I just keep thinking of this being like Democrats high stakes healthcare gambit just putting every single thing they want to do into one package where they can barely lose any votes to pass it and it's sort of like this high wire healthcare act.

I was thinking about this earlier and it was like okay, it's totally Bernie in his loud megaphone versus Pelosi and her velvet-laced iron fist.

Oh, there you go.

I'm Rachel Bade. This is Playbook Deep Died.

As the Democrats' massive reconciliation bill makes its way through the machine, the one part that's getting the most attention right now, healthcare.

And that's because it's a fight that basically boils down to Nancy Pelosi versus everyone else.

Who wins this one? Where do you put your money?

I mean, people don't tend to bet against Pelosi.

Right, never bet against Nancy.

But Bernie's never had this much actual power, so...

So anything could happen.

Alice Miranda Olstein is a healthcare reporter at Politico.

This really feels like we're getting into a period as intense as 2017 when Republicans kept trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act and their plans kept falling apart.

This time around though, it's sort of the reverse.

It's easy to be in the minority and yell and scream.

It's harder to be in the majority and actually govern.

Democrats seem to be a little more have their shit together.

Can I say that?

Apps of fucking Lutley.

You know, I've been covering Hill for 10 years.

And this is the first time I've ever covered Democrats controlling everything in Washington.

Unlike Republicans who typically duke it out in public all the time,

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