Ramesh reminds me that no actual repeal measure of Obamacare has reached the president’s desk. It’s one of those things that feels like it happened, but didn’t. Remarkable. That would have been the easy part, in any case. The really hard work would have been getting the entire Republican conference to endorse and pass an alternative. There are several possibilities on the shelf, and Ramesh summarizes the matter in his usual comprehensive manner here.
The conservative policy world is blooming with proposals for reform — the Conservative Reform Network being one example – while the liberal/progressive world is churning out hoary and discredited ideas from the New Deal. It’s been seven months since Republicans took the Senate and held the House. It would be nice to get some sense that elected Republicans are listening and acting.