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The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 22, 2017

Mary Agnes Carey, partnerships editor and senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News, and Liz Benjamin,host of Capital Tonight on Spectrum News talk about what’s inside the new health care bill and who it serves.
Elie Mystal, editor-at-large of Above the Law and legal editor for WNYC's podcast More Perfect, on the latest Supreme Court decisions.
Jim O’Grady, WNYC features reporter, explains: Over-65's are the fastest growing segment of NYC's population and the number of "silver alerts" issued when a senior suffering from dementia goes missing are on the rise.
David Von Drehle, Time editor-at-large, discusses the latest news from the Trump-Russia investigations and his latest profile on the investigation’s special prosecutor, Robert Mueller.

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