Obamacare under attack – what does it mean?

The much-maligned, poorly understood Affordable Care Act (ACA), often called Obamacare, has provided 20 million Americans with health insurance, reducing the number of uninsured by 7 percent nationwide. But as the most visible legacy of a Democratic president, it has been a Republican target since the day it passed. Although several provisions of the ACA are unpopular, and insurance rates for ACA plans continue to climb, the overall success of the ACA has made “repeal and replace” – the Republican campaign promise turned  administration mantra – a bigger challenge than expected. And in September 2017, after the Senate failed to vote on a what was viewed as a last-ditch effort to kill Obamacare, everyone appeared ready to move on. Or so it seemed.