re: #228 EPR-radar

It is not impossible for the current form of the GOP to win again at the Federal level. If they did, they would most likely not have a filibuster proof majority in the Senate, so outright repeal of the ACA would not happen unless Democrats caved.

By the time that happened ACA would be implemented. Repeal of ACA at that point would devastate low income wage earners, taking away a benefit many if not most of them would have been using for at least a year. I know that poorer Republicans are good at voting against their best interest, but it’s usually only when those interests are hypothetical and don’t pay for their children’s necessary surgeries.

Granted a shocking number of people are stupid enough that they fundamentally misunderstand the very tax code they’ve paid into their entire adult lives, but I have hope that once the tangible benefits of health care coverage start to sink in it’ll be damn near impossible for any future congress and administration to repeal it.