‘The Ten Year War’ Over Obamacare (and the Battles Ahead)

<p>Democrats are returning to the White House and the Senate majority with a long health policy to-do list. Reporter Jonathan Cohn says the battle over Obamacare offers lessons and clues as to where the party’s “unfinished crusade for universal coverage” may head next.</p><p><br></p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/author/jonathan-cohn?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABKZKrm-NvKLcbyk-KuwPdEMZRzwhsrKpDpzzewRkRu2KMb2LWjUVmgMHPLHIyJs-fEijh7z5l9rQQ_IdmjZ59g8RjhrUcND_PDPKK7ny_S2pLHqUOmrXNDkt_njdnMXFScg3A8l1GcJh8P4h2bQgbjPFVBuqDv4dyYlFXBUtW4V" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jonathan Cohn</a>, HuffPost senior national correspondent and author of&nbsp;<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250270931" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage"</a></p><p><br></p><p>You can find a complete transcript of this conversation on our website: <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2021/01/21/the-ten-year-war-over-obamacare/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tradeoffs.org/2021/01/21/the-ten-year-war-over-obamacare/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Sign up for our weekly newsletter to see what research health policy experts are reading right now, plus recommendations from our staff: <a href="https://create.acast.com/episodes/723a3a91-aa98-4a64-91a9-ec3049cc20d7/bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bit.ly/tradeoffsnewsletter</a></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/tradeoffspod</a></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>