There’s a joke going around that Congress and the President are going to repeal Obamacare — and replace it with the Affordable Health Care Act. Harvard physician and author Atul Gawande writes about how difficult the choices are in the New Yorker.
“Now Republicans in Congress are facing the wrath of constituents who don’t want to lose those gains. Conservatives have had to back off from their plan to repeal Obamacare now and worry about replacement later. Instead, they must grapple with what they have tried to ignore: the complexities of our health-care system, especially in the four vital areas of employer-sponsored coverage, Medicaid, the individual insurance market, and taxes.”