We review how the Affordable Care Act changed the healthcare landscape in the United States. We wonder if health insurance is fundamentally different from other types of insurance.

John asserts that healthcare should not be “for profit,” and Tim contends that external interference with the doctor-patient relationship is part of the problem. Thus, we approach the classic question, what can the government do well or at least better than the private sector?

John answers a listener’s trivia question and offers a new one about women in politics.

Our Dispatch from America focuses on a healthcare pioneer.

Tim’s whack-jobs need to work on their own lives and John’s hero demonstrated what is right about America.

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