From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Bob Garfield. And I'm Brooke Gladstone. On Thursday,

the House rejoiced. And it is official. It passes the Republican health care, the repeal of

Obamacare, the Republican plan. Keep in mind, this is step one. It now has to go to the Senate

where it faces an uncertain

future. This even before the Congressional Budget Office could determine the effects of the

bill and before many House members even read it. Have you read the whole bill?

Oh, gosh. I don't think any individual has read the whole bill, but that's why we have staff.

The momentary triumph capped a week of missteps, sidesteps, falsehoods, and impassioned

critiques of the bill, many centering on the extent to which it protects people with pre-existing

conditions, a key Obamacare provision. On face the nation, President Trump wasn't sure.

Pre-existing conditions are in the bill, and I mandated, I said, it has to be.

But crucial question, it's not going to be left up to the states.

Everybody gets pre-existing no matter where they would have guaranteed.

No, but the states are also going to have a lot to do with it,

because we ultimately want to get it back down to the

guarantee. Look, if you hurt your knee, honestly, I'd rather have the federal government focused on North Korea,

focused on other things, than your knee, okay? Meanwhile, you know, before 2014, if you were born with congenital heart disease like my son was,

there was a good chance you'd never be able to get health insurance because he had a preexisting condition.

Jimmy Kimmel's monologue about his newborn son's heart condition through the political posturing into sharp relief.

If your baby is going to die and it doesn't have to, it shouldn't matter how much money you make.

The gap between health care as a political football and health care as a lived reality

is exceedingly clear in Kentucky.

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