Affordable health insurance remains essential for America’s well-being

Last week proponents of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) — the proposed new legislation designed to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as Obamacare — withdrew the bill from consideration. The bill’s opponents included Democrats as well as a number of Republicans. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan indicated soon afterward that the ACA might now be in place for a long while, with the president and Congress moving on to other matters. However, just this week there was discussion in a…