AXIOS November 26, 2023
Former President Trump revealed that he’s “seriously looking at alternatives” to the Affordable Care Act, calling the failure to repeal and replace Obamacare during his administration “a low point for the Republican Party.”
Why it matters: Ahead of last year’s midterms, Republicans effectively gave up on campaigning to kill the ACA — acknowledging that the program was popular and fully embedded in the U.S. health care system.
Flashback: Despite having full control of the White House and Congress, Republicans’ long-running efforts to repeal and replace the ACA were defeated in 2017 when Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) delivered his famous thumbs-down vote on the Senate floor.
- Democrats went on to make health care a defining issue of the 2018 midterms,...
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