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Former CBO Director Responds To Report On GOP Health Care Bill

5:20pm March 14, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office, about the CBO report on the cost of the latest health care bill and the group's overall reliability in predicting the cost of such legislation.

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Republicans Divided Over Health Care Bill After Critical CBO Report

4:28pm March 14, 2017

by Susan Davis

Republicans are divided over the health care plan being pushed by the House speaker and the White House, which congressional analysts say will mean 24 million fewer people insured in 10 years.

In an ad targeting female athletes in the Middle East, Nike asks "What will they say about you?"

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VIDEO: Nike's New Ad Asks A Question Arab Women Know All Too Well

4:04pm March 14, 2017

by Malaka Gharib

'What will they say about you?' It's the name of a new Nike ad targeted to Arab women.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act would lead to 24 million people losing insurance. But that could depend on how you define "insurance."

How Many Would Lose Health Coverage? It Depends On How You Define 'Insurance'

1:13pm March 14, 2017

by Alison Kodjak

The Congressional Budget Office says millions of people would lose coverage under the proposed House bill. But the CBO's definition of insurance is more generous than what Republicans want.

Rocky spent his first few years raised by people, and is particularly attuned to human speech and behavior, researchers say. But his remarkable ability to learn and match human pitch and common sounds of speech surprised them.

Orangutan's Vocal Feats Hint At Deeper Roots of Human Speech

9:50am March 14, 2017

by Jon Hamilton

Rocky wowed scientists when he showed he could control his vocal cords much the way people do. His abilities suggest that early humans might have spoken words 10 million years ago.

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What CBO's GOP Health Plan Forecast Means For California

8:42am March 14, 2017

Rachel Martin talks to reporter Stephanie O'Neill of Kaiser Health News about the impact of the Republican health care bill on the nation's largest state, California, which fully embraced Obamacare.

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CBO Report: GOP Bill Could Leave 24M More Without Health Coverage By 2026

8:42am March 14, 2017

by Susan Davis

The Congressional Budget Office released a report on Monday estimating that the GOP health care bill would reduce the number of people with health insurance by 24 million a decade from now.

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In July 2016, Rubins (left) and Jeff Williams (right), inside the International Space Station, maneuvered a supply spacecraft for docking.

A Microbe Hunter Plies Her Trade In Space

8:42am March 14, 2017

by Rae Ellen Bichell

Meet Kate Rubins, a virus-hunter turned astronaut. When she sequenced DNA in space for the first time, she opened the door to a new era in space biology.

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House Speaker Paul Ryan uses charts and graphs to make his case for the GOP's plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on March 9.

GOP Health Care Bill Could Leave 24M More Without Coverage By 2026, CBO Says

8:23pm March 13, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Republicans' plan to replace the Affordable Care Act would reduce the federal deficit, though, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office.

Congressional Budget Office Releases Report On GOP Health Care Bill

7:00pm March 13, 2017

by Scott Horsley

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office released an analysis of the House GOP health care bill on Monday. Proponents of the bill downplayed the importance of what the CBO is likely to do.

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