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‘Political Rewind’ replay: Senate GOP efforts to revive a health care debate

AJC file

Credit: Jim Galloway

Credit: Jim Galloway

AJC file
By Jim Galloway
July 5, 2017

Today's edition on GPB's "Political Rewind" began with dogs and Fourth of July fireworks, but quickly moved on to Senate Republican efforts to revive the repeal-and-replace of Obamacare.

Health care specialist Andy Miller was in the house for a catch-up session. The Senate resumes the debate in Washington next Monday. If you couldn’t catch it live, click below to listen now:

Today’s panelists: Host Bill Nigut; Miller, editor of Georgia Health News; Republican strategist Eric Tanenblatt; and former Democratic pollster Beth Schapiro.

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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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