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Healthcare Reform: The Policies and the Politics

The first provisions of healthcare reform took effect yesterday, with House Republicans still bent on getting rid of the whole thing one way or the other. We look at the details and the rhetoric. Also, Washington gets tough on China over Yuan's value, and Colbert on Capitol Hill.

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By Warren Olney • Sep 24, 2010 • 50m Listen

The first provisions of healthcare reform took effect yesterday, with House Republicans still bent on getting rid of the whole thing one way or the other. We look at the details and the rhetoric. Also, Washington gets tough on China over Yuan's value, and comedian Stephen Colbert testified before a committee of Congress today, in the same style he uses on cable TV.

Banner image: University of Miami Pediatrician, Dr. Lee Sanders examines Aalliyah Negron, 6, as her sister Jensenia Bonilla,4, (R) watches in an examination room at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine on September 23, 2010 in Miami, Florida. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Christian Bordal

    Managing Producer, Greater LA

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Katie Cooper

    Producer, 'One year Later'

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