HERE’S a frightening thought: Despite the recent Supreme Court decision
upholding the Affordable Care Act, serious work on more health care
legislation is still needed.
Don’t get me wrong: the new law is a great step forward. It is expected to expand health insurance
coverage to more than 30 million uninsured Americans without increasing
the deficit, and it makes an important start on reining in the rapid
growth of health care costs.
But it’s only a start. Even with the law, health care spending is still
projected to rise rapidly over coming decades, so more steps to contain
costs will have to be taken.
Supporters of President Obama’s
plan usually talk about the expansion in coverage and the new consumer
protections: the large decline in the number of uninsured people, more
preventive care and the prohibition on denying coverage for pre-existing
conditions. These huge accomplishments deserve to be shouted from the
rooftops.
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