Health Care! It's Trump's Problem Now

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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With hours to go before the official vote on Trumpcare, the bill is being altered to make sure moderates in Buffalo and Freedom Caucus members in South Carolina stay onboard. [MW1] Any chance this Frankenstein bill will fail? Slate columnists Jim Newell and Jordan Weissmann look at the costs and politics of the American Health Care Act ahead of Thursday's consequential House vote. For the Spiel, let's try to be fair to Donald Trump. Just for a moment. It's going to be hard, but dammit we'll try. Today's sponsors: The Great Courses Plus, a video learning service that offers lectures on all kinds of topics. Get a free trial when you sign up by going toTheGreatCoursesPlus.com/gist. Rocket Mortgage from Quicken Loans.When it comes to the big decision of choosing a mortgage lender, work with one that has your best interests in mind. Use Rocket Mortgage for a transparent, trustworthy home loan process that's completely online at QuickenLoans.com/gist. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:07.9	It's Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017 from slate,
0:11.6	It's DigiStyme, Mike Pesca.
0:13.6	There was a fatal attack near Westminster in England today,
0:16.4	The identity of the Asalent has been misreported.
0:18.8	We're going to hold off on saying anything.
0:20.6	But when you hear about this, admit it.
0:23.6	You think, I think we all think,
0:25.1	Is was it a terrorist attack,
0:27.2	which is inextricably bound to the question,
0:29.4	Was it a radical Islamic terrorist attack?
0:31.8	I said it, radical Islamic.
0:33.2	And when it is, it confirms our fears.
0:35.3	As it should, radical Islamic terrorists are bad dudes.
0:39.3	They want to kill us and they just need cars and knives to do it.
0:43.1	So what we do is we put it in the mental category of world threat
0:47.2	for which governments need an answer.
0:49.3	And I think government need an answer.
0:50.6	I think we can all agree.
0:51.4	But sometimes you hear reports from overseas
0:54.4	and the question plays in your mind.
0:56.7	Is it a terrorist attack?
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