Should we be embarrassed and maybe even enraged that, as my book ['America's Bitter Pill'] chronicles, the only way Obama ended up being able to reform health care was by making back-room deals with the industry interests who wanted to make sure that reform didn't interfere with their profiteering? Of course. We'll be paying the bill for that forever. But should we blame Obama for making those deals? I don't think so. ObamaCare gave millions of Americans access to affordable health care, or at least protection against being unable to pay for a catastrophic illness or being bankrupted by the bills. Now everyone has access to insurance and subsidies to help pay for it. That is a milestone toward erasing a national disgrace.
