What’s Next for Health Care Reform?

Last month Obama seemed to signal that some kind of congressional marriage counseling is in order when he called on both parties to “transcend petty politics” and said he was open to Republican ideas on health reform, but warned that Democrats could not give up everything they believe in for the sake of bipartisanship. “That’s not how it works in any other realm of life,” he said. “That’s certainly not how it works in my marriage with Michelle. There’s got to be some give and take.”

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Patricia Barry is a senior editor at the AARP Bulletin who covers Medicare and health policy issues.