The real story was nobody expected Donald Trump to become President. It's said that Paul Ryan even scheduled a meeting for Thursday Nov 10 about “What Went Wrong”. The Republicans counted on Hillary Clinton becoming President and she would veto any repeal of the Obamacare.

People are generally scared of change. People opposed to Obamacare now see the sky hasn't fallen. Many of them even want to expand it.

When universal healthcare was introduced in Canada, some of the biggest opponents were doctors who warned that most of them would leave. What they discovered was the government always paid on time. They didn't have to spend their time chasing after non payers and putting people into debt.