Healthcare Deadlines, Another Mass Shooting & A Lesson in DEI

Lurie Breaks It Down

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🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Lurie breaks down the healthcare challenges as the Affordable Care Act deadline approaches, with many Americans facing skyrocketing premiums. Lurie also addresses the measles outbreak in South Carolina, FBI missteps in a Brown University shooting investigation, and concludes with thoughts on diversity and excellence in the workplace. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Look, we break it down, down, down, down, down.
0:05.0	She break it down, down, down, down, down, down.
0:11.7	She got a message for the people, a brilliant mind and a clean soul.
0:17.3	She's standing up to the evil.
0:19.9	And making sure that we all grow strong enough
0:22.5	To break these change we're in
0:24.2	They keep us in this painful condition
0:26.8	She gave us truth and division
0:29.5	That's why we listen
0:31.3	She break it down, down, down, down, down
0:34.6	Down, down
0:35.6	She break it down, down, down, down, down. She break it down, down, down, down, down, down.
0:41.7	No, we break it down, down, down, down, down, down.
0:46.1	Hello, good people.
0:47.1	Today is Monday, December the 15th, and my lord, the news be newsful.
0:51.1	I just, you know, I try over the weekend to kind of relax, which actually I did get a chance to relax this weekend. I hope you all did too. But I was frankly, relaxing mainly by force, not because I wanted to. Your girl was down for the count, like not feeling the way I needed to feel. I was not feeling my best, but still managed to squeeze in some fun, at least on Friday. And then Saturday it was like, girl, lay down.
1:36.3	And that's what I did all weekend. I took lots of naps. I hope you all got some rest. And you're ready for the roller coaster ride that is another day in America. Let's get up to date on what's happening because today is actually a deadline. Today is the deadline for the ACA enrollment. Now, the ACA, the Affordable Care Act, as you may recall, is what we actually are referring to when we say Obamacare, but people who don't know things and don't read things don't really know that.
1:42.6	I saw some reports out over the weekend that said ACA, the Affordable Care Act, is like 70% approval.
2:02.4	People love their Affordable Care Act. But when you ask them how they feel about their Obamacare, it's 70% disapproval. And I'm just like, people, are we still this stupid as a nation? Yes, yes, we are. And even though you and I are not this stupid as a nation because we are a part of a nation of stupidity. That stupidity, it rubs off on us. Let's just say that. But today is an important day,
2:07.5	December the 15th, because if your health care plan starts on January the 1st, then the federal insurance marketplace is, the deadline is today. So if you have not signed up yet by today,
2:12.7	then you've got to figure out what you're going to do. And I, I'm sorry in advance, because I know
2:17.3	this is going to be a
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