Conservatives do themselves and the country no favors conceding that Obamacare’s illegal subsidies will need to continue in some form.
Memo to GOP: Don’t Fix Obamacare
Many Republicans are watching ongoing developments in the King v. Burwell Obamacare case with trepidation. In the abstract, most recognize the opportunity such a case represents to roll back Obamacare and force a debate about real, pro-market insurance reform.
But as the decision looms, many now have second thoughts, convinced that the country will blame them for disruption in the ruling’s wake and that eventually, the only politically tolerable option will be to cave and restore the Obamacare subsidies eliminated by the Supreme Court.
That assumption is wrong, and Republicans will do more harm than good for their cause if they act on it.
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