From WNYC Studios.

I'm Brian Lehrer.

This is my daily politics podcast.

It's Tuesday, February 10th.

One of the biggest issues for the midterm elections will be the affordability of health care.

You'll remember that the government shut down late last year was largely over the Democrats wanting to continue those extended

subsidies for Affordable Care Act or Obamacare insurance policies, while the Republicans wanted

the subsidies to end. The Republicans won that issue, remember, meaning the disputed subsidies expired.

Now, government data released in late January indicates the number of Americans insured through

Obamacare has dropped by more than a million people. So with health care costs looming as a

midterms issue that seems to favor Democrats,

President Trump last week announced a new program aimed at helping some people pay less for prescription drugs.

The program is called, what else, Trump R-X.

It's for people who do not have insurance.

This is a very big deal.

People are going to save a lot of money and be healthy.

Well, how true is that claim?

Let's take a look at Trump RX with a leading health care reporter who will explain and answer

your questions about who can save money through the program and who can't.

We welcome Chelsea Saruso, Washington reporter at the program and who can't. We welcome Chelsea

Saruso, Washington reporter at the health news website stat. She previously wrote Politico's

daily health policy newsletter. Maybe we'll touch on some other health policy news as well,

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