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One Thing: Are Lawmakers Taking Medical Privacy Too Far?

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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been hospitalized for nearly a month, but it remains unclear why or what his condition is. His prolonged absence comes just after Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) disappeared for over 100 days, for what he later revealed was treatment for depression. These incidents are reigniting a prickly debate over what information lawmakers owe voters, the limits of medical privacy, and if Congress is just too old. 

For more: McConnell was loaded into ambulance on a stretcher, according to eyewitness and new video 

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Guest: Casey Burgat, The George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management 

Host: David Rind 

Producer: Paola Ortiz 

Showrunner: Felicia Patinkin

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