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Podcast: What The Health? Why Is This Stuff So Complicated?

From left, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News and Joanne Kenen of Politico team up in KHN's studio to record the latest episode of 鈥淲hat the Health?鈥 (Katherine Gilyard/KHN)

Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times and Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post discuss the latest on the Senate鈥檚 effort to 鈥渞epeal and replace鈥 the Affordable Care Act, and why it is so difficult to make popular changes, such as requiring insurers to cover people with preexisting health conditions.

Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health stories of the week that they think you should read, too:

Julie Rovner: The Washington Post’s 鈥溾 by Mary Jordan

Joanne Kenen: Politico’s 鈥溾 by David Pittman

Margot Sanger-Katz: Vox.com’s 鈥溾 by Julia Belluz

Paige Winfield Cunningham: Politico’s 鈥溾 by Jennifer Haberkorn and Rachana Pradhan

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