How did we get here? Four essential reads on the status of health care in America

By The Conversation. House Speaker Paul Ryan at a March 7, 2017 unveiling of the new health care bill called the American Health Care Plan. Susan Walsh/AP Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories related to the proposed American Health Care Act and the Affordable Care Act, commonly called Obamacare. Turmoil around health…