Document Type
Blog Post/Website
Language
eng
Publication Date
11-14-2018
Publisher
LSE (London School of Economics) US Centre
Source Publication
USApp: American Politics and Policy Blog
Abstract
In the lead up to last week’s midterm elections, polls consistently showed that healthcare was on the forefront of many Americans’ minds. With the Democratic Party now in control of the US House of Representatives, Republican efforts to repeal President Obama’s signature healthcare reform, Obamacare, are likely to be significantly curtailed. But that doesn’t mean they will end completely, argue Simon F. Haeder and Philip Rocco. Drawing on evidence from their research on previous Republican actions to repeal Obamacare, they write that the influence of activists within their party means that the GOP are likely to continue their efforts to impede the full operation of the Affordable Care Act at the state level, through the courts, and via executive actions.
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Recommended Citation
Haeder, Simon F. and Rocco, Philip B., "Despite Democrats’ Takeover of the House, Don’t Expect Republicans to Give Up on Undoing Obamacare" (2018). Political Science Faculty Research and Publications. 67.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/polisci_fac/67
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