Most of the country’s attention may be focused on the government shutdown and how the Trump administration is trying to worsen the pain felt by many Americans, but others are keeping their eye on the root cause of the shutdown: Republican cuts to Americans’ healthcare coverage. We’ll talk to Meghan Roh of Opportunity Wisconsin, one of the groups still busy collecting responses from people as they realize how hard it’s going to be to afford health insurance, if that’s even an option at all. Plus we’ll check in with Civic Media friends Jane Matenaer and John & Gordy.

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