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Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com. Originating on Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles and syndicated coast-to-coast and around the globe! NOW FIVE DAYS A WEEK!

'BradCast' 7/17/2017: (Guest: Ned Resnikoff of ThinkProgress)

07-17-2017 (54.88 MB)

There is no small amount of irony in the fact that Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been forced to delay a vote on the Senate's Republican health care bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare due to a health incident for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who is said to be recuperating after surgery and unable to make it back to D.C. for a vote this week. As of now, the bill cannot pass without every Senate Republican on hand, and even then it may not make it. Over the weekend, the Trump Administration unleashed Vice President Mike Pence and the two top health care officials to convince members of the National Governor's Association that up was down, black was white, and the major cuts to Medicaid in the GOP health care scheme were not cuts at all, and wouldn't result in the loss of coverage to millions of Americans. The governors, including many Republicans, weren't buying it and some even called out the administration for their lies, which were also repeated on the Sunday shows over the weekend. We discuss concerns about the bill from Senate GOP moderates like Susan Collins of Maine and from the other end of the caucus -- namely those of Senators Ted Cruz and Rand Paul -- with Think Progress Senior Editor Ned Resnikoff, who explained in a recent column why health care is different than regular commercial commodities like breakfast cereal, no matter how much Senators like Cruz and Paul argue otherwise. Finally, a new study looks at the fall-out after the state of Texas slashed family planning funding to health care providers like Planned Parenthood in 2011. You'll be shocked to learn that the GOP initiative, just like their lies about ObamaCare, didn't exactly accomplish what they had pretended it would. In fact, quite the opposite. And, of course, taxpayers are left once again paying the price for those lies...