The AMA faces down FDR and wins.
There are two types of change that can occur via federal health care legislation: expansion in access and cost containment. Without passing judgment on the advisability of legislative change, I will argue that federal legislation is unlikely to occur unless both the executive and the legislative branches of government are controlled by the Democratic party. I am not suggesting that the change is necessarily an "improvement," only that Democratic Party control is necessary, particularly as the change pertains to access.
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