**Some Personal News**

THE TEN YEAR WAR, my new book, is available for pre-order.

It’s an effort to tell the story of Obamacare and, more broadly, the story of American politics over the last decade. (1)

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My goal was to write a definitive history of the ACA, befitting such a consequential & controversial piece of legislation.

What went right? What went wrong? Why? And how can we do better next time?

THE TEN YEAR WAR tries to answer those questions. (2)

us.macmillan.com/books/97812502…
THE TEN YEAR WAR draws on my past reporting, from Washington and around the country, plus new interviews with dozens of key players -- from relatively anonymous activists and congressional staffers to officials at the highest levels of power. (3)

read.macmillan.com/lp/ten-year-wa…
THE TEN YEAR WAR takes readers to Capitol Hill and to town hall meetings, inside the West Wing and, eventually, into Trump Tower.

It’s about pragmatism v. idealism, self-interest v. the public good -- and two very different visions for America. (4)

us.macmillan.com/books/97812502…
THE TEN YEAR WAR is about how to fix our broken health care system. Yes, I have some thoughts about that.

But it’s also about politics -- and why ambitious, urgently needed reforms are so difficult to enact and implement. (5)

us.macmillan.com/books/97812502…
When Obama signed the ACA, he said...

“We are a nation that faces its challenges and accepts its responsibilities. We are a nation that does what is hard. What is necessary.”

Was he right?

THE TEN YEAR WAR tries to answer that question. (6)

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More from @CitizenCohn

12 Dec
General Gus Perna, giving Warp Speed briefing right now:

First shipments leaving Pfizer within 24 hours, will arrive at providers starting on Monday.
Describes this as "D-Day," but notes that it doesn't mean "distribution" as some as thought. It's the military designation for the beginning of an operation.
First distributions, via Perna/Warp Speed:

Monday 145 sites
Tuesday 425 sites
Wednesday 66 sites
Read 5 tweets
5 Apr
Just read this thorough and thoroughly devastating @washingtonpost report on how the administration squandered precious time in the COVID response.

Two things in particular jumped out at me.

1/x
Public health officials were raising alarms in January and by the middle of the month some were discussing using the Defense Production Act to speed manufacturing of supplies...

2/x
By early February, officials were warning that the U.S. would have dangerous supply shortages, including if the all-important N95 masks.

But administration has focused on this only recently, still doesn’t seem to have a handle on it.

3/x
Read 5 tweets
2 Apr
This is news: Trump using DPA on 3M.

Background here, via @theintercept theintercept.com/2020/04/01/cor…
Officials, health care systems all over the country have said 3M wasn't doing enough to make sure N95s get to places of need.

Here's director of emergency management in Florida
Read 7 tweets
18 Mar
Ventilators have become a huge concern, because they can literally mean life or death and we may not have enough of them.

Here's an article -- and thread -- on what it would take to get more.

1/x

huffpost.com/entry/coronavi…
We don't know exactly how many we have, because there's no central inventory.

We don't know how many we'll need, because that depends on how quickly the pandemic spreads.

#FlattenTheCurve is so, so important

washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/…

2/x
But if we need more, can industry ramp up production quickly?

Engineers and supply chain experts say yes.

Here are the key challenges to overcome:

huffpost.com/entry/coronavi…

3/x
Read 10 tweets
9 Mar
Rhode Island @GovRaimondo on @MSNBC right now, explaining that state has started a COVID hotline and (using National Guard) set up a network of facilities, mostly tents, for drive-up testing.

Smart and something other states should consider.
Just to provide some more detail on, it sounds like you call the hotline and, if testing is appropriate, they'll tell you where to go to get tested.

What officials don't want is tons of people people taking themselves to clinics, ER for testing.

#RhodeIsland #COVID19
If everybody who thinks they might have COVID comes in for testing, there's danger of spreading it more quickly -- and infecting vital health workers.

@GovRaimondo says "what I'm most worried about ... is having dozens or hundreds of health workers in quarantine."
Read 4 tweets
5 Mar
Michigan @GovWhitmer endorses Biden on @Morning_Joe

Emphasizes health care -- protection of ACA pre-existing condition protections, Medicaid expansion. This was also a big part of her campaign.

Also: "The Obama-Biden" auto industry rescue.
More on health care: Emphasizes common thread between Biden and Sanders, both trying to expand coverage. Then pivots to "Obama-Biden" record, including passage and defense of ACA:

"When the chips were down, they had our back."
Auto industry reference is noteworthy.

GM/Chrysler rescue was a huge, still under-appreciated factor in Obama's 2012 reelection.

Could it help Biden in 2020? It's been a while, may be less effective when Romney isn't opponent.

Still, there may be some residual good will.
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