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Mar 13, 2017

03/13/2017: Let’s do the numbers on health care

Snowstorm aside, it’s a busy start of the week in Washington. The Congressional Budget Office just did the numbers on Republicans’ Obamacare replacement, and, well, we may need to break out “Stormy Weather.” Plus, the Federal Reserve is meeting tomorrow and Wednesday, so we’ll soon have an official call on interest rates. We’ll look at the relationship between the Fed and the White House over the years. Plus, can Trump help send a human to Mars?

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-WI, center, answers questions about the American Health Care Act with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, left and Greg Walden, R-OR, House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman.
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Fed chairs and presidents: a history of rocky relationships
President Donald Trump and the Fed have had a bit of an up-and-down relationship even before he became president. At one point, he accused Fed Chair Janet Yellen of keeping interest rates low to help President Barack Obama. Another time, he said raising rates would be a disaster. To be fair, he has also said […]
Consumer credit-scoring system to eliminate error-prone data
by Mitchell Hartman
Consumer credit reporting agencies are going to start eliminating some information from credit reports that might reflect negatively on would-be borrowers. Some of that information has been prone to errors in the past, and consumer advocates argued it was unfair to consumers. This is likely to raise credit scores for some who would not be […]
Trump executive order calls for downsized government
by Adam Allington
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on “a Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch” today. The White House said it’ll make government more efficient, effective and accountable. It’s not the first time a president has done something like this. But, the plan is more about Trump making good on his campaign promises on […]
Reaching Mars is a hard sell, but not impossible
by Kai Ryssdal
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The U.S. lacks a long-term plan for traveling to the red planet.
Why a proposed Medicaid cut terrifies the parents of a severely disabled man
by Dan Gorenstein
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'I am scared as to what his life will be, that he’s going to be alone and put away somewhere and no one is going to take care of him,' Fern Pivar says.
Without IRS tool, families scramble to fill out financial aid forms
by Marielle Segarra
It’s FAFSA season, when families apply for federal aid to pay for college. The IRS Data Retrieval Tool makes it easier for applicants to add the required tax information to their forms by transferring it directly from the IRS. Or it did. The IRS has suspended the service for several weeks, and if history is […]
24 million Americans could lose health insurance under GOP plan
by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
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The Congressional Budget Office's estimate is worse than analysts were expecting.

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03/13/2017: Let’s do the numbers on health care

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Segments From This Episode

Fed chairs and presidents: a history of rocky relationships

Consumer credit-scoring system to eliminate error-prone data

Trump executive order calls for downsized government

Reaching Mars is a hard sell, but not impossible

Why a proposed Medicaid cut terrifies the parents of a severely disabled man

Without IRS tool, families scramble to fill out financial aid forms

24 million Americans could lose health insurance under GOP plan

Music from the episode