The GOP might not repeal Obamacare until after the 2020 election
With the election of Donald Trump, Republican lawmakers finally have a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, in their sights.
Despite holding control of the presidency and the legislature, a repeal of Obamacare may not come as soon as “day one” like leaders like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell have said.
According to Bloomberg’s Sahil Kupar, there is no consensus among Republicans as to when a repeal should take place, but GOP staffers are floating the idea of waiting until after the 2020 presidential election.
A number of the plans put forth so far by Republicans would feature a “repeal and delay” mechanism, in which a law is passed that “repeals” the ACA, but only goes into effect after a given period of time. This, the thinking goes, would give lawmakers enough time to craft a replacement and also avoid possible political fall out from a repeal.
Additionally, given that over 20 million people have gotten health insurance through various provisions of the ACA, pulling the rug out from under these Americans could be politically dangerous for Republicans.
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