On this week's episode, POLITICO reporters debate two of the biggeststories in health policy.

First, POLITICO's Adam Cancryn and Alice Miranda Ollstein join DanDiamond to discuss Bernie Sanders' new Medicare for All plan and howDemocrats are approaching the fight for coverage expansion.

Then after the break (starts at the 25:30 mark), pharma reporter SarahOwermohle summarizes recent Congressional hearings into high drug pricesand pharmacy benefit managers and previews a possible regulation tocome.

MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Sanders unveiled his Medicare for All plan last week and touted itaggressively — including on Fox News.

Congressional Republicans have pushed for votes on Medicare for All,seeking to highlight Democrats' splits.

The New York Times profiled the tensions between the Sanders campaignand the Center for American Progress, partly over health care plans. Thearticle sparked outrage from many Democrats, some of whom objected toquoting the 78-year-old mother of CAP's president.

Lawmakers grilled insulin manufacturers and PBMs last week over highdrug prices.