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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Obamacare lives to see another day

    Healthcare was back on the front burner on Capitol Hill, again. Senator John McCain said he can’t support a Republican effort to repeal and replace the law, most likely ending the GOP campaign to do so. Meanwhile, President Trump has been making waves on the world stage and got into a war of worlds with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 22, 2017 • 1 min read

    Healthcare was back on the front burner on Capitol Hill, again. Senator John McCain said he can’t support a Republican effort to repeal and replace the law, most likely ending the GOP campaign to do so. Meanwhile, President Trump has been making waves on the world stage and got into a war of worlds with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

    The full episode

    1 of 4
    McCain sinks Obamacare repeal, again
    1. 0:00Obamacare lives to see another dayYou’re reading this
    2. 15:37Confusion in the aftermath of Mexico’s devastating quake
    3. 23:34Emma Stone as Billie Jean King, and other weekend movie releases
    4. 39:34How North Korea insults the U.S.
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      Madeleine Brand

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      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    McCain sinks Obamacare repeal, again
    1. 0:00Obamacare lives to see another dayYou’re reading this
    2. 15:37Confusion in the aftermath of Mexico’s devastating quake
    3. 23:34Emma Stone as Billie Jean King, and other weekend movie releases
    4. 39:34How North Korea insults the U.S.
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