Neither the Democrats or Republicans are willing to address the health plans' cherry-picking, but the state has contractual leverage and ought to be using it.
The party has Trump, but it also has a strong lineup of up-and-comers, and the Democrats don't. So the vice presidential debate will really be about 2020 and beyond.
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