Can Mitch McConnell defuse the ticking Obamacare time bomb?

Published June 22, 2017 4:01am ET



President Trump once compared Obamacare to a ticking time bomb, suggesting his predecessor set it to detonate after he left office.

Congressional Republicans have certainly found that analogy apt when it comes to disassembling the healthcare law. Untangling its complicated web of subsidies and mandates is like deciding whether to cut the blue wire or the yellow wire. Every move you make could blow up in your face.

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