On "Owning" Health Care


But what about the GOP? Will they really "own" health care? I suppose that would mean that whatever displeasure Americans have about the system will be laid directly at their doorstep, leading to future electoral defeats. And whenever the subject comes up, Democrats would say, "Don't talk to us—we tried to fix it, but the Republicans undid it. It's their problem now." Color me skeptical.

What's more likely to happen is that Democrats will continue to talk a lot about health care, coming up with new proposals and trying to make the intricate case for why their latest complex policy fix really will make people's lives better. Republicans will then say, "This is just more big government of the kind the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional. We need to unleash the power of the free market." Then they'll filibuster whatever it is Democrats want to do, the proposals will die, and Republicans will pay no particular price at the polls.

Maybe I'm just being cynical. But it seems awfully optimistic to assume that Americans will suddenly come to a real understanding of everything that happened over the last few years on the issue of health care and put blame where it belongs. And don't get me wrong, I think Democrats should certainly try to make Republicans own the health care system if the entire ACA is overturned, because they'll be right to do so. Most of what's bad about the system will indeed be Republicans' fault. I'm just not sure it'll work.


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