One of the major problems with the health care issue is the Republicans have been unable or unsuccessful in articulating and promoting an alternative to Obamacare. The absence of a viable alternative to the current health care mess, makes Obamacare attractive to many of our fellow voters.
The current situation situation is very difficult to work with - portability, preexisting conditions, confusing billing, in and out of network physicians, arbitrary regulations based on averages which tie the doctor’s hands in care are just some of the issues citizens struggle with. Consider a 50+ self employed person who has preexisting cancer (in remission) who moves from one state to another. Try to get health insurance at any price, even from the same insurance company. Alternatively, spend a few months trying to oversee the health care of aging parents including managing their billing. Call your insurance company about a billing problem, spending frustrating minutes trying to work through the computer questions before finally being transferred to a call center in India where you spend hours trying to communicate with someone not fluent in English and not knowledgable about the insurance policy or the treatment.
In the case of health care there is a perception in the populace the Republican position is to do nothing — let the market work it out. People dealing with the system day by day don’t have time for the market solutions (should they ever come) and want relief from the byzantine rules and regulations driving up costs, reducing the quality of care, and making their lives miserable dealing with the system.
It isn’t going to be enough for the Republican nominee and the Republicans running for Congress to simply oppose Obamacare or advocate repeal of Obamacare. The status quo is unacceptable for most voters and Obamacare has not been implemented so the voters don’t know if it will or won’t work. If the Republicans can’t articulate and advocate a superior alternative, I fear many voters will just tune them out on the issue.
There is no "healthcare mess" except for Obamacare and the BS the dems have slung about how "broken" our prior healthcare was. We had the greatest system in the world, people came here from all over the country to get the care they couldn't receive elsewhere. We treated anyone(and still do for now)anyone who showed up at an ER. No other country does that. Countries with national healthcare, such and Britain and Canada, kill off their old people by not treating them, and they do the same for some who are not so old due to the fact waiting periods for some procedures are so long.
We don't need to fix what is broken, what we do need is to educate idiots such as your self who believe all the BS the left slings about healthcare, capitalism and other things that made this FREE country great in the past.