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 AHIP.org.

It's like if progressives are angry, you're angry at a guy that flipped a red seat.

Hello, hello, and welcome to The Conversation. I'm Dasha Burns, Politico's White House

Bureau Chief, and every week on this show, I invite one of the most compelling and sometimes

unexpected power players in Washington and beyond in for a chat to find out how they're

navigating and shaping this incredible era of American politics.

And this week, I sat down with Democratic Senator John Federman. Now, I've been following

Federman since his early, early days on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania, which means that

I've watched the full arc of his career in public office take shape up to now, and Federman has

never been afraid of disrupting the status quo. Case in point, you may know him as the politician

wearing a hoodie among a sea of suits on the hill, but when does rocking the boat against

political norms make waves for your own party? With that question in mind, we talked about where Federman

sees himself among his Democratic peers and the most pressing policy issues facing both

parties in President Trump's second term. Senator John Federman, thank you so much for joining the

conversation. Oh, it's great to be here. Yeah, absolutely. Some people that have been paying

close attention may remember the last time we sat down together one-on-one was four years ago,

and they might be surprised that we're doing this again. But, you know, a lot has happened since then.

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