Health plans welcome reforms to strengthen Medicare Advantage.

However, a proposal for flat program funding at a time of sharply rising medical costs

and high utilization of care will directly impact seniors' coverage.

If finalized, this proposal could result in benefit reductions and higher costs for 35 million

seniors and people with disabilities when they renew their Medicare Advantage

coverage in October 26. Learn more at a HIP.org.

Today on the Playbook podcast, Trump is headed to Texas today, but don't expect an endorsement from the president.

Biden heads to South Carolina to stump for the state on the 2028 primary calendar.

And New York City, Mayor Zoran Mamdani returns to the White House.

Hello, I'm Adam Wren.

And I'm Jonathan Martin. It's February 27.

Jaymart, we are so lucky to have you today to Talk Shop.

Thanks so much for joining the podcast.

I'm thrilled to do it, man. I'm excited to be here. Thanks for having me.

Well, the first story that we're going to be talking about today that's driving the conversation in Washington is something that's actually happening in

Texas. And J. Marr, both of us crissed each other in Texas. You were on the ground in Edinburgh,

Texas with Senator John Cornyn, who's going to be joining the president along with Representative

Wesley Hunt and Attorney General Ken Paxton and Corpus Christi just after 3 p.m.

later today, they're all going to be Mamma Mia style together with Trump, but he's not going to

endorse. Give us a sense of what your time was like with Cornyn, what you guys did and what his

mood was going into this primary.

Sure.

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