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Universal Confusion

Since when is Republican health care "universal"?

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Emphasizing "universal access" also lets the GOP sound equally ambitious while quietly reframing the debate. "By setting the bar at access, they're trying to define the problem in a way that the solution is something minor rather than something major," says Anthony Wright of Health Access California.

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Christopher Beam is a writer living in Beijing.

Photograph of House Minority Leader John Boehner by Win McNamee/Getty Images.