To the Editor:
Re “The Fight for Health Care Has Begun” (column, Jan. 10): David Leonhardt is correct about the Republicans’ wish to crush the Affordable Care Act. But their likely strategy is one of neglect. They will shout “repeal, repeal” and cause such confusion that some insurance companies will drop out, premiums will rise and patients will be so uncertain about their options that they will not sign up.
The G.O.P. will then say “see, it’s a failure” and offer unworkable travesties like high-risk pools. The Republicans can then move on with their real agenda to privatize Medicare and provide starvation block grants to unravel Medicaid.
JAMES WEBSTER
Santa Fe, N.M.
The writer is professor emeritus of medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University.
Note from KBJ: There is no need to "crush" ObamaCare, for it is imploding. It is one of the worst pieces of legislation in the history of this country, and the main reason Donald Trump was elected president. The Republican Party will give people affordable, high-quality health care, and people will have choices. The days of totalitarianism are over.
