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    Is GOP serious about starting healthcare negotiations again?

    Last week's failure to "repeal and replace" Obamacare was a big hit for Republicans. President Trump blamed the Democrats. Now 44 Democratic Senators have signed a letter saying they'll work with him if full repeal is off the table.

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    By Warren Olney • Mar 29, 2017 • 1 min read

    Last week's failure to "repeal and replace" Obamacare was a big hit for Republicans. President Trump blamed the Democrats. Now 44 Democratic Senators have signed a letter saying they'll work with him if full repeal is off the table. Today, Press Secretary Sean Spicer acknowledged, "He's continuing to have conversations with the Senate and as Obamacare continues to struggle -- which it is -- and premiums go up and up. I think the question is, "Will those 40 people understand that they are the ones responsible for owning the current politics that are making so many Americans struggle" Jonathan Cohn, senior national correspondent for the Huffington Post, has more on the President's options and how they might impact the program.

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    1. 1:26Is GOP serious about starting healthcare negotiations again?You’re reading this
    2. 8:02'Brexit' is here: Let the wrangling begin
    3. 42:47Congress votes to repeal online privacy laws
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Luke Vander Ploeg

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Yael Even Or

      Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Jonathan Cohn

      Senior National Correspondent at Huffington Post, where he writes about health care politics and policy; author of “The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage”

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    As Brexit is triggered, negotiations with the EU begin
    1. 1:26Is GOP serious about starting healthcare negotiations again?You’re reading this
    2. 8:02'Brexit' is here: Let the wrangling begin
    3. 42:47Congress votes to repeal online privacy laws
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