It would be a mistake to see the writing of the health care bill as now complete. Congress has determined the basic architecture of the bills – a mandate for individuals to purchase health insurance, subsidies to purchase insurance, and new regulations on insurers – but the actual building blocks of the bill will be determined over the next few years as the executive branch works to implement the new legislation.
The legislative process gets the headlines, and this one generated more than its share of them, but experience shows that the implementation period is crucial to determining how successful the new system can be.
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