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Breaking Down the Health Care Bill
Will the Senate health care plan pass? The two parties are predicting very different outcomes. But even more so, will there even be a debate to begin with? And who will be hit with the highest premiums? And why will the bill cut Planned Parenthood funding for just one year?
Jennifer Haberkorn, senior health care reporter for POLITICO Pro, and Susan Page, USA TODAY's Washington bureau chief, give updates on where things are with Senate health care bill, the plan's newly released C.B.O. score, and what's at stake if the bill is passed.