Affordable Care Act 
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
9-26-17
Medicare for all sounds great, but BernieCare is a political flop
by Christy Ford Chapin
It fails to learn from Medicare's success and the Affordable Care Act's struggles.
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SOURCE: Politico
11-23-16
The Real Legacy in Jeopardy Under the New Congress? LBJ’s.
by Josh Zeitz
The GOP has plans to take apart many of Johnson’s Great Society reforms. Will Trump let them succeed?
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3-22-15
The Case that Will Tell Us If the Supreme Court Justices Are Just Politicians in Robes
by Robert Brent Toplin
A bad ruling in King v. Burwell – the Obamacare case – cannot match the evil of Dred Scott, but it could damage the Court’s reputation just as much.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
12-16-13
Five Myths About the Future of Obamacare
by Eric M. Patashnik and Julian E. Zelizer
There are a lot of myths and half-truths about "policy entrenchment."
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