Editorial Shows That Health Reform Can't Pick Sides

Kaiser Family Foundation President & CEO Drew Altman, Ph.D. recently wrote an editorial which breaks down political opinion on healthcare reform. He states that although the left and right are becoming increasingly polarized, reform appears to be taking place in the middle. Thus, everyone is likely to be at least somewhat unhappy with the results, because nobody is going to get exactly what they want.

Be sure to check out his chart on which features of reform are troubling to each side.

It remains to be seen whether this centrist reform will simply be a watered-down compromise, or whether it will meaningfully accomplish all it intends. Once the dust has settled and the ideological posturing has died down, the real question will be how reform will affect Americans, as a practical matter.