The health care 'kludge' will destroy the GOP

Republicans are just realizing the complexity of the task they've taken on in reforming health care

It's complicated.
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Call it an ObamaCare miracle. Despite hearing that the new president and the new Congress are threatening to destroy the Affordable Care Act, somewhere around 14 million Americans signed up for coverage in what may or may not be the law's final open enrollment.

Why did they do it? Perhaps because they just wanted to make sure they have insurance for the next year, or perhaps because they have no idea whether Republicans will keep their promise to "repeal and replace" the law. After all, it's complicated.

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Paul Waldman

Paul Waldman is a senior writer with The American Prospect magazine and a blogger for The Washington Post. His writing has appeared in dozens of newspapers, magazines, and web sites, and he is the author or co-author of four books on media and politics.