GOP Plans ‘Repeal and Delay’ for Health Law

“Republicans in Congress plan to move almost immediately next month to repeal the Affordable Care Act, as President-elect Donald Trump promised. But they also are likely to delay the effective date so that they have several years to phase out President Obama’s signature achievement,” the New York Times reports.

“This emerging ‘repeal and delay’ strategy, which Speaker Paul D. Ryan discussed this week with Vice President-elect Mike Pence, underscores a growing recognition that replacing the health care law will be technically complicated and could be politically explosive.”