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Healthcare, and the Affordable Care Act, is poised to play a major role in the upcoming midterm elections. But how did it get its start here in the US? And what might major healthcare reform look like nowadays? This hour, we'll explore the origins of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.

Plus, a look at the state of employer-provided health insurance.

GUESTS:
Elisabeth Rosenthal: Senior contributing editor at KFF Health News and the author of An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back.
Ian Coss: Host of “The Big Dig” podcast from GBH News. Its most recent season is “Mitt & Ted, a healthcare story”.

Music featured (in order):
Doctor Wu – Steely Dan
Pills – Bo Diddley
I Need a Doctor – The Nields
Rock and Roll Doctor – Little Feat
Rockin Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu – Huey “Piano” Smith
Don’t Let Us Get Sick – Warren Zevon

Healthcare, and the Affordable Care Act, is poised to play a major role in the upcoming midterm elections. But how did it get its start here in the US? And what might major healthcare reform look like nowadays? This hour, we'll explore the origins of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.
Plus, a look at the state of employer-provided health insurance.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Elisabeth Rosenthal: Senior contributing editor at KFF Health News and the author of An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back.</li>
<li>Ian Coss: Host of &ldquo;The Big Dig&rdquo; podcast from GBH News. Its most recent season is &ldquo;<a href="https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/mitt-ted-a-healthcare-story">Mitt &amp; Ted, a healthcare story</a>&rdquo;.</li>
</ul>
Music featured (in order):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HriRoCwPy4A">Doctor Wu</a> &ndash; Steely Dan</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/-E8YDgCiHF0">Pills</a> &ndash; Bo Diddley</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/rMVBBT2hBN8">I Need a Doctor</a> &ndash; The Nields</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/z3LNhZ7msI4">Rock and Roll Doctor</a> &ndash; Little Feat</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/-WWlwgoAxPE">Rockin Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu</a> &ndash; Huey &ldquo;Piano&rdquo; Smith</li>
<li><a href="https://youtu.be/mj8T3PNiHr4">Don&rsquo;t Let Us Get Sick</a> &ndash; Warren Zevon</li>
</ul>

The Colin McEnroe Show is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called The Nose for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.

<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/the-colin-mcenroe-show/about">The Colin McEnroe Show</a> is public radio’s most eclectic, eccentric weekday program. The best way to understand us is through the subjects we tackle: Neanderthals, tambourines, handshakes, the Iliad, snacks, ringtones, punk rock, Occam’s razor, Rasputin, houseflies, zippers. Are you sensing a pattern? If so, you should probably be in treatment. On Fridays, we try to stop thinking about what kind of ringtones Neanderthals would want to have and convene a panel called <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/tags/the-nose">The Nose</a> for an informal roundtable about the week in culture.