Obamacare won’t be repealed, because it can’t be repealed - or, more exactly, it can’t be repealed without ushering in huge Democratic majorities in the House and the Senate.
Members of Congress don’t know much, but they can count votes like a pimp in a whorehouse can count money.
Yes, the voters “hate Obamacare and want it repealed”. That is absolutely true.
It’s also true that they want the ability to buy insurance for pre-existing conditions, want insurance companies to be forbidden to cancel policies for non-payment, want zero payment at the point of service, want their adult children who are smoking dope in a dive in Oakland to stay covered, want their States to expand Medicaid without taxes going up, and so on.
In other words, the only two things they hate about Obamacare are paying for it, and the name.
Republicans in Congress understand this perfectly well, which is why there’s no plan.
And, not coincidentally, Obamacare (and Romneycare) were the culmination of fifty years of “reform”, all of which had the purpose of destroying the private sector or making it impossible for the private sector to function, except for boob jobs and a few other things. And, by 2009, the mission was largely accomplished.
Obamacare was merely a temporary mop-up operation, until full nationalization was possible.
And now, it is.
Like Nixon to China, Trump will propose single payer within the year. It’s really the only way out at this point.
What politicians need are courage to do the economically sound policies along with going back to sensible market based health care plans (Hmm, around the same time Nixon/China thing), be as loud as they can on what single payer means, (Rationing, which will make not PROVIDING CARE for people with “preexisting conditions” a reality, covering is one thing, but providing is a whole different ballpark), and basically pave the way so my children and grandchildren can live under liberty as well as OPPORTUNITY.
What you suggest is defeatist pragmatic buffoonery to the point of saying “What the hell is the purpose to vote for anyone anymore”? Screw that and screw Nixon, LBJ, and Senator Ted Kennedy for staring this mess.