U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a press conference on the cost of prescription drugs in the United States at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 17, 2024 in Washington, DC.

Health Care in Congress; Regulating E-Bikes; 100 Years of 100 Things: The Star-Ledger; News From Your Holiday Parties

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 16, 2024
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On today's show: 

  • After the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive caused public outcry against the health care industry, Rachel Cohrs Zhang, chief Washington correspondent for STAT News, examines what Congress is trying to do to fix a system that many Americans think is broken.

  • After a contentious City Council hearing on a proposal to license all e-bikes and scooters, Gale Brewer, NYC Council member (District 6, Central Park, Lincoln Square, Upper West Side, Clinton), talks about the issue and an alternative plan that would focus on commercial e-bikes.

  • As our centennial series continues, Micah Rasmussen, director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University and former press secretary for Governor McGreevey, looks back at a century of the Star-Ledger, once the Newark Star-Ledger, which ends its print edition in February.

  • Listeners call in to share any news they learned at holiday parties over the weekend...and which topics in the news were the most discussed.
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