The debate over the progressive push for Medicare for All has dominated the early days following Democrats’ landslide victory last week. But leading progressives are floating another idea as a first step that could get broader buy-in from the Democratic caucus: lowering the Medicare age from 65 to 55. Incoming House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard Neal (D-Mass.) told us he’s open to the idea and could even mark it up next year. “I’m open to that. I don’t know about [age] 55, but I’m open to a conversation about it,” Neal said. “I think that’s the way to...