There is increasing evidence that most of the nation's dramatic jump in health care coverage is because of President Barack Obama's law, and not the gradual economic recovery.
That is going to raise election-year political risks for Republicans who keep campaigning to repeal "Obamacare" without a plausible substitute.
Why? Consider GOP front-runner Donald Trump's "repeal and replace" plan. A nonpartisan analysis claims that it would push twenty million persons back into the "uninsured" category — a recipe for political backlash.
The share of Americans without health insurance has reduced to about 9%, a historic low. But even as the economy extended, major government surveys indicate lackluster improvements in job-based coverage.
The health care law is becoming a major backstop in a transforming or changing economy.
Why? Consider GOP front-runner Donald Trump's "repeal and replace" plan. A nonpartisan analysis claims that it would push twenty million persons back into the "uninsured" category — a recipe for political backlash.
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