Senate GOP's Healthcare 'Motion to Proceed' Vote Explained

Published: July 25, 2017, 7:01 p.m.

Leslie interviews Emily Gee, Health Economist for the Health Policy team at the Center for American Progress.

They’re joined by callers as they discuss what the Senate GOP's successful 51-50 'motion to proceed' vote on Obamacare repeal means, and what happens next.

Prior to joining American Progress, Emily Gee was at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she worked on implementation of the Affordable Care Act since 2013. As an economist in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, she supported the department’s outreach to uninsured individuals and authored numerous analyses on health coverage and the insurance exchanges.

Her Twitter handle is @EmilyG_DC and the website for the Center for American Progress is www.AmericanProgress.org.

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