Francis Wilkinson, Columnist

Obama Is Wounded. Obamacare Is Unstoppable

Looks like Obamacare is a done deal. 
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Los Angeles Times reporter Noam N. Levey ventures a bold story on Obamacare with a somewhat pedestrian subtext: It's a done deal, folks.

This quiet thesis has a lot going for it. For example, one reason the law is so complicated is that it created a raft of incentives to encourage health insurers, hospitals and other powerful constituencies to buy into its goals. That raft will now help keep the law afloat.