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One Affordable Care Act Architect Reflects On Its Uncertain Future

NPR
Published October 19, 2017 at 1:06 PM EDT
In this April 10, 2014 file photo, then-Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius listens while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Susan Walsh/AP)
In this April 10, 2014 file photo, then-Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius listens while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Susan Walsh/AP)

Sens. Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray on Tuesday announced a bipartisan deal that could help stabilize the Affordable Care Act’s insurance markets. But that now appears to be in jeopardy after President Trump tweeted his disapproval of the bill Wednesday.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with Kathleen Sebelius, who was secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009 to 2014 under former President Obama.

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