Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. House Speaker Mike Johnson has introduced his plan to lower costs for health care. This comes as federal subsidies will run out at the end of the month for people enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans. NPR's Luke Garrett says the GOP proposal is intended to boost access to employer-sponsored health insurance plans.
This bill would give eligible Americans access to what's known as association health plans. A lot of names there, but basically smaller businesses and self-employed folks could band together, leverage their power, and purchase health care. The idea is it would create competition and lower prices.
This GOP proposal would also require pharmacy benefit managers to report more data in hopes of shrinking drug costs.
NPR's Luke Garrett reporting. Separately, today is the last day for Americans to sign up for health care plans through Affordable Care Act marketplaces. This is for coverage starting January 1st. A federal criminal trial opens today in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Chapter 2: What health care cost reduction plan has House Speaker Mike Johnson introduced?
A Wisconsin county judge is accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities when they showed up at her courtroom to arrest him. From Member Station WUWM, Mayan Silver reports.
Judge Hannah Dugan is pleaded not guilty to federal charges of obstructing a proceeding and concealing an individual to prevent arrest. Former prosecutor and Loyola Law School professor Lori Levinson says a big issue for the jury will be Dugan's mindset on April 18th when ICE agents showed up at her courtroom.
Whether she was trying to impede and obstruct a proceeding or whether she was trying to do what she thought was her job, run her courtroom, deal with her cases, and try to keep from having the Department of Homeland Security interfere with that.
Prosecutors will likely argue Dugan tried to impede ICE agents from making an arrest. While the defense is expected to make the case, she was trying to follow court protocol in unchartered waters. For NPR News, I'm Ayaan Silver in Milwaukee.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas confirms the death of one of its senior leaders in an Israeli airstrike. Some Palestinians say the attack, which also killed five other Hamas fighters, was a violation of the ceasefire. And Piers Anasbaba reports on their funeral.
The funeral of five Hamas fighters and senior commander Raed Saed was held in a makeshift prayer space, beside a rubble of one of Gaza's many destroyed mosques. Israel's Sayyid Sa'ed was the deputy commander of Hamas's military wing. Crowds shouted resistant chants as the bodies wrapped in green flags were carried through the narrow alleys of a Shatik camp area of Gaza.
Sa'ed's killing marks the highest-level assassination since a ceasefire deal was struck in October. In that period, Israeli forces have killed over 380 Palestinians. Hamas condemned the target attack as a violation of a truce and demanded the mediators, including the United States, should prevent further violations. Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
You're listening to NPR. There's an outpouring of sorrow for director Rob Reiner and his wife, producer Michelle Singer Reiner. News reports cite a Reiner family statement that says they are dead. Los Angeles police are investigating after finding two bodies at the Reiner's home yesterday. They're treating the case as an apparent homicide.
Australian lawmakers have agreed to consider tightening the country's already strict gun laws after yesterday's mass shooting. Fifteen people were killed when two suspected gunmen opened fire on a crowd celebrating Hanukkah. One suspect was killed. The other was wounded. A Chinese activist faces a deportation hearing today in the U.S.
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