WASHINGTON - Newly elected Democrats from ruby red states are leading a push to take on corporate health care and some business practices they say drive up health care costs, according to an Axios report by Caitlin Owens.
Axios reported that Democrats are relatively united around confronting “Big Health Care,” even though they may not be anywhere close to agreement on Medicare for All. The outlet said Democrats campaigned hard on that populist theme.
The Axios report describes these lawmakers as newly elected Democrats without saying whether they are senators. PBS NewsHour, by contrast, reported that a new wave of Democratic senators is in Washington for orientation and is already facing tough questions about how they plan to govern.
One of those senators, PBS reported, is Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan, whom the outlet described as “the first Muslim elected to the Senate.” His win came after a hard-fought race marked by outside spending and attacks on his name and his faith, according to PBS.
Amna Nawaz sat down with El-Sayed for a PBS NewsHour interview with Abdul El-Sayed, in which the two discussed how he hopes to shake up Washington. The PBS title also refers to democratic leadership, health care access and inspiring a new generation.
The available summaries do not say whether El-Sayed is among the Democrats that Axios described as leading the push on health care costs, and neither report links the two developments directly.
Sources: Axios: Democrats unite against Big Health Care; PBS NewsHour: Abdul El-Sayed on Democratic leadership, health care access and inspiring a new generation.