The Weeds: Why health premiums rise, and how partisans discriminate

This week, the regular cast of Ezra Klein, Sarah Kliff, and yours truly is back for an action-packed discussion of why health insurance premiums — both inside and outside of Obamacare — are on the rise. Then we talk Donald Trump, immigration politics, and Islamophobia. Last but by no means least, we tackle new research on how partisanship has become a new forum for identity and discrimination.

As always, you can subscribe to The Weeds on iTunes, rate us there, and reach out with feedback at weeds@vox.com. Thanks for listening!

Show notes:

• Employers are sticking their workers with more of the bill for health care
• Obamacare users may be sicker than expected
• Earlier, Obamacare premiums were lower than expected
• Research on the stickiness of Medicare Part D plans
• Whatever happened to the public option?
• Marco Rubio wants to shut down mosques and other gathering places
• 76 percent of Republicans say Islam is un-American
• Trump’s publicity philosophy as described in The Art of the Deal
• White Backlash: Immigration, Race, and American Politics

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