Story highlights Lanhee J. Chen: "Repeal and delay" would bring dramatic uncertainty to the health care systemGOP must seek solutions that will empower governors and state elected officials to address major public policy challenges, he writesLanhee J. Chen is the David and Diane Steffy Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He served as the policy director for Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign and was a senior aide at the US Department of Health and Human Services during the George W. Bush administration. (CNN) The recent collapse of Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare can be blamed on disagreements about policy more than anything else. For seven years, Republicans at all levels of government were able to articulate the simple message that President Barack Obama's signature health care law had to go, and a set of better, market-based policies needed to replace it. This approach, dubbed " repeal and delay " because it offsets the repeal of Obamacare by two years, raises significant concerns.

Source: CNN July 19, 2017 23:48 UTC