TY - JOUR T1 - Hope for US health care despite strong headwinds JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 367 LP - 367 DO - 10.3399/bjgp15X685825 VL - 65 IS - 636 AU - Matthew Harris AU - Christopher Paul Burgess AU - Dionne Sofia Kringos Y1 - 2015/07/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/65/636/367.abstract N2 - During 2010’s mid-term election, the colourful debate among the conservative Tea Partyers and the Republicans over the Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka ‘Obamacare’, helped both parties to gain significant power in the House. Now, 5 years later, the Affordable Care Act remains a divisive topic, yet more and more people are benefiting from health coverage while costs have been contained.The Democrats have been unable to pass any significant legislation through the House of Representatives because it has been under Republican control since the 2012 elections. In the 2014 mid-term elections, the entire House of Representatives and a third of the Senate were up for election. Incumbent governments usually lose seats during the mid-term1 and the Republican’s gained the six seats in the Senate that they needed to seize in order to oust the Democrats from power.So what does this result … ER -