Will the umpteeth time be the charm on efforts to reform the nation’s health care system? Congress gets down to work this week tackling the difficult task of drafting universal coverage legislation by this summer.
To be blunt, the odds are stacked against them. Historically, efforts to get lawmakers to meet in the middle on health care have failed disastrously (just ask Secretary Clinton). Further, Republicans and Democrats currently are pretty far apart in their views on how and whether to provide health insurance to everyone.
