If coverage is mandated then preexisting conditions must be accepted and covered, but the cost associated with this is more than working poor and middle class can afford to pay. That, along with noncitizens by the millions coming in and being covered at the highest level of subsidy, is why it doesn’t work and isn’t accepted. It costs way more than the so-so plans it largely replaced, but nothing was gained for average citizens. The deductible is just as high if not higher, the copays are too, and the monthly bill is, what, triple by now compared to what it was prior to Obamacare? We’re talking people who were already stretched thin, it’s not as if they had extra money lying around every month. This bit to the bone for a lot of people.
Get the noncitizens (the illegal ones) out of the US.
That will have an effect.
Preexisting coverage only for those who bought insurance when young and healthy. People who lose insurance because of job loss should be able to continue buying at the group rate.