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In the wake of healthcare reform

The Secret History of Health Care in America: From leach-therapy and witches to HMOs and Comrade Obama, Ana Marie Cox's illustrated trip down memory lane. The story of one of history's most infamous math problems illustrates the difficulties facing Congress in the wake of healthcare reform. Jennifer Senior on why the health-care win was an old-fashioned legislative victory without the bullying. Majorly or Radically: How much will health reform change the way we live? Card 'Em: How to nudge Americans skeptical of health reform. Now what? Atul Gawande on the next attacks on health-care reform. The New Nullifiers: Health care opponents want to take us back to the 1830s. On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the health care bill into law, and as such, this date joins a list of dates that have each inflicted unconstitutional, socialistic, and sometimes even tyrannical action against the States United and have, therefore, contributed to the destruction of a free America. From Telos, A. Staley Groves on Obama in the Age of the Political Eschaton. A history of anti-government rage and violence: The Right's angry response to Barack Obama's healthcare plan isn't exactly unprecedented. Remember “Bush Derangement Syndrome”? Nat Parry on the GOP's double standard on anger. The Remnant Next Time: EJ Dionne on conservatism after Obamacare. Ever since health care passed, President Obama is getting comfortable with flexing his muscles — Peter Beinart on the rise of the liberal Reagan. Playing the Long Game: Obama realizes that transformative presidents look past day-to-day disasters. It takes presidential leadership to break through our system's obstructionism. Does one "compromise" fit all? Carlin Romano on the bumpy tale of a bipartisan concept.