The road to Obamacare replacement is getting rockier

Published March 8, 2017 5:07am ET



Republicans are facing deep political potholes as they move down the road of repealing and replacing Obamacare.

The major obstacles were clearer than ever before as President Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan and other GOP leaders spent Tuesday touting their newly-released legislation to reshape the Affordable Care Act but leave some of its basic frameworks in place — a strategy that opened them up to sharp criticism from all sides.

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