The Affordable Care Act Under President Trump

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Sheilah Kast,

Published February 1, 2017 at 1:39 PM EST

Open enrollment for Obamacare closes at midnight Tuesday, and Marylanders seem to be signing up for it at almost the same pace they did last year. We’ll talk with the acting head of the ‘Maryland Health Benefits Exchange’ about premium increases and other challenges--including confusion about what might replace the Affordable Care Act when Congress repeals it. And we’ll turn to a professor of health policy and management to discuss some elements the Republican congressional majority is considering.

Sheilah Kast

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am. Originally, she hostedWYPR's Dupont-Columbia University award-winning Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast from 2006 - October2015. She began her career at The Washington Star, where she covered the Maryland and Virginia legislatures, utilities, energy and taxes, as well as financial and banking regulation. She learned the craft of broadcasting at ABC News; as a Washington correspondent for fifteen years, she covered the White House, Congress, and the 1991 Moscow coup that signaled the end of the Soviet empire. Sheilahhas been a substitute host on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday and The DianeRehmShow. She has launched and hosted two weekly interview shows on public TV, one about business and one about challenges facing older people.

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Maureen Harvie

Maureen Harvie is a producer for Midday with Dan Rodricks. She began her career at WYPR as an intern for the newsroom, where she covered issues ranging from medical marijuana to off-shore wind energy.

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