Those include emergency services, ambulance coverage, maternity care and preventive health care. His bottom line: The health care law is working, but it could be improved if Republicans and Democrats work together. But we should start from the baseline that any changes will make our health care system better, not worse for hardworking Americans. And the final “prong” would be substantive changes to the health care system that would require 60 votes in the Senate — and Democratic cooperation. “Undermining the value of insurance and requiring that insurance plans cover rudimentary health care services is simply shifting more costs onto patients and taxpayers.”

Source: New York Times March 23, 2017 15:46 UTC