11-12-2016, 02:47 AM
The Republicans always stepped carefully around the popular provisions of eliminating the pre-existing condition clause and the insure-you-kids-to-26. That's why they added "AND REPLACE" language long before Trump used the phrase.
Obama, wearing the big boy pants in Washington, knew he had to put the unpopular things (mandates and subsidies) in so the insurance companies would be able to make the money work.
The repubs will keep the good parts, eliminate the bad parts, and pretend to pay for it with magic like expanded HSAs and sell-over-state-lines that won't actually help, and put the rest on the credit card.
Obama, wearing the big boy pants in Washington, knew he had to put the unpopular things (mandates and subsidies) in so the insurance companies would be able to make the money work.
The repubs will keep the good parts, eliminate the bad parts, and pretend to pay for it with magic like expanded HSAs and sell-over-state-lines that won't actually help, and put the rest on the credit card.