The Obama administration is readily conceding that its signature achievement is not perfect.

The Affordable Care Act could use a few fixes, and the administration is scrambling to lay out a plan that the next president will be able to implement in the coming years.

To be clear, the plan will be most relevant if Hillary Clinton, Obama’s preferred successor, is the next White House occupant. All bets are off if Donald Trump wins the election. While Trump’s own health care agenda remains vague, he has at the very least pledged to scrap the ACA, suggesting he might not take a policy document written by the law’s architect very seriously.

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