WASHINGTON—After persistent
efforts by Republicans to wipe out the healthcare law over the past seven
years, experts warned Wednesday that the repeated attempts at eradicating
Obamacare may have created an ultra-resistant super law.
“Given the frequency with
which lawmakers have unsuccessfully tried to exterminate the Affordable Care
Act, the growing resiliency of this legislation could soon be insurmountable,”
said Institute for Healthcare Improvement senior fellow Curt Greenwood, adding
that the landmark healthcare overhaul could grow impervious to any repeal
measures or even major amendments within just a few short congressional
sessions.
“What we once thought would be eliminated by now will instead require
considerably more time and resources.
And at a certain point, no interventions
on the part of any branch of government will be sufficient to overcome the
ACA’s built-in resistance.”
According to Greenwood, however, hope remained that
sufficiently high doses of single-payer healthcare legislation could potentially
offer a cure.
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