Here we are, once again; our Federal Government is shut down and while Democrats want to hold firm for health care and Republicans want colleagues to cross the aisle, the president sees this as an opportunity to do what he does best: inflict pain on regular folks like you and me. Ascension Hospital has exited United Healthcare and this is a big deal, so we speak with Dr. Kristin Lyerly about what this means for patients and doctors. And the Republicans are keeping a dually elected individual from being sworn into the congress, which is delaying the release of The Epstein Files.

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