Alright, if you want to be nitpicky, they had decades to devise a reform, years to agree on it within the party, and months to actually get it passed. It eventu

Alright, if you want to be nitpicky, they had decades to devise a reform, years to agree on it within the party, and months to actually get it passed. It eventually did pass and it wasn't repealed. > As to your "We effectively incentivize people to not get insurance", that was the point of the individual mandate which was repealed by the Republicans in 2017. There never was an effective individual mandate, but if there had been, it most likely would've been ruled unconstitutional. Whether you pay a small fine or no fine whatsoever, you are ultimately incentivized to defer paying the far higher insurance premiums.