In the two years since its passage, heath care reform has been different things to different people. It was a landmark, generational accomplishment to Democrats. It was an enormous overreach of government to conservatives that sparked the Tea Party, pushing Republicans to the right. Americans in the middle, according to public polls, are against the law as a whole but are for its individual components.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=100250