There is no way to get around a veto pen short of president and congress agreeing on a plan.
If Barack Obama wants any kind of legacy at all, he’ll let the accountant/lawyer types in the republican party rewrite his ObamaCare into something that actually works.
They are dumb enough to do it for him, and to create for him a real legacy, but he’s probably dumb enough to fight them just for the sake of fighting them.
We won’t see it repealed. That won’t happen unless a number of democrats in the house and senate side with the republicans to override a veto.
Republicans all grew up as enablers in abusive homes, so they’ll come ‘fix’ it for Obama. Then he’ll betray them again right before the 2016 election.
The big question is HOW they will fix this. The easiest adjustment is to make it like food stamps and issue a health card with so many dollars on it to buy an insurance policy in a nation-wide market.
Obamacare premium increases to be announced soon. SHTF time.
What I think the Repubs will do piecemeal is 1) get rid of the medical device tax; 2) change the 30 hour rule; 3) the Individual Mandate; 4) the 2018 Cadillac Tax; and so much more. They can defund ObamaCare as much as possible as well.
I think it would be fun to bring Obamacare up for a vote again... Let Democrats defend it all over again. It only takes 12 Democrat senators to vote against it and it is veto proof. They have no president to please anymore.