Democrats, determined to pass President Obama’s national health care law in 2009 and 2010, ignored repeated warnings from within the administration that one of the law’s new programs was financially unsustainable, according to emails obtained by the Associated Press ahead of a House GOP report due out Thursday.

The insolvency of the Community Living and Support Services Act (CLASS) has never been a big secret. During the health care debate, many people publicly expressed skepticism about the long-term care program that was originally the brainchild of former Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-MA.