On Obamacare's Five-Year Anniversary, Republicans Still Lack An Alternative
WASHINGTON — On March 23, 2010, Barack Obama inked his presidential signature on legislation to transform the country's health care system, while a furious Republican Party vowed to repeal and replace it with a plan of their own.
Five years later, after more than 50 House votes to dismantle the law, and with some 16 million people newly insured under the Obamacare regime, the GOP has come up short on a replacement proposal that it can rally around.
"Committees are continuing to work on that and I'm sure we're gonna see one soon," House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told reporters on Thursday when asked if there's a Republican replacement to Obamacare.
"How soon?" a reporter pressed.
"I think we'll see one soon," the Speaker reiterated.
"One that covers 16 million people?"
Boehner didn't answer. He quickly moved on.
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