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> The Republicans have utterly failed to offer any alternative at all to Obamacare after 16 years

That’s because before Obama picked it up, it was the Republican free market compromise plan in the face of a growing for socialized healthcare.

And now the Republican Party has been taken over by Trump. To the extent any political party has real principles they have given up theirs completely. Their principles are whatever Trump says they are this week.

So the question is “why hasn’t Trump pushed for separating healthcare from employment?” And the answer to that could be as simple as because he doesn’t think it’s exciting enough.