With the Senate set to display its latest stab at repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, Americans will be hearing a lot of phrases from their elected representatives in the coming weeks that could make heads spin. "Individual mandate," "Essential health benefits" and "Per capita caps" can sound like gobbedlygook to anybody who isn't a health policy wonk. Yet the concepts behind them are central to the debate over what we want the U.S. healthcare system to look like.

Heather Howard, a health policy lecturer at Princeton University who served as the Secretary of Health and Senior Services for the state of New Jersey under former governor John Corzine, spoke with WNYC's Richard Hake about what to look for as Senate Republicans reveal their latest health care plan today.