The Obama administration is readily conceding that its signatureachievement is not perfect.

The Affordable Care Act could usea few fixes, and the administration is scrambling to lay out a planthat the next president will be able to implement in the comingyears.

To be clear, the plan will be most relevant if Hillary Clinton, Obama’spreferred successor, is the next White House occupant. All bets areoff if Donald Trump wins theelection. While Trump’s own health care agenda remains vague, hehas at the very least pledged to scrap the ACA, suggesting he mightnot take a policy document written by the law’s architect veryseriously.

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