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Kerri Miller and Julia Franz

What the latest from D.C. could mean for your health care

Sen. Susan Collins
U.S. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, center, who defected and voted against the GOP majority, speaks to the media on Feb. 7, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
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The latest Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act faltered yesterday. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, joined two other Republican senators in publicly opposing the Graham-Cassidy legislation, leaving the bill without needed votes.

What is it about the bill that concerns some Republican lawmakers? And what could happen next with health care legislation?

MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with Mary Agnes Carey, a senior correspondent and partnerships editor for Kaiser Health News, and Dr. Kavita Patel, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and a primary care internist at Johns Hopkins Medicine, about the latest developments in health care legislation, and what they could mean for Americans.

Use the audio player above to hear the full segment.