Democrats passed this bill despite extremely strong objections from Republicans...yet Republicans are now expected to fix it? I imagine that Republicans will be open to changes if Democrats are willing to compromise on other issues. LOL...fat chance.
As if the previous system worked better. Obviously, it did not. Let's not pretend, OK?
And let's not pretend that Repubs have offered any sort of comprehensive plan as a reasonable alternative, either. They clearly intend to exploit flaws in the ACA just to spread their usual hate & discontent. Fix it? What in Repubs' radical agenda would lead anybody to believe that they would do so?
There are lots of things Repubs have left behind for Dems to fix. It's remarkable how quickly Righties want to forget that the outgoing Prez & VP were notoriously absent from the 2008 Repub convention in the wake of the Ownership Society looting spree. Few seem to remember the complete reversal of a hands off policy towards finance that brought about the all too necessary bailout. It's also remarkable how they seem to be able to forget how we ended up in Iraq & Afghainstan, too, and how the national debt was doubled over the Bush years.
Whatever issues with the ACA that emerge after the fearmongering slips away to reveal reality will be very small potatoes in comparison. There's been a whole lot of raving & fearmongering all along that didn't turn out to be true at all. Remember Death Panels? I doubt that this will turn out much different.
What really happens is that the Repub faithful are kept nicely emotional & off balance by waves of most excellent propaganda fanning the embers of discontent in the wrong direction. Nobody likes to admit that they've been suckered, making the whole process easier. Suckered by what? By 35 years of Repub policy that's radically shifted wealth & income to the top, debt to the bottom with middle class jobs & opportunity down the shitter in the process. That reality is more than they can bear to face head on.