It was not a full repeal.
It was a reconciliation bill that repealed certain portions of certain paragraphs and subitems; a ‘partial’ repeal that could easily be reversed by a future democrat Congress needing no filibuster to resuscitate it.
A full repeal is about a page long. It is simply a law to take down another law. A full repeal renders the law it repeals so that it no longer exists on the books as a law.
A partial repeal leaves the original law in place even if certain portions of it are ‘repealed’ or more accurately, made ‘inactive’.
The 2015 reconciliation bill was touted as a ‘repeal’ but that was just Ryan pulling a gimmick so he could say he tried to ‘repeal’ it.
How can one page fully repeal Obamacare? The monster has many tentacles burrowed deeply into every aspect of our lives. Rip out one and another area collapses.
Obamacare was built to be as repeal proof as possible.
I’d be very interested in reading any bill that purports to be a clean repeal.