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Political Analysts Say GOP Health Care Efforts 'On Life Support'

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks about the Senate Republican's health care bill at the US Capitol in Washington, June 27, 2017.
(Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks about the Senate Republican's health care bill at the US Capitol in Washington, June 27, 2017. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

Here & Now political analysts Angela Rye (@Angela_Rye) and Paris Dennard (@PARISDENNARD) are from different sides of the political aisle, but they both think that Republican efforts to repeal and replace former President Obama’s Affordable Care Act are “on life support.”

They join Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson to talk about the GOP plan and other news from Washington this week.

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