4 Senate Dems shaping the future of health policy explain what they’re thinking

Behind the scenes, a rough consensus is emerging on the Senate committee that will write the next health reform bill.

In 2010, it was the Senate’s Christmas morning vote that paved the Affordable Care Act’s passage into law. In 2017, it was John McCain’s dramatic thumbs-down that ended the Obamacare repeal. In 2020, even if Democrats take back the White House and the Senate, their majority will be slim — a couple of votes at most. Health reform will, once again, live or die in the US Senate.

But for...