Yes but now Trump's taken the mandate, and is going to do everyhing he can to bring pain to the people for political gain.What will implode first? The ACA with Trump's EO sabotage? Or Trump's quickly failing Presidency?
Trump will not last long......Obamacare is still going strong after seven years
Who will feel the pain first?
Not people in blue states.......it will be the states that voted for Trump
Hate to say it but you're right. The main reason that there could be an implosion is that the Reps hated Obama so much, that the states with Rep. governors refused to allow the Medicare expansion, which would help to make the program fail.
And, when it fails, the governors of the red states have 2 options, either let it fail and face being thrown out of office, or, go to DC hat in hand and admit they were wrong and agree to the Medicare expansion, which incidentally, doesn't cost the state very much because most of the cost is borne by the federal government.
And, Reps are damned if they do, because a lot of people will lose their current insurance, or they are damned if they don't, because this has been one of their major platforms for the past 7 years, and their constituents will throw them out.
Gonna be interesting to see how things develop over the next 2 years, and even more interesting to see what the next mid terms hold.