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February 7, 2016 -- In today's climate of presidential campaigns, right-wingers are still calling for repeal of the ACA? Get real!
They won't admit it, but those echo chambers do know how badly that would backfire.
What would happen if repeal attempts succeeded? Insurance companies -- huge campaign donors -- would see a steep drop in profits. Lots of ordinary folk would suddenly lose healthcare coverage. People with "prior conditions" would be deprived of care. Medical bankruptcies would resume. Hospital and provider revenue streams would be disrupted. A lot of people would be very angry.
I think what's happening is -- as they do with environmental and other regulation -- the right-wingers clamor in public but in private they count on cooler heads to keep them safe.