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HuffPost correspondent Cohn ( Sick) delivers an engrossing behind-the-scenes account of the fight to pass the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Drawing on interviews with President Obama and other key players, Cohn illustrates how the compromises needed to pass the legislation (namely, the abandonment of the public option) left progressive advocates unsatisfied and led to Medicare for All becoming a central issue of the 2020 Democratic primary. Cohn also sketches the history of healthcare as a polit...

Trying to undo the election. now, the facts of the impeachment are what they are. it seems poised each day the democrats seem closer and closer to moving ahead with impeachment but, chris, i havent seen anything yet. maybe tonights kentucky results will be a data point that the senate republican conference all of a sudden weighs in a different way here. to this dant i havent seen anything that shows me 20 republican senators are about to bail on the president and join democrats in trying to remo...

How to get to a shared goal, universal coverage, without dismissing those who disagree as small thinkers or not willing to take on a challenge. i think medicare for all is a perfect example. the fact is the vast majority of democratic voters believe that protecting and defending the affordable care act is the best way to expand health coverage in this country. i think the election results last night bore that out too. you had a candidate in kentucky who made an aggressive case for expanding the ...

Health care in the united states? we keep hearing about how they do things over there in the rest of the world. is this true? no two countries handle it the same way. what can we learn from other nations? this week "the new york times" impanelled health care experts and tasked them with the different nations approaches. which one would you pick? canada, britain, singapore, germany, france, australia, and the u.s. all offer universal coverage, but some rely heavily on the government, others on pr...

Universal coverage. its hard to see that working right now because of the money. because states would be getting less money. because the medicaid would be changed from open entitlement to per capital program. better coverage? perhaps. thats what they are going for right now. but more bold plans about more being covered, the numbers dont add up. >> and certainly sound like guarantees on pre-existing conditions and lifetime caps are not guarantees. thank you very much. lets bring in our political ...

Offered that. i call it the costco model, when you buy in bulk you should get a discount. >> thats the point of universal coverage. you dont have a risk pool made up of only sick or only elderly people, youve got everybody in the risk pool. >> youre marrying up two ideas, that an individual should have as much clout as a company that has 4,000 employees and get a discount. you want the individual small business person or farmer, what have you, to be able to get a discount as well. so bundle them...

Im riding shotgun with gregory. republican health care plan passed the house yesterday but the left still dreaming about government-funded universal coverage. >> we have a failing health care i shouldnt say this to our great gentleman and friend australia, you have better health care than we do. >> they have universal health care. >> wait a minute. wait a minute, chris. all right, the president has just said it. thats great. lets take a look at the australian health care system. and lets move. m...

Reform. >> well, we had a little problem called the economy. the most serious challenge facing us since the great depression. hes passed the health care reform bill, universal coverage. hes been focused on the biggest challenges facing us. hes now saying, and hes said a number of times in the last year and a hatch, that its up to the congress to move ahead. i agree with him. i think that we need to move ahead on a bipartisan level. we need to put it up for a vote as well. you know, i dont buy th...

Comprehensive immigration reform. >> well we had a little problem called the economy. the most serious challenge facing us since the great depression. he has passed the health care reform bill, universal coverage. hes been focused on the biggest challenges facing us. he is now saying and he said a number of times in the last year and a half that its up to the congress to move ahead. i agree with him. i think we need to move ahead on a bipartisan level and put it up for a vote as well. i dont buy...