The effects of a repeal of ACA

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The fundamental problem for the Republicans..

As Luntz said, what Americans fundamentally want is for their health insurance to be both generous in terms of what it covers and affordable in terms of the premiums they have to pay for it.

The Affordable Care Act tries to deliver that by subsidizing people’s insurance premiums. Those subsidies cost money, and that money was found largely through taxing rich people.

Republicans think that rich people are overtaxed in the United States. Indeed, a commitment to lower taxes on rich people is a core tenet of the modern-day Republican Party. Some think that reducing their tax burden will supercharge economic growth. Others think it is simply immoral that high-income households pay as much as they do. And others still think that both are true.

That means that whether they call it replacing Obamacare or repairing it or whatever else, all of their plans involve rolling back the tax increases on the rich. That leaves less money available to subsidize insurance for the nonrich. And that means the nonrich will either need to pay higher premiums or accept stingier coverage.

Why Republican efforts to "repair" Obamacare are doomed to fail - Vox