From: NYTimes.com <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: The New York Times Magazine: Will Obamacare Really Go Under the Knife? Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 22:33:15 +0000 View in Browser Add [email protected] to your address book. arrhe New York Times it,The New York Times Friday, February 17, 2017 NYTimes.com » For decades, universal health care was the great dream of the Democratic Party, the last big piece of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society left to be put into place. From the moment Barack Obama and congressional Democrats accomplished that in 2O1O, with the passage of the Affordable Care Act — known popularly as Obamacare — Republicans and conservative activists have pursued an equally single-minded dream: the total repeal of Obama's signature accomplishment. So why — nearly a month into Donald Trump's presidency, and with Republican majorities in both the Senate and the House — does this ambition still seem so far from coming to pass? The answer, Robert Draper suggests in his cover story in this week's issue, may have something to do with the way this battle has been fought for nearly seven years now: "Have Republicans become trapped by their pledge to do away with Obamacare?" Elsewhere in the magazine, Rachel Cusk considers what it means to be polite in the age of rudeness. Elizabeth Royte follows New York's compost king, the Porsche-driving Long Island mogul who plans to turn much of the city's food scraps into clean energy. And Jonah Weiner follows David Longstreth as he tries to reinvent the Dirty Projectors his much-acclaimed indie-rock band, as a solo project. Happy reading, Jake Silverstein Editor in Chief EFTA00691531