Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:08.1 | Replacing Obamacare. Now you see it. Now you don't. |
| 0:14.9 | Hello again. I'm Orman Omni, and this is To the Point. |
| 0:17.8 | Public support for Obamacare now stands at 55% compared to 17% for the replacement |
| 0:23.4 | bill passed by Republicans in the House. Senate Republicans won't discuss their version in |
| 0:28.5 | public, and Democrats are politically outraged. We have no idea what's being proposed. There's a group |
| 0:35.8 | of guys in a back room somewhere. Behind those closed doors, |
| 0:38.8 | one of the questions is, how soon will millions of people lose Medicaid coverage? Meantime, continued |
| 0:44.5 | uncertainty has insurance companies conducting a slow motion meltdown. Later on today's talking |
| 0:50.3 | point in Russia today, political protest, a police crackdown, and historical reenactors. First, |
| 0:57.4 | here's the news. |
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| 1:37.3 | Hello again, Warren. I'll only back with To The Point. As the Senate deliberates replacing Obamacare, health coverage from millions of people is at stake. |
| 1:41.3 | There have been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public either. |
| 1:46.7 | Is the House version so unpopular that the Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same? |
| 1:52.2 | Today's talking point, anti-corruption rallies swept Russia today, but in Moscow and other cities, |
| 1:59.4 | protesters had to contend with police and historical reenactors of Russian achievements in medieval costumes. |
| 2:03.0 | First, this news update, Attorney General for the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia have sued President Donald Trump. They claim |
| 2:07.8 | unprecedented violations of constitutional clauses designed to prevent the president from using |
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