4 ways to repeal Obamacare
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After previous elections highlighted the fight to repeal and replace Obamacare. Republicans are eager to move on from healthcare to more favorable political terrain like fiscal management and national security.
Obamacare has grown more popular and Republican voters are less excited about repealing the law. Donald Trump’s renewed commitment to repeal Obamacare worries Republicans eager to make the 2024 election a referendum on President Joe Biden’s handling of inflation, border security and international conflicts.
However, former president Barack Obama’s strategy of transferring healthcare costs from patients to taxpayers provides conservatives an opportunity to focus on increasing affordability by actually reducing costs. Democratic healthcare policies have left millions at risk of losing their coverage, and even Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren noting the industry consolidation and rising costs that resulted from Obama’s signature law.
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Democrats have increased government involvement in healthcare by taking incremental steps, like creating the Children’s Health Insurance Program and expanding Medicaid to cover beneficiaries who earned too much to meet eligibility requirements and proposing to lower the Medicare eligibility age rather than enacting Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders’ comprehensive single-payer Medicare-for-All plan.
Years after former president Barack Obama left office, Republicans are still battling the healthcare legislation that bears his name. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Republicans should similarly pursue a radical incrementalism strategy to empower patients and their providers rather than government bureaucrats. They should enact popular policies that repeal important portions of Obamacare, while also enacting conservative reforms that make additional reforms more likely. Republicans have already repealed the individual mandate penalty and taxes on health plans and........
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