Health Debate Shaped by the Generations

• By Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais
• Special to Roll Call
• July 21, 2009, Midnight

Millennials, Americans younger than 28, provided President Barack Obama most of his popular vote margin over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in 2008. Millennials are not interested in letting ideological posturing stand in the way of “getting stuff done,” as Obama likes to say, especially in an area as crucial as health care.