Republicans Are Losing the Healthcare War to 'Win' a Battle

The American Health Care Act (AHCA) has been proposed by House Republican leaders as a way to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The plan was met with derision on the left and from much of the right. Liberals simply want to preserve Obamacare or expand it, so a plan to repeal and replace it with anything short of universal, single-payer nationalized healthcare will fail to gain support from Democrats. Conservative Republicans dislike the plan because it replaces Obamacare subsidies with refundable tax credits and leaves too many federal regulations in place. They believe the leadership is losing the war in order to win a battle.