{"id":2124523,"date":"2025-12-08T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2124523"},"modified":"2025-12-08T05:08:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:08:04","slug":"watch-republicans-health-care-working-class-issue","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/watch-republicans-health-care-working-class-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: What Do Republicans Really Want on Health Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IVA-OJIyqjY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On <em>What the Health? 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