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The ACA was not a Republican plan.Wasn't the ACA originally a republican plan that was rebranded as Obamacare when Obama took office and vehemently worked against by Republicans to oppose him?
The ACA was not a Republican plan.
But yeah, the GOP would have blocked anything Obama proposed. Mitch McConnell told senators from the jump Obama was not getting bipartisanship in an attempt to sink his presidency.
Ok. cool articleObamacare IncludedObamacare Included Republican Ideas, but the G.O.P. Health Plan Has Left Democrats Out (Published 2017)
How much input did the opposing party have in shaping the Affordable Care Act versus the Republican health care plan?www.nytimes.com
Republican Ideas, but
the G.O.P. Health Plan
Has Left Democrats Out
"When Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010 without a single Republican vote, they were criticized for being too partisan. In the end, however, the bill included many Republican ideas.
The keystone principle of the act — a mandate that all Americans buy health insurance — is rooted in conservative thinking. Additionally, the Democrat-controlled House and Senate committees adopted nearly 190 Republican amendments while writing the legislation, according to data compiled by The New York Times. "
“The A.C.A. is a bill that is very bipartisan in nature,” Ms. Hoffman said. Critical ideas for the Affordable Care Act were borne of more conservative thinking, she said.
The federal mandate to buy insurance is similar to a mandate that Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential candidate, had enacted as Massachusetts governor. The concept that people should be required to buy health coverage originated with conservative economists two decades ago and was initially embraced by conservative research groups, like the Heritage Foundation.
“Historically, the parties used to talk to each other more,” Ms. Hoffman said. “But we’ve seen a real shutdown of cooperation over the past eight years.”