MedPage Today December 14, 2025
Republicans have reignited efforts to overhaul or undo Obamacare
In a recent Meet the Press appearance, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) joined a growing number of Republicans who are speaking out against Obamacare. One of his lines of attack: that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) fueled healthcare consolidation.
“What Democrats did 15 years ago was they radically changed all healthcare in America. They moved all physicians under hospitals. They changed all the reimbursement programs. They shifted everything in,” Lankford said Nov. 9.
This is one of a collection of Republican talking points related to the ACA that’s been regularly reprised, and there’s a reason for it.
Democrats have been promised a Senate vote this month on whether to extend the ACA’s...
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