How Republicans can avoid repeating their mistakes on health care

Published January 24, 2017 12:00am ET



Congressional Republicans have kicked off the process of repealing Obamacare, but it’s unclear what the future of healthcare looks like. There’s absolutely no question Obamacare failed, and Democrats’ only alternative is to have more government involvement in healthcare.

Frustrated by the immediacy of the repeal process, Democrats have blasted Republicans for failing to produce a replacement plan. Fortunately, this is far from the truth: No less than four replacement plans were introduced in the previous Congress, and President Trump has indicated that his administration will release its own plan shortly.

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