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There was no part in the 2008 Republican platform endorsing comprehensive healthcare. In 2012, there was a plank against it.
From the first they were opposed, and quickly dubbed it “Obamacare.”
I last counted at 66 the number of times that Republicans attempted to repeal it. The concept should have won early acceptance.
The Tea Party is now the last sector of political resistance seeking repeal.
If Republicans had not been so interested in adding to their numbers in 2010, they would have spoken the truth about the matter. There has been little consistent thinking from the resulting big-tent party. They have sacrificed honesty and fidelity.
Their rationale has more recently focused on the cost, the so-called downward spiral, of Obamacare. But didn’t this occur because of retrenchment by Republicans? Only after that was there serious talk about replacement.
All the time, Republicans would never consider working with Democrats to repair and revise the ACA. So now they want cooperation with a replacement plan.
Speaking for his party, President Donald Trump said he didn’t know that healthcare was so complicated. Indeed!
Obamacare still represents the best foundation upon which to build.
Richard J. Yost
South Abington Township