Short Window for Action
While action on these and other health care issues seem likely this year, there is a short window of opportunity to complete them before election politics come into play, Dr. Ornstein said.
“The conventional wisdom is that in a presidential election year where there's an open contest in the final 2 years of a two-term president, you have about an 8-month window to move things along,” he said.
That seems likely to hold true this year given that, at last count, at least 26 members of Congress have announced or are considering announcing a run for the White House, Dr. Ornstein said.