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Senate Republicans Set To Unveil Health Care Bill

NPR
Published June 21, 2017 at 1:06 PM EDT
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (center) approaches the microphones before talking with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on June 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (center) approaches the microphones before talking with reporters at the U.S. Capitol on June 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

After weeks of crafting their health care bill in secret, Senate Republicans are planning to unveil it on Thursday. They’re also aiming to vote on it next week, before the July Fourth recess.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff), health policy reporter for Vox and co-host of the podcast “The Weeds,” about the politics and the policy of the bill.

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