It's been 15 years since President Clinton's health care reform plan went down to defeat, and the problems it was supposed to fix have only gotten worse. Costs have soared, the number of uninsured has risen and public dissatisfaction has mounted.

But now, at last, we are all ready to do what must be done. As President Obama puts it, "I really think that the stars may be aligned here."

Don't bet on it. The Clinton plan lost partly because Americans were not willing to a ...

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