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Obamacare Architect Blasts Republican Plan To Replace It

NPR
Published March 8, 2017 at 12:06 PM EST
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) (center) holds up a copy of the American Health Care Act during a news conference on March 7, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) (center) holds up a copy of the American Health Care Act during a news conference on March 7, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House Republicans on Wednesday are dealing with dissent from members of their own party and united opposition from Democrats over the American Health Care Act, their replacement for the Affordable Care Act.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with one of the architects of ACA, Kathleen Sebelius. She was secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2009 to 2014 and is currently CEO of Sebelius Resources LLC.

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