Terrific, Tremendous New Health Plans, and Lynn Nottage on her play “Sweat”

The New Yorker Radio Hour

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🗓️ 31 March 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Ideas to replace Obamacare that will blow your mind; Lynn Nottage’s new play about racial tension in the Rust Belt; and Jessica Lange’s foray into the art of mime.

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0:00.0	I basically just think it would be interesting to look at the emergence of a criminal economy.
0:09.2	And also, I'm always amazed that there aren't more profiles of her out there.
0:13.6	This really subversive, strange thing, in rap especially,
0:17.0	and see what their lives are like on both sides of the border.
0:19.7	From One World Trade Center in Manhattan, this is The New Yorker Radio Hour,
0:24.1	a co-production of WNYC Studios and The New Yorker.
0:29.3	Welcome to The New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick.
0:32.7	The Republican Health Bill was dead on arrival.
0:35.7	But we haven't heard the last about the effort to replace Obamacare with something much better,
0:40.7	something great, tremendous, the best health care you've ever seen.
0:46.4	Believe me.
0:49.3	The White House is proud to present brand new health care plans that will save billions of
0:55.1	dollars and possibly several lives.
0:59.7	The Platinum Plan.
1:02.3	For a monthly premium of $250,000, this plan gives you prime access to all health
1:08.7	care options.
1:10.0	No referrals or ailments required.
1:12.6	The gold plan.
1:14.6	The same as the platinum plan, but only available to people who own a gold mine.
1:19.6	The silver plan.
1:22.6	For the incredible price of just $49.99 a month,
1:26.6	you'll receive a 500-millimeter bottle of an unbelievable
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