The New Republic

Those who favor repeal of health care reform frequently note that a precedent for repeal exists. That is true. But that doesn't mean it will happen this time. I explain why in my latest column for Kaiser Health News, which is online at TNR.COM today: READ MORE >>

“There’s no fixing the government health care takeover Democrats forced through on Sunday. It must be repealed.” READ MORE >>

Anthony Wright is executive director of Health Access California, the statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition. He blogs daily at the Health Access Weblog and is a regular contributor to the Treatment. READ MORE >>

Harold Pollack is a professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and Special Correspondent for The Treatment. READ MORE >>

President Obama just signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Millions of people will gain access to affordable health care. Many more will gain peace of mind. And the dysfunctions of our medical care system will start to get a little less dysfunctional. It is an imperfect law. And it is a good law. I'll have more to say later. READ MORE >>

Care for the sick. Serenity for the fearful. Those are the simple, elegant terms Lyndon Johnson used to describe Medicare on July 30, 1965, the day he signed it into law. READ MORE >>

Health care for all is about to become law of the land. READ MORE >>

I don’t mean to poach on Jonathan Cohn’s turf, or Jonathan Chait’s either. For all the hysteria of the Republicans and the shady deals of the majority party, the passage of universal health care is a triumph of the democratic idea and of the democratic ideal. “Choose equality and flee greed,” Matthew Arnold urged the nineteenth-century British. Still, from the vantage point of class stratification, England remains a rigidly layered society. But everyone in the country is entitled to medical care, maybe not great medical care but medical care nonetheless. READ MORE >>

When Democrat Bart Stupak announced he'd be supporting health care reform, thanks to an agreement on abortion rights, a reporter asked Stupak if he'd consulted with fellow Michigander, John Dingell. "Yes," Stupak smirked, "Mr. Dingell had a piece of me last week." He went on to explain that the two had been in close contact. "I kept him apprised of what I was doing," Stupak said, "and he kept me apprised of the need to move forward." READ MORE >>

The abortion issue isn't going to stop health care reform. READ MORE >>