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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Obamacare Challenges

    Kentucky businessman and Tea Party Republican Matt Bevin promised to repeal Obamacare if he was elected governor of Kentucky. Well yesterday, surprisingly, Bevin won that election. Until now, Kentucky has been seen as one of the Affordable Care Act’s success stories. So what went wrong?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 4, 2015 • 1 min read

    Kentucky businessman and Tea Party Republican Matt Bevin promised to repeal Obamacare if he was elected governor of Kentucky. Well yesterday, surprisingly, Bevin won that election. Until now, Kentucky has been seen as one of the Affordable Care Act’s success stories. So what went wrong?

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    Obamacare Challenges, White Mortality Rates, and Dark Matter
    1. 0:00Obamacare ChallengesYou’re reading this
    2. 8:20Mortality Rate Rising for Middle-Aged Whites
    3. 16:37Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs
    4. 31:03CA Language Learners
    5. 39:33Tijuana Culture
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Obamacare Challenges, White Mortality Rates, and Dark Matter
    1. 0:00Obamacare ChallengesYou’re reading this
    2. 8:20Mortality Rate Rising for Middle-Aged Whites
    3. 16:37Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs
    4. 31:03CA Language Learners
    5. 39:33Tijuana Culture
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