In this episode, Ellie Jorling and Ronnie Sharangpani lead a conversation with Jonathan Cohn about his book, The Ten Year War. Cohn discusses how the Affordable Care Act came to be, what the core tenets of it are, what it means for the average American, and what future changes we can expect to healthcare policy. Ellie Jorling is a graduate student at the Ford School of Public Policy and Ronnie Sharangpani is a graduate student at the School of Public Health. Both are members of the Health Policy Student Association (HPSA).

Jonathan Cohn is a lecturer in public policy at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the senior national correspondent for HuffPost. At HuffPost, Cohn writes about politics and policy with a focus on social welfare. He is also the author of Sick (2007, HarperCollins) and The Ten Year War (2021, St. Martin's). Jonathan, who is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance, worked previously at the New Republic and American Prospect, and has written for The Atlantic, New York Times Magazine, and Self, among other publications. His journalism has won awards from the Sidney Hillman Foundation, the Association of Health Care Journalists, World Hunger Year, and the National Women's Political Caucus.