(November 11, 2016 at 5:58 pm)abaris Wrote: Well, isn't it one of the wettest dreams of Republicans to revoke the Affordable Care Act? I wouldn't bet on Trump not going down that lane. First because he changes his mind more often than his underwear and secondly because Congress will have a say in it. At the very moment Trump wants one of his pet projects being sanctioned by Congress.
For the next two years, he's got GOP majorities in congress though I am pretty sure that there are more than a few who won't mind jamming a dagger in his back. But when it comes to repealing the ACA he likely has a lot of support. Sure, a few days after his victory he's feeling magnanimous and is going to play nice after a meeting with Obama. A couple of months from now he'll be in a room with GOP leadership and I suspect that he'll be singing a very different tune when he steps out of that meeting.
Whether they can repeal the ACA remains to be seen, but I expect that it's one of the agenda items that they will pursue early and with vigor.
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