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In the waning days of March, we all witnessed a fascinating event in American politics. Many of us clustered around the television to watch the vote on the American Health Care Act of 2017.
To some, this vote could be the defeat of the work of the past 7 years that had provided health care insurance for roughly 15 million Americans. To others, it was the repeal of a law that placed the federal government in the health care business and deprived our citizens the freedom to make their own decisions on their personal health care.
But there was a third group, a moderate and apolitical group, that viewed this as an opportunity to address the American health care crisis with fresh ideas and lessons learned from the Affordable Care Act. This group did not particularly care if we called it RomneyCare, ObamaCare, RyanCare or TrumpCare as long as it moved us forward on the path to health care reform.
But the decision to do nothing, to pull the vote, to just walk away and ignore it seems totally irresponsible. We know that the ACA needs major revisions, and the AHCA could have addressed some of these and taken us to the next level. I am sure it would not have been perfect but it...