eAlert Fri, 12/05/2014 - 12:00 f488c74f-8750-4a59-8616-f3f445effe38

Some supporters of the Affordable Care Act are worried they’re paying a political price for health care reform. In a new blog post, Commonwealth Fund President David Blumenthal, M.D., says this political fallout should come as no surprise.<br /><br />
The history of comprehensive health reform shows that it’s a political disaster, at least in the short term. Not only are the benefits of health reform difficult to explain to the public, those people most likely to gain insurance coverage are often the ones least likely to vote.<br /><br />
So was it the right thing to do?

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