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    Will the Affordable Care Act become the Unaffordable Care Act?

    The Congressional Budget Office has some bad news for House Speaker Paul Ryan and others who've vowed to repeal and replace Obamacare.  The CBO has pronounced that the American Health Care Act would leave 14 million people without health insurance next year, 24 million in years to come.

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    By Warren Olney • Mar 14, 2017 • 1 min read

    The Congressional Budget Office has some bad news for House Speaker Paul Ryan and others who've vowed to repeal and replace Obamacare. The CBO has pronounced that the American Health Care Act would leave 14 million people without health insurance next year, 24 million in years to come. Healthcare premiums for a 64-year old would go from $1700 a year to $14,600. Wealthier people would get tax cuts. That might not pass the House. In the Senate, it's likely dead on arrival, and it hardly meets the President's promise of "insurance for everybody." We look at the stumbling blocks to a promise Republicans have been making for seven years.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Sáša Woodruff

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Luke Vander Ploeg

      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Julie Rovner

      chief Washington correspondent for Kaiser Health News

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      Ron Pollack

      Families USA

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      Neil Trautwein

      National Retail Federation

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    CBO: Under GOP plan, millions will lose coverage
    1. 1:05CIA back in charge of targeted killing business
    2. 7:39Will the Affordable Care Act become the Unaffordable Care Act?You’re reading this
    3. 40:44Could cannabis be focus of new battle over states' rights?
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