Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) joins The Post's Paige Winfield Cunningham to discuss Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act and the GOP budget bill. (1:22) Then, a panel of experts offer perspective on the drivers of health care costs in America (33:26) and ways to harness AI to make the health care more affordable. (44:29)

Conversation recorded on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
Program sponsored by Oscar.

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) joins The Post's Paige Winfield Cunningham to discuss Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act and the GOP budget bill.

Then, a panel of experts offer perspective on the drivers of health care costs in America

and ways to harness AI to make the health care more affordable.

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