Healing Back...maybe? with Jonathan Cohn

12/21/21 • 42 min

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised action on President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, a sweeping package of legislation that would transform the American social experience. Along with critically important investments like universal childcare and paid family leave, the version that passed the House includes a slew of healthcare reforms. Abdul speaks to Jonathan Cohn, National Correspondent at HuffPost, and author of The Ten Year War, about the fight over protecting the Affordable Care Act, about the potential impact of the legislation.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/americadissected.

For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/americadissected.

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