaccine to outstrip U.S. demand by mid-May if not sooner.”

“Whether to keep, modify or redirect those orders is a question with significant implications, not just for the nation’s efforts to contain the virus but also for how soon the pandemic can be brought to an end.”

Axios: U.S. sets new vaccine record with 3.4 million doses administered in one day.

After not one reporter asked President Joe Biden about the pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 Americans in his first news conference as president, Zeynap Tufecki lists the 10 questions she would have asked.