I agree. The pubs should have had a plan and bill ready to rock that had already made the rounds through all the different factions within the party. Why it hadn’t is anyone’s guess. I’m just going to call it poor leadership and laziness for the moment and this has nothing to do with Trump. Laws come from congress; sometimes at the behest of the President.
The could have done a straight up repeal with a phase out plan then went to work on a replacement knowing the ACA was officially done and gone. They could still do this.