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This has been a month when some in Washington have been trying to emphasize differences, and accusing political opponents of greed or worse. Meanwhile, the Republicans and Democrats in charge of the many congressional committees that have jurisdiction over health benefits bills in the 119th Congress have been trying, at least for a few quick moments, to encourage bipartisanship.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, the Louisiana Republican who now serves as the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, emphasized the many times he has worked well with the committee's previous chairman, Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont who far to the left of the Democrats, but who caucuses with the Democrats anyway.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
