A New Year’s resolution to the government shutdown?
Jan 1, 2019

A New Year’s resolution to the government shutdown?

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As we hit the 11th day of the partial government shutdown, House Democrats are planning to introduce legislation later this week that would end it. We'll talk to New York Times reporter Emily Cochrane about what these measures are and whether they'll be effective. Afterwards, we'll look at GE's struggle with long-term care insurance and what it says about America's health care system. Today's show is sponsored by Indeed and Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage

 

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GE has a long-term care insurance problem

Jan 1, 2019
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As we hit the 11th day of the partial government shutdown, House Democrats are planning to introduce legislation later this week that would end it. We’ll talk to New York Times reporter Emily Cochrane about what these measures are and whether they’ll be effective. Afterwards, we’ll look at GE’s struggle with long-term care insurance and what it says about America’s health care system. Today’s show is sponsored by Indeed and Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage

 

The team

Victoria Craig Host, BBC
Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC
Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC
Daniel Shin Producer
Brian Allison Engineer
Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer
Erika Soderstrom Producer
Rose Conlon Producer