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Megan McArdle argues we should hold healthcare reform accountable:

So what I want is not some sort of contest between me and some other blogger, but accountability for the bill. The bill has passed. The CBO estimates that when it is fully implemented, virtually all native-born Americans will be insured. That’s the best that any health care bill in America was ever going to do, because America is just not going to pay people to come here. (Maybe you think we should cover illegal immigrants, but hey, I think we should privatize social security, and I’m sure we’d both like to fly to the land of Oz on a magic unicorn. All three are irrelevant preferences.)

However “imperfect” this bill is, you got what you wanted: virtually all the uninsured are covered, and those who aren’t covered probably aren’t particularly unhealthy. So now you should be willing to state that all the marvelous things you claimed would come to pass, will actually come to pass. Over a reasonable time frame.

Absolutely right.