For all the attacks that Hillary Clinton's campaign has made against single-payer, they have placed the existing health care law under virtually no scrutiny. (Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout)

Hillary Clinton's likely victory in the Democratic primary is also a victory for the Affordable Care Act, which she hopes to steward into the post-Obama era. But the law, despite doing a lot of good, is not a long-term solution to the US health care crisis.