Bending Toward Universal Health Care

Skocpol & Jacobs, New York Times
IN finding the Affordable Care Act constitutional, a narrow majority on the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., has surprised almost everyone. The decision is a victory for the century-long struggle to ensure basic health coverage for virtually all Americans, and it sets the nation on a path toward more rational, cost-effective ways of delivering care. These will be the eventual outcomes "” but months and years of fierce political battles lie ahead.Although the court upheld the act, President Obama's signature achievement to date, there were...

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