The Affordable Care Act's passage through 2017 was a bit like Odysseus' ship sailing past the six-headed monster Scylla: six men gone, but the ship sails on (only to be destroyed by thunderbolt a few episodes later, but never mind that part).
Health Action 2018, Families USA's annual confab of healthcare activists, was largely devoted to taking the measure of the political power somewhat miraculously tapped by a wave grassroots passion and action that staved off repeal -- and groping toward a path by which Democrats can build on or move beyond the ACA in years ahead.
I have an article up at Crooked Media that examines what kinds of next steps - or false starts -- the conference conversations point toward:
