And the reason is pretty simple. For Americans, healthcare is no longer at the top of their list as America's most important problem. It's fallen to 9th. The number that approve of the law are now about equal to those that disapprove. When you consider what would be required to transition to a new healthcare system, few in congress including Republicans would be willing to create a replacement.With rise in the number of insured, Republicans have missed the boat in attempts to repeal Obamacare. There would be just too many people lose their insurance. This means any attempt to seriously repeal Obamacare would have to have new healthcare legislation so these people would not loose their coverage plus there would have to be hundreds of bridges between the old and new legislation. Frankly, I don't think congress is up to this.
They were up to 53 attempts to appeal it. They've gone quiet since King v Burwell and Paul Ryan's ascent to Speaker last October. Ryan's first announcement as Speaker was that Congress had a Super-Duper Brand-Spanking-New Plan to Overturn Obamacare and Provide Americans with REAL insurance options.
Nine months later, nada. Did he abort it?
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