The latest chapter of “WrestleMania: Health Policy & Politics” again reveals how much of what passes for our health policy debates remains full of well-rehearsed, staged fights aimed at entertaining respective partisans while distracting them from the disappointing, mediocre status quo that muddles along relatively undisturbed in the meantime.
Almost exactly three years ago (April 10, 2016 to be specific), I closed one of the featured 60-minute keynote debate sessions opposite Neera Tanden of the Center for American Progress at the annual World Health Care Congress with this pre-presidential election prediction:
“Looking ahead, you should elect Republicans if you want to totally institutionalize the ACA.”
