Washington Post May 13, 2024
Glenn Kessler

An attack by a Trump-friendly think tank misses the mark.

“Obamacare was sold on a lie. It massively increased the cost of health care in America.”

— former Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), in a video for America First Policy Institute, April 30

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, was enacted nearly 15 years ago and has survived numerous attempts by Republicans to repeal or substantially dismantle it. Once viewed unfavorably by most Americans, Obamacare now wins favor with 59 percent of Americans, according to a February poll by KFF, a nonprofit health-policy organization.

But Republicans haven’t given up. Former president Donald Trump, the presumptive 2024 GOP...

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