GOP Health-Care Conundrum: Court Decisions Threaten Individual Market Chaos in 2020 Campaign

This really ought to be a good, or at least neutral, election for Republicans as far as the issue of health care is concerned.

Yes, the party failed horrifically to repeal and replace Obamacare during President Trump’s first term. But that’s ancient history today, and the party has also scratched up some big wins: The individual mandate is dead, the system is about as stable as it’s ever been, and various executive actions have freed Americans to buy non-Obamacare plans if they want to. Amid all the chaos and ineptitude, the GOP somehow managed to keep what was popular about the law while eliminating the worst bits.

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Robert VerBruggen

Robert VerBruggen is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

This really ought to be a good, or at least neutral, election for Republicans as far as the issue of health care is concerned.

Yes, the party failed horrifically to repeal and replace Obamacare during President Trump’s first term. But that’s ancient history today, and the party has also scratched up some big wins: The individual mandate is dead, the system is about as stable as it’s ever been, and various executive actions have freed Americans to buy non-Obamacare plans if they want to. Amid all the chaos and ineptitude, the GOP somehow managed to keep what was popular about the law while eliminating the worst bits.