Holding Obamacare Repeal Hostage for Replace Guarantees Its Defeat

The Daily Signal
Jan. 9, 2017
It's Monday in Washington, just 11 days until Donald Trump's inauguration. We've got reports on three Trump priorities: creating jobs, securing the border, repealing Obamacare. Josh Siegel examines the president-elect's pressure on the auto industry, and Fred Lucas looks at what it'll take to build a wall. James Wallner warns Republicans against waiting to repeal the health care law, and Melissa Quinn shares two Americans' related struggles. Plus: Melanie Israel on cutting off taxpayer money to Planned Parenthood, and Jason Snead on the left's fickleness about voter fraud.
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Holding Obamacare Repeal Hostage for Replace Guarantees Its Defeat

Holding repeal hostage for replace perpetuates the current market instability, increasing premiums, and coverage losses that have been the result of Obamacare. This poses significant political risks for the GOP.

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