The Cynical Campaign to Make Republicans Responsible for Obamacare’s Failures

Would you believe that Obamacare is suddenly and unexpectedly on the brink of financial collapse only because Republicans won’t rescue it, and it is incumbent on them to preserve the program from ruin? The national press hopes you will. A full-court press is on to emotionally blackmail the GOP into taking ownership of the unfunded health insurance liability they’ve only ever opposed.

The shameless degree to which left-of-center and mainstream outlets alike are drawing attention to Obamacare’s structural flaws as though that was the GOP’s problem to solve has been remarkable.

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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Would you believe that Obamacare is suddenly and unexpectedly on the brink of financial collapse only because Republicans won’t rescue it, and it is incumbent on them to preserve the program from ruin? The national press hopes you will. A full-court press is on to emotionally blackmail the GOP into taking ownership of the unfunded health insurance liability they’ve only ever opposed.

The shameless degree to which left-of-center and mainstream outlets alike are drawing attention to Obamacare’s structural flaws as though that was the GOP’s problem to solve has been remarkable.

About the Author

Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.