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The cost of repealing — but not replacing — Obamacare

by David Brancaccio
Jul 20, 2017
The Congressional Budget Office has released its latest calculations. What does this means for the GOP's health care plans?
The Biden administration is offering free coverage until New Year's to people who have received jobless benefits in 2021.
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Health care costs are pricey in the small business world

by Kai Ryssdal , Emily Henderson and Maria Hollenhorst
Jul 12, 2017
We check in with Cary Quigley, who runs a plastics company in Pennsylvania.
Factory workers at Erie's Sterling Technologies in 2017.
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Will the Senate's new GOP health care bill ultimately lead to better services?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 23, 2017
Some people may end up not seeking treatment.
Peter Yanez, who is insured under a policy from the Affordable Care Act, has blood drawn by Linda Williams, a medical assistant, at a Planned Parenthood health center in Miami, Florida.
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Trump 'confident' Obamacare replacement will pass Senate

by Jana Kasperkevic
May 4, 2017
The House approved the bill 217-213.
House Speaker Paul Ryan walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill. The House passed a bill to repeal Obamacare and replace it with the Affordable Health Care Act today.
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A new Senate bill puts pennies in the crosshairs

by Aaron Schrank
Mar 31, 2017
A new Senate bill proposes some changes to American currency — switching from dollar bills to coins, making nickels out of cheaper metals and suspending production of the penny. But why are these copper-colored coins in the crosshairs? Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Trump moving fast on first workday of GOP government

by Reema Khrais
Jan 23, 2017
But Washington is more tortoise than hare.
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Federal funding bill sets the table for Trump

by Adam Allington
Dec 9, 2016
The incoming administration pushes for shorter-term funding.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump leaves following meetings at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Nov. 10.
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Medical research funding bill flying through Congress

by Dan Gorenstein
Dec 6, 2016
But 21st Century Cures Act is not without its critics.
A view of the University of California, San Francisco's Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Politics Inside Out

Democrats hit the reset button

by Kai Ryssdal and Andrea Seabrook
Nov 21, 2016
The Democratic Party has a lot of decisions to make.
People gathered for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton election night event on Nov. 8th. 
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Unions bet big on the Senate

by Gigi Douban
Oct 18, 2016
A chamber lead by Dems seen as friendlier to labor.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO's Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   
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