🔥NEW: Manchin tells me Medicare's finances should be shored up before expanding benefits; he continues to back, however, having Medicare negotiate lower drug prices bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Manchin's comments again put him at odds with Bernie Sanders, who has championed an expansion of Medicare benefits for dental, vision and hearing.
Manchin also told reporters he wants work requirements and means testing for "everything." @jordainc had asked if he still supports work requirements for child tax credit (an issue also putting him at odds with Dems)...
You may have noticed signs on Senate floor saying that raising children is work. Right before we talked to Manchin, Cory Booker reiterated that raising children is work. (Earlier saw an animated conversation between Booker and Manchin on something)
Manchin's backing for Medicare negotiation isn't new, but comes as a small group of House Dems threatens to scuttle the key prescription drug piece of the package.
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