I refuse to believe that repealing Obamacare is a hopeless situation. There must be a way to repeal it and get everyone back on a stable system and I’m certain that some of our brightest minds can figure this out. It may take time but it can be done, perhaps in a similar way we want to ‘fix’ Medicare. Either way there’s no reason to give up hope.
So when I hear about a Republican who has given up hope on repealing Obamacare, it infuriates me. We have to be unified in our effort get rid of this monstrosity or else we’ll never do it:
NATIONAL JOURNAL – Johnson’s acceptance of political reality can be a double-edged sword. The Republican says that he no longer believes that the Affordable Care Act can be “repealed and replaced,” to use what he calls a “nice, neat little slogan” from some of his Republican colleagues. Once Americans started signing up for health care under the law, it became too late to truly pull it out “root and branch,” as Minority Leader Mitch McConnell likes to say.
That could present problems for Johnson’s base, who elected him in part to do just that. But Johnson says he has a message for them. “Unfortunately, America reelected President Obama and our best chance of actually repealing it was when it was just a piece of a paper and it could just go away,” he says, noting that millions are already “addicted to the subsidy.”
Some of his supporters may not like that answer. But if there is one thing Johnson is offering voters, he says, it’s honesty. And based on the backlash Democrats faced in 2014 over the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the choruses of “If you like your plan, you can keep it,” Johnson believes that is what voters are looking for.
“I think they’re looking for the truth. That’s what I try to deliver. That’s what I’m dedicated to delivering. So, I’m hoping that that will be rewarded,” he says.