For liberals, one of the most frustrating aspects of health care reform is that the most tangible goodies (the exchanges, and, within the exchanges, the public option) won’t be available to the public for years. In the House bill, the main structural changes to the health care system–including the exchanges/public option, mandates, taxes, and the Medicaid expansion–go into effect in 2013. Under the Senate bill, they take until 2014.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=134620