Earlier this week the DOJ reversed course and announced that it is siding with a district court ruling that said the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional.  Hoping to strike the law down entirely, President Trump is also trying to rebrand the GOP as “The Party of Healthcare.” Sam Baker, healthcare editor for Axios, joins us this new development and how split the president’s party is on this new course of action.

Next, McDonald’s has just made its biggest acquisition in two decades in a deal worth $300 million. It is an Israeli startup called Dynamic Yield, which McDonald’s hopes will take them from mass marketing to mass personalization.  You will first see Dynamic Yield’s technology at the drive thru window where digital displays can change in real time based on factors such as weather and what the customer is ordering. My producer Miranda joins us for more.

Finally, you’ve heard of the placebo effect, but what about its evil twin the nocebo effect?  It’s when a person experiences negative symptoms from an inert pill or treatment, sometimes even from verbal suggestions.  Studies are currently being done to better understand placebo and nocebo effects. Shayla Love, science writer at Vice, joins us to discuss how it all works.

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