The dilemma in Republican governance: why fix a program you want to end?

On Thursday, the House did something truly surprising: it passed legislation fixing the way Medicare pays doctors. Or, if fixing is too strong a term, at least making Medicare's payments to doctors predictable. (For much more on the crazy way Medicare manages payments, see Sarah Kliff's explainer.)

At the National Review, Yuval Levin has a thoughtful assessment of the House legislation, and why he opposes it. It's worth quoting at length, in part because it illuminates an important tension right now in Republican health-care policy thinking. The GOP's campaign to...