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Republicans shift gears to tax reform and ways to pay for it

by Kimberly Adams
Jul 19, 2017
Tax reform is like health care reform in at least one important way: If Republicans want to pass it without Democrats, they can’t raise the deficit too much over the long term. But tax experts who have analyzed the GOP’s main proposals say they would add trillions of dollars to the deficit.  Click the audio […]
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Here is where the U.S. Congress buys its health insurance

by Jana Kasperkevic
Jul 18, 2017
You've always wondered: Does Congress get free health insurance?
 Storm clouds fill the sky over the U.S. Capitol Building.
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How to understand health care, one subparagraph at a time

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 5, 2017
We call up an expert to help us make sense of the Senate bill's text.
Legislation is “like an old Roman city,” says Nicholas Bagley, a law professor at the University of Michigan. The original is on the bottom and amendments are layered on top. To understand legislation, you have to know how it's changed, he says. Above, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to the media in June to announce that the Senate GOP will delay a vote on its health care bill until after the July Fourth recess. 
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How budget cuts to Medicaid affect schools

by Reema Khrais
Jul 3, 2017
The program has been at the center of the fight over health care, and one little-noticed target would be schools.
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Weekly Wrap

Janet Yellen says not to expect another financial crisis anytime soon. Is she right?

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 30, 2017
The mid-point of the year is kind of an artificial time to reflect, but here we are.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks at a press conference after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, D.C., on June 14.
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The media blitz on health care bill begins as lawmakers head home for holiday

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 30, 2017
Advocacy groups prepare to petition Senators undecided on the health care bill.
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How did we end up with health insurance being tied to our jobs?

by Dan Gorenstein
Jun 28, 2017
It started with a national wage cap during WWII.
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CBO says millions would lose coverage under the Senate health care bill

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 26, 2017
So what's next?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (C) talks to reporters with (L-R) Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Sen. John Barrosso (R-WY) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD).
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My Economy: Health care uncertainty means business uncertainty

by Robert Garrova
Jun 26, 2017
One woman is holding off on growing her small business, even though the demand is there.
Violins in a workshop. 
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Weekly Wrap

Weekly Wrap: Is it a health care bill or a redistribution of wealth?

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 23, 2017
Rachel Abrams from The New York Times and Sheelah Kolhatkar from The New Yorker join us to discuss the week’s business and economic news. Now that Senate Republicans have unveiled their health care plan, a bill drafted in secret, we look at the potential impact it will have on low-income earners and how it could redistribute wealth to […]
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