When it comes to bold health care legislation, time is a new president's enemy, argues Commonwealth Fund president David Blumenthal, M.D. The history of health care laws like Medicare and the Affordable Care Act, he says, underscores President Lyndon Johnson’s belief that presidents lose power each day they are in office.
Time Waits for No Plan
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