Rachel Abrams

And now we have this discharge petition.

But I do wonder, as of Wednesday afternoon, what appears to you like the most likely resolution to all of this?

I wonder how we should think about the political pressure that you mentioned, because not only are we heading into a midterm election year, but it was only last year that the head of UnitedHealthcare was shot and killed in the streets.

And people were, quite frankly, cheering.

They were saying that this is what happens when United and all these other insurance companies charge too much.

They're taking advantage of people.

So in terms of the political implications of potentially knocking millions of people off of their health insurance, how does that change the political landscape?

And of course, there's a much larger conversation happening in this country right now about affordability writ large, right?

Like even beyond health care, that is on people's minds.

It's certainly on voters' minds.

Margot Sanger Katz, thank you so much for joining us.

Thanks for having me on.

We'll be right back.

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