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Summary List PlacementHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi can only afford to lose the support of a handful of her House Democratic colleagues in order to be elected on January 3, to her fourth term as leader of the House. A handful of outspoken left-wing activists are pressuring Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive House lawmakers to take advantage of this vulnerability to force a vote...

Under "Medicare for All," everyone in the US would receive comprehensive health coverage from the government. The idea has sparked many months of fierce debate between moderate and progressive candidates who agree on expanding insurance coverage, but disagree on the mechanism to do it. Sanders is the frontrunner in the Democratic primary race, and polls conducted in Nevada, New Hampshire and Iowa show his...

Former Vice President Joe Biden slammed Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders at the third Democratic debate, touting Obamacare as an alternative to the sweeping Medicare for All plans the senators have been calling for. Biden lauded Obamacare as a success at expanding healthcare coverage for millions and blasted Medicare for All, a proposal that would make the federal government the main health insurer...

In the Democratic primary field so far, few issues have sparked as much verbal sparring among candidates as healthcare reform. Its crystallized one of the main divides among the 2020 candidates, who carry dueling visions of how to remake the American healthcare system. Keeping up with the ideas being thrown around can be head-spinning at times, but here are seven key terms to help...