U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., told the Chattanooga Rotary Club last week he expects Obamacare to be repealed next year, but he told Capitol Hill reporters this week it could take years to fully repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s signature health care bill.
Which is it?
Maybe both.
Even though Republicans gained majorities in the House in 2010 and the Senate in 2014, repealing and replacing Obamacare never was as simple as passing a bill with a simple majority, having Obama veto it and overriding the veto with a simple majority.
Some voters who cast ballots for Republican President-elect Donald Trump earlier this month may have believed it was – that he would do what establishment Republicans could not do and, with a pen and a signature, abolish it.