Michael Hiltzik: The GOP is back to attacking Obamacare, and making less sense than ever
Here's a pair of handy rules of thumb to know we're heading into a major election cycle: (1) Republican candidates start talking about the need to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and (2) none of them bothers to say how that will make American health care better.
Sure enough, in just the last couple of weeks, Donald Trump has said he's "seriously looking at alternatives" to the ACA, asserting that "the cost of Obamacare is out of control, plus, it's not good Healthcare."
Ron DeSantis, running for second place behind Trump in the race for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, said Sunday on "" that he advocated having a plan that will "supersede Obamacare, that will lower prices for people so that they can afford health care while also making sure that people with preexisting conditions are protected." He called it "a
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