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Year Two for Obamacare: Is There Trouble Ahead?
More than seven million Americans have health insurance because of Obamacare. Another chance to enroll starts tomorrow. But another round of attacks on the Affordable Care Act is already well underway. We hear about new requirements and about political and legal challenges.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenMore than seven million Americans have health insurance because of Obamacare. Another chance to enroll starts tomorrow. But another round of attacks on the Affordable Care Act is already well underway. We hear about new requirements and about political and legal challenges.
Also, America’s neglected nuclear arms. On today’s Talking Point, Illinois banned the death penalty after Northwestern University’s “Innocence Project” got a condemned man released when another man confessed to the murder. Now it turns out that confession was falsely obtained.
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3 storiesNeglected Nuclear Arms
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says billions of dollars are needed for emergency fixes to nuclear weapons in silos, submarines and storage facilities.
Read the story7 minYear Two for Obamacare: Is There Trouble Ahead?
With seven million people already signed up for health insurance, enrollment under Obamacare opens again tomorrow.
Read the story34 minMedill Innocence Project Involved in a Wrongful Conviction
In 1999 the Medill Innocence Project took up the case of Anthony Porter, who had been sentenced to death in the killings of two people at a Chicago swimming pool. Porter was released when the Medill Innocence Project came up with a confession by Alstory Simon, who then spent 15 years in prison.
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